West Virginia University Receives $800,000 STEM Grant To Help Underrepresented High School Students

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University will get $800,000 from the National Science Foundation to recruit underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
The state’s U.S. senators, Democrat Joe Manchin and Republican Shelley Moore Capito announced the funding Wednesday.
The project will include research and education with high school biology students in rural schools, a news release said. Students will study a parasitic orchid species n