McLaughlin and King (IMAGE) West Virginia University Caption Maura McLaughlin, director of the Center for Gravitational Waves and Cosmology at WVU, won the SURA Distinguished Scientist Award. With her (right) is Fred King, vice president for research at WVU. Credit West Virginia University Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.