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Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Three kids and adult pick up stickers from a display table set up in the State Capitol rotunda for WVU Day at the Legislature.

WVU Day at the Legislature focuses on opportunity in Mountain State

West Virginia University and WVU Extension will host WVU Day at the Legislature from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, at the West Virginia Capitol Building in Charleston. Visitors of all ages and backgrounds are encouraged to attend this free event which will feature information and activities from organizations across the University.

Two photos are shown side by side of work to a sidewalk at Martin Hall. On the left is the in progress work with wooden framing in place. The completed project with a smooth sidewalk is on the right.
An image showing a WVU professor wearing a virtual reality headset and holding controllers while what he is seeing is displayed on a television screen on the wall to his left.
A WVU graduate holds a blue diploma folder above their head while wearing a navy blue graduation gown.
Three people are shown working on a robotics body with four black wheels on it in a lab. One person is in a gray sweatshirt with WVU on it.

WVU to launch robotics engineering major

Students interested in the rapidly evolving world of robotics will now be able to enroll in a new robotics engineering major at West Virginia University following approval by the Board of Governors during a meeting Friday (Dec. 15).

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A person works in a lab. An arm is in the frame holding a large syringe that is being used to inject something into a piece of lab equipment. The stainless steel table top is covered with a variety of lab equipment.
An illustration showing people sitting in rows at computers in a computer lab. There is a world map on the wall in front of them.

WVU to establish innovative cybersecurity education, training facility

With the ongoing threat of cyberattacks becoming more sophisticated, West Virginia University is launching plans for a cybersecurity range — a specialized software and hardware facility for education, training and research — with $750,000 in grant funding support from the U.S. Department of Education.

A photograph of the Green Bank telescope in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The huge telescope is seen in the photograph set against a pale blue sky full of white clouds, a second telescope in the distance, and rows of green trees.
The Downtown Campus, including Woodburn Hall and Hodges Hall, are shown surrounded by fall colors.

New majors, medical breakthrough signal success for WVU

More than ever, the University is keenly focused on the modern land-grant priorities outlined in President Gordon Gee's recent State of the University address such as advancing the WVU R1 mission to deliver solutions to real-world problems and growing the academic medical center to improve people’s health.