Three theater productions this summer will allow West Virginia University students to work with professional actors thanks to a partnership between WVU’s College of Creative Arts, and West Virginia Public Theatre.
Using help from West Virginia University experts, the Mountain Stewardship and Outdoor Leadership School, and the Morgantown Learning Academy have provided a solution to a current water resource problem. Students are reclaiming a flooded area of the garden and have built a pond.
The recent release of a classified report about Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election contained references to VR Systems, a Florida company whose software is used in voting machines in a number of states, including West Virginia. But the scope of that interference is difficult to determine and barring the threat of future cyber-attacks will take a multi-faceted approach, according to a West Virginia University cyber-expert.
As President Donald Trump announces his intention to pull the United States out of the Paris Accord, a nearly worldwide agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions beginning in 2020, experts at West Virginia University say the move is “poorly conceived” and will cost the U.S. more in world stature than the accord would have imposed.
Giving teenagers from across the country first-hand experience in live fire simulations, search and rescue, vehicle and airplane rescue and first aid, the West Virginia University Extension Service Junior Firefighter Camp allows a true firefighter experience under supervision of industry professionals, while inspiring them to be community heroes. The camp takes place Saturday (June 3) through Thursday (June 8) at the State Fire Academy near WVU Jackson’s Mill.