Hundreds of West Virginia University students, faculty and staff have volunteered their time to help build and create 16 biking and hiking trails along Falling Run stream, connecting the downtown campus and the WVU Organic Farm.
For 40 years, the law clinics at WVU College of Law have provided pro bono (free) legal services to thousands of West Virginians in need, including those who cannot afford legal representation, such as children, victims of domestic violence, immigrants and refugees, the wrongfully incarcerated, senior citizens and veterans.
A West Virginia University expert says the state’s medical community has much to learn about marijuana therapy and that WVU can lead the way in research.
West Virginia University’s PRSSA is encouraging diversity on campus and providing a small “taste” of what cultural groups bring to the table through the “Let’s Eat” charity event.
Thousands of students and hundreds of faculty have passed through the West Virginia University School of Music during the 50-plus years Dr. James Miltenberger has been teaching piano there. While his final faculty performance with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra will be April 20, his legacy will live on through a piano scholarship in his name.
West Virginia University students and faculty participate in service projects and learning events around the world, immersing themselves in a different culture and human experience. Recent examples include: a trip to Nicaragua where students provided care and distributed medical and dental supplies; others went to Timor-Leste to experience nation building in one of the world’s newest countries; and another group traveled to the Royal University for Women in Bahrain to debate the role of multiculturalism in social order.
A West Virginia University professor will study the effects of coal dust in miners, particularly lung and respiratory ailments like black lung disease, as part of a Congressionally ordered committee.
A foreign policy expert at West Virginia University believes the attacks against Syria raise more questions than answers about the United States’ larger global strategy.
More than 800 WVU fraternity and sorority members will come together on Saturday (April 1) to provide hands-on service at 15 different sites throughout Monongalia and Preston counties.
See Einstein’s theory of relativity come to life through interpretive dance and a symphony performance, both titled “A Shout Across Time,” during West Virginia University’s Eberly College of Arts and Sciences month-long “Celebrating Einstein.” Friday (March 31) kicks off the month-long celebration that includes a series of lectures, nightly rooftop telescope observing events, robotics and the Space Race Fun Run.