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FallFest returns, joins list of more than 50 WVU Welcome Week events and activities

West Virginia University kicks off Welcome Week with arrivals at residence halls this week followed by many events. Students will be immersed into campus life and culture by getting involved in upwards of four dozen activities designed to showcase life as a Mountaineer with academic, service and social elements highlighting the importance of working hard while having fun and serving the community.

This photo was taken in a lab. A person in a yellow shirt and beige and blue plaid flannel with shoulder length dark blonde hair stands at a black countertop cutting apples.

WVU symposium to showcase student research

The Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium is an in-person, judged poster session featuring students engaged in summer research programming at West Virginia University.

On the left, President Gee smiles at the camera while wearing a Flying WV hat, blue vest and gold bow tie. On the right is Mary Roush, the Mountaineer Mascot
This photo is taken in a classroom with gray walls and a big screen TV. A woman with long hair wearing black dress stands at the front of the room while holding papers. She is facing the camera. The backs of the heads of three other people are visible.
More than a dozen students wearing blue work clothes and hard hats stand in a factory room with gray walls.
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A young person smiles at the camera while wearing full firefighting gear, including a hat. Parts of three other people in firefighting gear are in the frame as well.
In a room with blue walls, a person with dark hair wearing a salmon colored shirt bends down to talk with a person in a dark shirt whose back is to the camera

WVU NASA WV EPSCoR to host inaugural NASA EPSCoR HackWeek

Students, professors, data managers and others from New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia are coming together at West Virginia University this week to explore NASA’s problems of interest and learn about open science practices and software.

President Gordon Gee, wearing a plaid shirt and purple tie, smiles while talking to a group of students while standing outside chatting

WVU Statler College to host Engineering Challenge Camps

This summer, school students in grades K-12 from across West Virginia may discover their passions in STEM at West Virginia University by attending one of the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Engineering Challenge Camps.

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