Students in the West Virginia University School of Theatre and Dance got a “real window into production,” performing Shakespeare’s “King Lear” even as COVID-19 restrictions halted public performances. Thanks to a collaboration with West Virginia Public Broadcasting, the show will be broadcast across the state later this year.
Although West Virginia will lose one of three congressional seats - based on a decline of nearly 65,000 residents in new U.S. Census Bureau data - the overall damage may be minimal, according to a West Virginia University political scientist. John Kilwein believes that Sen. Joe Manchin’s current prominence in the U.S. Senate shows that individual members of Congress can be as, or more, influential than the number of seats a state holds on Capitol Hill.
Focus Forward: Beyond the Cloud Part II will offer insights from business leaders, tech experts and research scientists who have used NOAA data in innovative and entrepreneurial ways will discuss how to build the right skillsets and team to succeed.
People interested in where and how the past can inform the future will be able to read congressional documents gathered from around the U.S. and newly-archived in an online repository hosted by West Virginia University Libraries.
West Virginia University students have led a training initiative through WVU’s LGBTQ+ Center to raise awareness of the intersections of race, color, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity.
The WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Designs will cut the ribbon on the new Amy A. Bircher Textiles Laboratory, a creative space for fashion, dress and merchandising students.
Blending art with psychology and counseling skills, a new degree in West Virginia University’s School of Art and Design could add much-needed healthcare and human services workers to tackle the state’s opioid and mental health crises.
Virtual one-day workshop “Research Across Borders” featuring the expanding partnership between West Virginia University and the Universidade Federal do Parana in Brazil on April 9 at 10:30 a.m.
They’re coming but there’s no need to fear (although you may want to reach for some earplugs). Brood X periodical cicadas are set to emerge in at least 15 states – including West Virginia - in late May, according to scientists with the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design.
WVU Libraries will host “The Equal Rights Amendment: Past, Present, and Future” panel discussion over Zoom on April 8, at noon.