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West Virginia University will welcome home new and returning students with Welcome Week events across the Morgantown Campus from Aug. 14-22.

Mark Benincosa, teaching associate professor of music technology at the West Virginia University College of Creative Arts and Media School of Music and heavy metal vocalist for the band Black Hole Zion, said Ozzy Osbourne pushed musical boundaries in his five-decade career.

West Virginia University President Michael T. Benson will visit 18 counties during his inaugural “Welcome Home Tour,” which will take him into historical sites, business locations and local communities as the University’s 27th president from July 28 to Aug. 1.

While fireworks on the Fourth of July are as American as apple pie, a West Virginia University expert in occupational therapy is providing tips to keep celebrations safe.

A West Virginia University expert said the findings of a new study that followed colorectal cancer patients and their treatment outcomes, which included guided exercise and physical activity, are particularly meaningful for West Virginians.

As rare “synchronous fireflies” — which coordinate their pulses of light in time with each other — emerge in Appalachia, a West Virginia University researcher said firefly enthusiasts should take care not to disturb the insects’ mating behavior with flashlights or headlights.

The West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources is hosting students in grades K-12 from across West Virginia during Engineering Challenge Camps.

As families head outdoors for summer fun and spend more time at pools and beaches, a West Virginia University expert in occupational therapy says precautions — like teaching children age-appropriate water safety measures and dressing them in brightly colored, form-fitting swimwear — can save lives.

A West Virginia University expert said the custom gene-editing treatment that saved the life of a Pennsylvania baby with a rare genetic disorder — the first successful treatment of its kind in the world — could become common practice within the next decade.

As noise from mowers, blowers, chippers and whackers fills neighborhoods and events like outdoor concerts and fireworks displays draw crowds, a West Virginia University audiologist is warning temperatures aren’t the only thing shooting sky high in the summer months.