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A West Virginia University researcher has investigated how trolls on the subreddit "/r/The_Donald” organized to create pro-Trump campaigns on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms. Saiph Savage, assistant professor of computer science and electrical engineering in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, has worked with a team to investigate how political trolls produce collective action to create content and disrupt other communities.

WVUp All Night is a first of its kind in the nation, award-winning program. Convened in 1998, it provides students with multifaceted events each Friday and Saturday during the fall and spring semesters.

President Gee will visit several high schools in West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle March 22-23. Gee, current students and administrators will also be available to talk about the WVU system with prospective students, parents and alumni during a special “Ask Us Anything” event.

The WVU Department of History will host author and historian William Beezley, the 2018 Callahan Lecture featured speaker.

The West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities is joining forces with the Brain Injury Association of America to educate the public about the incidence of brain injury and the needs of people with brain injuries and their families during the month of March as National Brain Injury Awareness Month.

A West Virginia University engineering expert believes a design fault may be responsible for the collapse of a newly installed pedestrian bridge on Florida International University's campus Thursday (March 15), killing several people.

Old tactics aren’t necessarily working in the current political climate, and even large amounts of cash—into the millions in some cases—pumped into a race doesn’t guarantee an election win, according to West Virginia University political science expert R. Scott Crichlow. Even in districts that Trump won by big margins, like the PA-18, Republicans aren’t safe, Crichlow notes. In fact, he says, the big trend is Republican candidates usually running far behind the numbers that President Donald Trump put up in 2016, a trend that could have an effect in Charleston, as well as Washington, D.C.

The “Back to the 80s” themed dinner and auction will celebrate 30 years of the Public Interest Advocates. Live and silent auctions items include trips, dining packages, sports tickets and memorabilia and gift baskets.

The annual John W. Traubert White Coat Ceremony will be held Saturday. The WVU School of Medicine Class of 2020 will receive their white coats, the most significant symbol of their chosen profession.

Not only will this be the first time WVU has hosted IHSA Semi-Finals, but the event will be the first major equine function on the farm since a large-scale revitalization project began almost three years ago. During a regional show last Saturday (March 10), four WVU students qualified to compete in the semi-finals show.