Kate Kelsey Staples, associate chair of the West Virginia University Department of History, has been named the recipient of the 2016 Caperton Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Writing.
West Virginia University Press has published The Industrialist and the Mountaineer, a major work of history by Ronald L. Lewis, Professor of History Emeritus at West Virginia University and Historian Laureate of West Virginia. Lewis, who was inducted into the Order of Vandalia in 2016 and is former president of the Appalachian Studies Association, uses a forgotten story from West Virginia history to understand the fate of Appalachia’s forests.
A post-doctoral researcher and two graduate students in the Department of Mining Engineering at West Virginia University have received awards from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.
Criminal justice system expert Ann Jacobs will deliver the 24th annual Charles L. Ihlenfeld Lecture on Public Policy and Ethics at noon Friday (Feb. 3) in the Marilyn E. Lugar Courtroom at the West Virginia University College of Law.
The National Jurist has given special recognition to the West Virginia University College of Law for its work in public service.
Ida Washington, D.V.M, Ph.D., was recently named director and attending veterinarian of West Virginia University's Office of Laboratory Animal Resources.
In a letter to WVU faculty, staff and students, President E. Gordon Gee discusses steps the University is taking in the wake of the Executive Order suspending entry into the United States "of both nonimmigrants and immigrants" from at least seven countries for 90 days from the date the Executive Order was signed.
The National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium, a program of West Virginia University, has joined forces with the world’s largest Earth Day initiative, Earth Day Texas, to conduct the 2017 Kickoff Event for National Alternative Fuel Vehicle Day Odyssey. Earth Day Texas will host the kickoff as part of an inaugural one-day alternative fuel vehicle summit, coordinated by the NAFTC.
Arnold Hall and Apartments, one of West Virginia University's oldest residential complexes, will close at the end of the current academic year under an arrangement approved Friday (Jan. 27) by the Board of Governors.
Want to start out 2017 with a fresh mindset? Sign up for West Virginia University’s new meditation courses offered by Continuing and Professional Education. These classes will give you the tools you need to handle some of life's most stressful moments.