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There are three photos in this graphic. All three are head shots. From left: Kim Mosby, David Friend, Cathy Orndorff
A group of three adults and four children wearing masks sit inside of a school at a long table working on pads of some kind.
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The camera is pointed down looking into the inside of a pellet stove. A small fire can be seen behind glass. The stove is edged in gold.

WVU researchers sift through the smoke to see how burn pits make veterans ill

Researchers in the West Virginia University School of Medicine are using a customized stove in the Inhalation Facility to safely examine the harm that burn pit exposure can do. The stove burns pellets the School of Forestry has made to resemble the composition of burn pits at Iraq’s busiest military bases.

Two people are shown here wearing fluorescent yellow vests and white hard hats. One is holding a controller. The second is holding a drone.
WVU Professor Frankie Tack, wearing a dark, long-sleeve shirt, khaki pants, and short gray hair, prepares WVU Extension faculty, seated three to a table on bright yellow stools, to give workshops.

WVU’s Project TRAIN lays a new track to support children affected by addiction at home

One of every four children in the United States has a parent wrestling with drug or alcohol addiction, based on national data, and is at risk of developing a substance use disorder later in life. To break that cycle and give adults in those kids’ lives the tools to make a difference, West Virginia University’s Project TRAIN has expanded its program, originally focused on enabling K-12 teachers to support students affected by addiction, to youth camps statewide.

WVU President Gordon Gee stands in the middle of this photo. He is facing the camera while wearing a dark suit and bow tie. His left hand is raised. Two people listening have their backs to the camera. One is in a short-sleeved red shirt.

Gee offers welcome for start of inaugural WVU Week of Purpose

To mark the beginning of the first Week of Purpose at West Virginia University, a week designed to deliver inspiring speakers, showcase University resources, offer diverse perspectives and introduce student success tools, President Gordon Gee sent a letter to the University community.

Pohotograph of the silver bell from the USS West Virginia that now hangs over Oglebay Plaza on the WVU campus in Morgantown.

WVU plans bell-ringing ceremony to remember students

West Virginia University will hold a bell-ringing ceremony, coordinated by the Office of Campus and Community Life and Alpha Phi Omega, a national service fraternity, on Friday (Sept. 23) in remembrance of Joseph Harim, Robert Hopper, Kristen Kief and Cade Milburn.

This is portrait of Dr. Clay Marsh. He wears a white doctor's coat and gold tie while standing in front of a railing.
A small child with long golden blond hair sits on a desk while reading a book in front of a glass door.