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A white life preserver from the USS West Virginia is mounted in a clear frame on a wall.

Kendrick family donates Pearl Harbor artifact to WVU Libraries

West Virginia University will house a lasting reminder of the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor in the form of a life preserver from the USS West Virginia, a gift to the West Virginia and Regional History Center at WVU Libraries from the Kendrick family.

A student wearing a gaming headset sits in front of three computer monitors on a desk.

WVU launches esports major to help provide workforce for expanding industry

With a focus on educating students for industries of the future, West Virginia University is now offering an esports bachelor’s degree, preparing students for careers in the rapidly growing esports industry while building on the University’s already successful competitive esports program.

An illustration showing people sitting in rows at computers in a computer lab. There is a world map on the wall in front of them.

WVU to establish innovative cybersecurity education, training facility

With the ongoing threat of cyberattacks becoming more sophisticated, West Virginia University is launching plans for a cybersecurity range — a specialized software and hardware facility for education, training and research — with $750,000 in grant funding support from the U.S. Department of Education.

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Photograph of the main building at WVU Jackson's Mill. The light colored brick building features multiple dormers on the roofline as well as a portico in the middle. There is a grist mill stone in the foreground of the photograph.

WVU Jackson’s Mill receives gift of free internet from Frontier

The holidays are arriving early at West Virginia University Jackson’s Mill. On Giving Tuesday (Nov. 28), Frontier Communications announced the company will donate high-speed fiber internet service to the Mill to improve educational and programming activities for youth, guests and the greater community.

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Photograph of Stewart Hall on the WVU Morgantown Campus in the fall. There are fallen leaves of orange and gold on the ground and still a few hanging in the trees in front of the gray brick building.
Ethan Reese is shown in a green shirt and long dark sleeves on the left of the frame holding his winning essay. His mom, in a gray sweatshirt with green trees, holds a microphone in front of a banner for the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree.
A photograph of the Green Bank telescope in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The huge telescope is seen in the photograph set against a pale blue sky full of white clouds, a second telescope in the distance, and rows of green trees.
A photograph of several WVU interns standing in front of the huge, white Nemacolin resort.