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WVU Tech alum running against time

Before he became a national champion or a doctoral candidate, Casey Orndorff was just a high school kid trying to keep up. When he walked onto the campus of West Virginia University Institute of Technology, he had big dreams for his future which now include making the 2028 Summer Paralympics team.

WVU with CMU, Pitt named finalist for $160M NSF Engines Award to supercharge regional energy technology, infrastructure

The Resilient Energy Technology and Infrastructure Consortium, led by a team at West Virginia University in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh and over 60 regional partners, has been selected as a finalist today (Sept. 18) for a prestigious $160 million National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines award.

Stronger than a locomotive, mentorship powers WVU student’s krypton research

West Virginia University senior Sam Stalnaker arrived on campus with limited physics knowledge. But thanks to strong mentors and faculty relationships, he’s become a trusted member of the undergraduate physics and astronomy research team and is on his way to reaching his full potential.

Battling stigma, WVU student markets the value of compassion in overdose treatment

After a scholarship enabled Siti Suwanda to leave Indonesia to pursue a degree abroad, she landed in Morgantown thanks, in part, to her fandom for Wonder Woman. The West Virginia University logo reminded her of that superhero’s famous emblem, she said, convincing her to apply to the doctoral program in marketing at the WVU John Chambers College of Business and Economics.