Community connections: Lesson for WVU students focuses on how stories, those scary and those not, can bring people together
As the local legend goes, more than a dozen people have been murdered in Booger Hole, a small town in Clay County.
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$1M estate gift from late Mylan co-founder supports students through collaborative learning space in WVU Reynolds Hall
A $1 million estate gift from Mylan co-founder and global entrepreneur Donald Panoz will champion continued entrepreneurship and experiential learning opportunities for West Virginia University students.
WVU-led team to build a bridge to better health using A.I.
Quality healthcare transcends the medical profession, as evidenced by a new project led by West Virginia University that includes not only health experts but engineers, a physicist, a lawyer and a business data analyst.
WVU Sports Hall of Fame set for Saturday, Oct. 30
West Virginia University will hold its 31st annual Sports Hall of Fame induction on Saturday prior to the WVU-Iowa State football game. Induction ceremonies will begin at 11 a.m. in the Caperton Indoor Practice Facility. The public is invited to attend, and the event is free of charge. The 2021 class includes Keri Bland (cross country/track), Nicco Campriani (rifle), Noel Devine (football), Dale Farley (football), Mike Fox (football), Lajuanda Moody (gymnastics) and Olayinka Sanni (women's basketball).
With purpose: Personal tragedy motivates WVU Ph.D. student to help others
A Nigerian student at West Virginia University who will graduate in May with a Ph.D. in human and community development wants to work to help vulnerable women, especially pregnant women.
Lane Innovation Hub to transform entrepreneurial and research opportunities for WVU students
At nearly 9,500-square-feet, the Lane Innovation Hub — established in honor of Ray Lane and his wife, Stephanie, will transform entrepreneurial opportunities for students in the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources and the people of West Virginia.
Game on: WVU prepping launch of esports minor alongside development of new esports team, top player already representing the gold and blue
A champion video game player under the direction of an esports coach of the year is competing for West Virginia University months ahead of the full launch of a new esports minor and Mountaineer esports team. By Fall 2022, students will have the option of pursuing a 15 credit minor in esports, video games played in highly-organized and competitive environments, in person or online across the three campuses — Morgantown, Beckley and Keyser.
St. Clair named first female chief of West Virginia University Police
West Virginia University has chosen a leader with 27 years’ experience, not only in her chosen field of public safety, but also on its Morgantown campus to lead the University Police. Sherry St. Clair, WVU’s first female chief, begins her new leadership role this week.
WVU to ease some campus protocols, mask requirements for classrooms, labs will continue
As infection and hospitalization rates due to the delta variant decrease, West Virginia University will lift mask requirements for individuals in indoor spaces, regardless of vaccination status, beginning Thursday, Oct. 21; however, the University will continue to require masks in all classrooms, labs or any WVU System facility or building being used as a classroom for the remainder of the semester.
Christian nationalism, vaccine hesitancy and science skeptics: WVU researchers delve into the sociology of COVID-19
Christian nationalists are less likely to get the COVID-19 vaccine while political conservatives express high skepticism toward the coronavirus in general, two new studies published by West Virginia University sociologists conclude.