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At a time of increased focus on campus safety nationwide, consistency in proactive community policing from the West Virginia University Police Department is reflected in the latest Clery Act report.

The West Virginia Innocence Project clinic sets the West Virginia University College of Law apart from other schools while empowering the next generation of attorneys to make a difference. Private support makes the clinic possible, as WVIP relies entirely on donations to fund its operations.

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.

Tapping into the power of optics, the West Virginia University skyline will become brighter with planned improvements in the coming months for the iconic University Water Tower on the Evansdale area of campus.

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.

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.

As West Virginia University welcomes its largest freshman class in several years, President Michael T. Benson sees many reasons for optimism — a message he delivered to members of the University’s Board of Governors during a Friday (Sept. 12) meeting that included Gov. Patrick Morrisey.

The West Virginia University Police Department issued a Community Notice on Friday (Sept. 12) after several recent reports from students about drinks potentially being tampered with at off-campus locations.

Though she used to be one, Madison Clayton, West Virginia University Mountaineer Athletic Club director of donor relations and communications, says she will have no problem rooting against the Pitt Panthers in the “Backyard Brawl.”

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.