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Bryan Khoo, a doctoral student and researcher at the West Virginia University John Chambers College of Business and Economics, recently used a vast trove of Uber data for three cities that are home to NFL teams — Cincinnati, Seattle and Santa Clara — to put a number on just how bad NFL stadium traffic gets. He found that, on average, the costs of fuel and time wasted by drivers stuck fuming in gridlock due to game day congestion will equal or even exceed each stadium’s construction costs and tax breaks over its lifetime of about 27 years.

Researchers at West Virginia University are working to ensure small landowners and local communities, instead of large corporations, profit from the ability of Central Appalachian forests to remove greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will introduce walk-through metal detectors at its major athletic venues this fall. The new additions to the entrance gates expand on the University's campus safety procedures and will make their debut at the Aug. 31 football home opener against Penn State at Milan Puskar Stadium.

Offering a mix of activities for all West Virginia University students — new and returning — Welcome Week will run from Aug. 15-23, providing ways for students to have fun, explore their strengths, connect with others and give back to the community ahead of the start of the fall semester.

West Virginia University Board of Governors Vice-Chair and Presidential Search Committee Chair Dr. Patrice Harris sent a letter to members of the University community Wednesday (Aug. 7), providing an update on the presidential search process.

Three West Virginia University alumni and one current student were elected to the WVU Alumni Association Board of Directors during the Alumni Association’s annual business meeting.

An upright neuroimaging device developed by West Virginia University neuroscientists, physicists and engineers that allows patients to move around while undergoing a brain scan could help set priorities for the evolution of imaging tools.

Physics and Astronomy graduate student Reshma Anna-Thomas grew up in the Indian state of Kerala and obtained a master’s degree in integrated physics from Pondicherry University before moving to West Virginia. She came to WVU to pursue her passion — radio astronomy — and she’s now in the fifth year of her doctoral program.

Eight West Virginia University students earned Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to travel abroad without financial constraints. The competitive national award is funded by the U.S. State Department and allows scholars to participate in transformative study abroad experiences.

Chris Justice was just barely 20 years old when he went to work as a registered nurse at WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. Already, he knew he wanted to step up his education and career. Choosing which path in health care to pursue was the dilemma until his work in the cardiovascular intensive care unit gave him the answer: anesthesia.