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West Virginia University will induct three new members into the Order of Vandalia, the University’s highest honor for outstanding service and loyalty, Friday (June 7) at the Erickson Alumni Center.

With West Virginia leading the nation in opioid related deaths, five of the state’s most influential institutions - including West Virginia University - are joining with the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission to increase awareness of the issue and possible solutions.

Jerry West has earned yet another prestigious award. President Donald Trump has announced the 81-year-old West will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

WVU President Gordon Gee drops in on faculty and staff to present them with tokens of appreciation.

The baseball team's season came to an end with an 11-10 loss to Texas A&M in the NCAA Morgantown Regional on Sunday afternoon at Monongalia County Ballpark. The loss ends West Virginia's 2019 season, which was highlighted by the program's 13th NCAA Championship appearance in program history and a selection as a regional host for the first time since 1955.

The No. 15-seeded West Virginia University baseball team hosts the 2019 NCAA Morgantown Regional from Friday, May 31 – Monday, June 3, at Monongalia County Ballpark.

Armed with a degree in international studies from West Virginia University, Lauren Headley plans to use what she’s learned in the Peace Corps. The first WVU graduate of the Peace Corps Prep Program, Headley, who is from Myersville, Maryland, has applied for a Peace Corps volunteer position in Senegal.

College students from across the U.S. will visit West Virginia University this summer for their first research experiences. WVU’s Department of Psychology will host seven undergraduate students for intensive, eight-week research projects. The students will be on campus June 3-July 26 conducting independent studies under the guidance of faculty mentors.

Pregnant African American women are more likely than white women to give birth prematurely, but they’re underrepresented in studies of preterm birth rates. Snehalata Huzurbazar, a biostatistics professor in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, is working to change that.

Four West Virginia University students will spend their summer researching thermodynamic models, new material for aircraft under impact, glass in crime scene evidence and the dynamics of how proteins change.