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Photograph of the main building at WVU Jackson's Mill. The light colored brick building features multiple dormers on the roofline as well as a portico in the middle. There is a grist mill stone in the foreground of the photograph.

WVU Jackson’s Mill receives gift of free internet from Frontier

The holidays are arriving early at West Virginia University Jackson’s Mill. On Giving Tuesday (Nov. 28), Frontier Communications announced the company will donate high-speed fiber internet service to the Mill to improve educational and programming activities for youth, guests and the greater community.

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Photograph of Stewart Hall on the WVU Morgantown Campus in the fall. There are fallen leaves of orange and gold on the ground and still a few hanging in the trees in front of the gray brick building.
Ethan Reese is shown in a green shirt and long dark sleeves on the left of the frame holding his winning essay. His mom, in a gray sweatshirt with green trees, holds a microphone in front of a banner for the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree.
A photograph of the Green Bank telescope in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The huge telescope is seen in the photograph set against a pale blue sky full of white clouds, a second telescope in the distance, and rows of green trees.
A photograph of several WVU interns standing in front of the huge, white Nemacolin resort.
A photograph of a forest in fall with the leaves changing to bright yellow and with the forest floor littered with already fallen leaves.

Core family estate gifts strengthen nature, history resources at WVU

A late relative of longtime West Virginia University biology professor and local historian Earl L. Core is providing more than $1.8 million to support the study of nature and history in his memory. The gift has been divided to benefit WVU Libraries and the Core Arboretum, a public nature preserve that Core helped establish during his 44 years at the University.

The Downtown Campus, including Woodburn Hall and Hodges Hall, are shown surrounded by fall colors.

New majors, medical breakthrough signal success for WVU

More than ever, the University is keenly focused on the modern land-grant priorities outlined in President Gordon Gee's recent State of the University address such as advancing the WVU R1 mission to deliver solutions to real-world problems and growing the academic medical center to improve people’s health.

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Early WVU research shows ingestible ‘smart pill’ may detect signs of overdose

In a potential breakthrough for those suffering with opioid use disorder, the West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute announced a first-in-human study using an innovative smart pill technology to measure and monitor vital signs that can help identify early indications of an overdose.

A blue and black hammock stretched out in front of a brick building holds two students. One is working on a laptop.

With investments in student success, WVU retention, graduation rates climb

A dual focus on purpose and student success programming is helping fuel improved retention and graduation rates at West Virginia University. This year, the University is seeing its second highest freshman retention in history — 81.4% — along with its highest four-year graduation rate on record, reflecting a jump of 14% during the past eight years.