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A graphic depiction of a geothermal well with a sky in blue at the top and then two brown holes in the ground. A red and blue container fills the hole on the right.

WVU leading regional effort with $1M NSF award to accelerate energy technology, infrastructure

Members of the Resilient Energy Technology and Infrastructure team — spearheaded by Erienne Olesh, executive director at the WVU Office of Student and Faculty Innovation, and Sheena Murphy, associate vice president for research development at the WVU Research Office — will identify pathways for workforce development that align with energy technologies and policy development that accelerates adoption of those technologies.

Two photos are shown side by side of work to a sidewalk at Martin Hall. On the left is the in progress work with wooden framing in place. The completed project with a smooth sidewalk is on the right.
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.
WVU President Gordon Gee is shown behind a brown podium at the Erickson Alumni Center.

Gee outlines vision for WVU as the modern land-grant university

During his State of the University remarks at the Erickson Alumni Center on Monday (Oct. 23), West Virginia University President Gordon Gee said difficult but necessary decisions have put WVU in a position to invest and innovate, thus setting the University on a course to become the modern land-grant university of the future.

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Stewart Hall is shown from the front with green trees in the foreground. Students are walking in front of the building.
A student in a white lab coat is shown in a darkened lab with their back to the camera working on lab equipment while wearing blue latex gloves.
WVU President Gordon Gee stands in front of a navy blue curtain and behind a wooden podium that says 'West Virginia University.' Gee is wearing a dark jacket, red bow tie and black rimmed glasses.

WVU Board of Governors extends Gee’s contract to 2025

The West Virginia University Board of Governors voted unanimously Monday (July 31) to extend President Gordon Gee’s contract one year through June 30, 2025. The decision came after Board members reviewed Gee’s performance — as mandated by state code — in areas such as student success, research, health and welfare, and the University's role in the state’s economic development.

The New River Gorge Bridge shot in summer located in Souther West Virginia near.
An illustrated graphic featuring different types of energy production including windmills, solar, drilling and more.