When the West Virginia University Hub opened its doors in November 2015, George Yanchak was already there — probably with a to-do list in hand — waiting to welcome students. He’d started just 15 days earlier and has never really stopped moving since then.
In a collaborative effort, West Virginia University colleges, departments and units are coming together to form WVU Cyber — a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary initiative that unites different types of cyber-related research and study across the WVU System to tackle security, economic and workforce challenges.
The West Virginia Public Education Collaborative, housed at West Virginia University, and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation will continue their efforts to support passionate teachers across the Mountain State who create innovative learning experiences for their students.
When Woodrow A. Potesta Professor of Law Charles DiSalvo was sorting out the idea of a Center for Law and Public Service at the West Virginia University College of Law, he was swinging for the fences.
When it comes to self-control, adolescents tend to follow the patterns their parents establish, according to West Virginia University psychology researcher Amy Gentzler who led a six-month survey of more than 200 Appalachian adolescents and their parents.
Growing up in rural McDowell County, Dr. Nicholas Baker, associate professor of thoracic surgery with the West Virginia University Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery in the School of Medicine and the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, saw few options for his future. He chose college — encouraged by his mother — a path that led him to medical school, then robotic thoracic surgery and, eventually, back to his home state.
West Virginia University has named Matthew Bolling, Brogan Dozier, Isabella Hart, Abby Ruth and Erin Skaff the 2025 Mountaineers of Distinction, a Mountaineer Week tradition that recognizes exemplary academic achievement and extracurricular involvement.
Calling it “a win for students, families and the Mountain State,” West Virginia University President Michael T. Benson announced a University retention record during the Board of Governors meeting Friday (Nov. 7). To build on that momentum, Benson unveiled his Strategic Compass, which provides a pathway forward for the University.
West Virginia University public health researchers are working collaboratively with local partners, like county health departments, to stop drug use in youth before it starts, driving federal grant money to some of the state’s poorest counties and developing approaches tailored to individual communities.
For 50 years, the West Virginia University Personal Rapid Transit system — the PRT — has been carrying people between the Morgantown campuses. When the idea for the PRT was unveiled it was more than just a transit system. It was a promise, a declaration that this small Appalachian city could become the testbed for a transportation revolution.