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A blue graphic with the words Homecoming 2023 written in white. The O in homecoming is a Flying WV and a gold bar is drawn on either side of the year.
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Benedum grant fuels WVU efforts to promote entrepreneurism via IgniteWV

The Encova Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the West Virginia University John Chambers College of Business and Economics is launching IgniteWV with $200,000 in grant support from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation. The program strives to provide budding entrepreneurs with the education, skills, contacts and motivation necessary to create viable start-up companies in the Mountain State.

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WVU researcher works to fast-track traditional research methods for quantum discoveries

To address often decades-long searches for new quantum materials, Lian Li in the West Virginia University Eberly College of Arts and Sciences will identify ways to speed up the process with $980,000 in grant funding support from the National Science Foundation’s Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future program.

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Teeth reach: More WVU-trained dentists staying in West Virginia to practice

The West Virginia University School of Dentistry is upholding the University’s commitment to improve health care for West Virginians by creating opportunities for hands-on experiences that have contributed to an increase in practitioners choosing to stay in the Mountain State following graduation.

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Photograph of the engineering building complex on the WVU Morgantown Campus. There is a tree with leaves changing color in the foreground. There is a student walking on the sidewalk near the multi-windowed building.
An exterior shot of the WVU University Police headquarters building. The bright blue sky above the tan and blue building is full of white, puffy clouds.

WVU releases annual Clery Act report

As the West Virginia University Police Department continues to focus on community policing, the latest Clery Act report shows declines in campus drug and alcohol arrests and citations, but increases in reports of some other crimes.