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Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Renee Garneau is pictured wearing lab safety goggles and checking leveling equipment.
Competitors watch as a milk crate container protecting a pumpkin is dropped off the roof of the WVU Engineering Sciences Building.

Team 13 from Mountaineer Middle School wins 34th WVU Pumpkin Drop

Plummeting pumpkins paved the way for future engineers at the 34th Pumpkin Drop event hosted by the West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. The University welcomed more than 1,000 students from 50 K-12 schools across the region on Friday (Oct. 27) to test their engineering skills on the Evansdale Campus.

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WVU to help STEM graduates invest in Mountain State’s environmental health

To foster a continuing interest in STEM fields, West Virginia University is collaborating with other state universities to establish One Health West Virginia, a network connecting research mentors with postbaccalaureate mentees who will acquire training and experience to pursue STEM-based careers and address environmental health issues in the state.

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.

Two WVU students selected as Homecoming royalty pose together on the field wearing their crowns, sashes and holding bouquets of flowers.

Mitchell and Quarrick named WVU Homecoming Royalty, Alumni awards presented

A celebration of past moments and the creation of new Homecoming memories culminated at West Virginia University Saturday (Oct. 21) with the crowning of Romeo Mitchell Jr. and Olivia Quarrick as the 2023 Homecoming Royalty during halftime at the football game against Oklahoma State University.

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WVU joins BRAIN Center to advance technology for neurological disorders

West Virginia University plans to offer a novel physician-engineer program that will include training in clinical and technical leadership in preparation for the emerging field of neural engineering as part of a consortium of other universities to help improve the care and rehabilitation of people with neurological disorders.

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A student dressed in protective gear uses welding equipment in the WVU Lane Innovation Hub.

WVU offers students ‘gateway to world of possibilities’ at Lane Innovation Hub

West Virginia University students training to be the engineers of the future or pursuing all kinds of other educational goals have opportunities to explore their ideas at the Lane Innovation Hub, a 9,500-square-foot industrial space located at the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources.

The ten Homecoming candidates stand in front of Woodburn Hall on the WVU Downtown Campus. Part of Martin Hall is shown in the background.
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.