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A portait is in the middle of a blue background. Javier McCoy is smiling in front of a gray wall. Javier has a beard and is wearing a light gray suit jacket, gold tie with dots and white button-up shirt.

WVU Center for Black Culture and Research prepares for leadership transition

Javier McCoy, who currently oversees campus-wide initiatives in the role of assistant director of Inclusive Leadership and Intercultural Engagement in the Division of Student Life’s Student Engagement unit, will become the Center's interim director as Marjorie Fuller retires this summer.

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Curious about cottontails, WVU researchers hop into hare study

A pair of WVU researchers, Amy Welsh and Chris Rota with the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, are studying the habits and habitats of two West Virginia lagomorphs: the Appalachian cottontail and the snowshoe hare.

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A closeup image of a cicada. The insect has big red eyes, large translucent wings and thick yellow legs. It is resting on wood and leaf debris.

WVU chemist makes insect wing discovery that could advance technology

The key to insect success may be their wings. That’s what West Virginia University researcher Terry Gullion, professor of chemistry in the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, has learned by studying the chemical composition of insect wings — something that has not been examined in detail until now.

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Composite of the 20 students chosen as the WVU Bucklew Scholars. They are organized in a grid pattern, with three rows of headshots.
A man looks under a microscope with purple gloves