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More than half a dozen students sit at a table in the Mountainlair. Two students have their backs to the cameras. Four others are facing them while leaning against a gray wall. Other students are walking beyond the wall.
A man is working in a lab wearing a white lab coat and looking into a microscope that is on top of a black table. He is also wearing a mask and gloves. There is miscellaneous lab equipment in the foreground on the table near the microscope.
An illustration of a cartoon toilet with dollar bills floating in and around it. It is placed on a gradient yellow background.
This is the exterior of a lactation pod available to parents at the WVU Coliseum. The pod is round on the sides and flat on the top and bottom with gold and blue flowers on the front where an access door is located.
A male student in a red shirt and shorts and a female student in a green shirt and jeans use a tablet to work while in an auditorium.

WVU-led initiative engages West Virginia youth in their communities

The West Virginia University School of Public Health and Health Sciences & Technology Academy are collaborating on a project that will engage trusted individuals in rural communities throughout the state and provide experiential learning opportunities for the next generation of health care professionals to improve health outcomes.

Headshot of T. Ramon Stuart, the new president of WV Institute of Tech. Gold is standing with his hands crossed on a chair. He is wearing a dark colored suit and a gold tie. He is a Black man with short hair, and is smiling slightly in the photo.

West Virginia native returns home to serve as WVU Tech campus president

A West Virginia University graduate and accomplished university administrator, including as a president and provost, will return to the Mountain State as the next campus president at West Virginia University Institute of Technology. T. Ramon Stuart, originally from Welch, begins in this role on Jan. 1.

The image shows a doctor and a nurse in an exam room with a small female child for a routine visit. The doctor is wearing a white lab coat with a stethoscope around his neck. The nurse is wearing colorful, blue scrubs. The young girl has red hair.
Picture of an open pasture that's been recently seeded for a WVU research project. The pasture is full of green grasses and freshly tilled dirt. There is a wooded area long the background of the photo.
WVU professor showing an apple cut in half that has been infested with pests. The researcher, Carlos Quesada, is hoping to teach growers alternative ways to address pests in their crops.

Growers bugged by pests find help from WVU Extension

Pests are a pain, so the West Virginia University Extension Service is reaching out to growers and gardeners around the state about the dangers of pesticides and how to incorporate safe alternatives — such as barriers, insect traps and introducing predatory insects that feed on pests.

The city of Elkins in West Virginia is seen from a hilltop, looking through green trees under a cloudy sky.

Ascend West Virginia expands into fourth community

Greater Elkins joins three other areas in West Virginia offering incentives to remote workers who want to make the Mountain State home, part of the Ascend WV program involving the WVU Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative.