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A student with short, curly dark hair stands in the rotunda of the State Capitol wearing a dark suit. To his left side is a research poster. A person with long brown hair stands with a back to the camera and listens.

WVU student researchers and lawmakers come together at Capitol

Undergraduate researchers from West Virginia University connected with policymakers at the Capitol in Charleston Friday (Feb. 10), providing an overview of the important work being done in dental care, mental health and substance use, and children’s health care during Undergraduate Research Day.

This is a photo of a classroom. On the left, University President Gordon Gee sits with an open book. On the right, more than half a dozen students listen to him. A couple of billboards are along the far wall.

Working in service: WVU embedded in fabric of West Virginia communities

In West Virginia’s hills and hollows, its larger cities along interstates and smaller communities on country roads, at ground levels and from broader 365-degree views, West Virginia University students, faculty and staff are working each day in service to the Mountain State.

A group of WVU graduates dressed in their navy blue caps and gowns celebrates together during fall 2022 Commencement ceremonies. There numerous people in the photograph with three women and three men in sharp focus.
Four graduates are lined up with their armed links. One is wearing a gold gown. The others are in navy blue gowns. They are looking up and to the left and smiling.

Gee tells newest WVU graduates success comes from knowing themselves

More than 2,600 West Virginia University graduates participating in two Commencement ceremonies today (Dec. 17) were encouraged to hold fast to values forged as Mountaineers and tap into their unique strengths to live successful lives fueled by purpose.

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.
Photo of six grade-school children, boys and girls, all wearing masks, sit together during a reading program. The instructor is female and is wearing a brightly colored tie dyed shirt. They are sitting in a room full of windows.
Picture of the nine member of the 2022 WVU Homecoming Court. They are all dressed in business casual clothes and are standing outside in front of Woodburn Hall.
A group of three adults and four children wearing masks sit inside of a school at a long table working on pads of some kind.
This photo is taken out the window of an airplane looking down on green mountains with blue sky and clouds above.
WVU Professor Frankie Tack, wearing a dark, long-sleeve shirt, khaki pants, and short gray hair, prepares WVU Extension faculty, seated three to a table on bright yellow stools, to give workshops.

WVU’s Project TRAIN lays a new track to support children affected by addiction at home

One of every four children in the United States has a parent wrestling with drug or alcohol addiction, based on national data, and is at risk of developing a substance use disorder later in life. To break that cycle and give adults in those kids’ lives the tools to make a difference, West Virginia University’s Project TRAIN has expanded its program, originally focused on enabling K-12 teachers to support students affected by addiction, to youth camps statewide.