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Eight photos of WVU graduate students are lined up in two rows.

Eight WVU graduate students receive Foundation scholarships to support research

The selected West Virginia University graduate students from across the U.S. and beyond are engaging in meaningful research as they complete their degrees with support from WVU Foundation scholarships. The awards help students defray costs and support the completion of their theses or dissertations.

A recent female WVU graduate with long blond hair wearing a navy blue cap and gown holds one fist in the air and her leather bound diploma in the other celebrating her achievement after walking across the Commencement stage.
A graphic with the headshot of WVU Professor DeClerico on the left and the words $1 million in gold on the right. There is some small text below the number.

More than $1M gift from WVU Eberly College professor establishes community lectureship

A beloved West Virginia University professor is expanding educational opportunities for students, faculty, staff and the greater Morgantown community via a planned gift of over $1 million to support a lecture focused on political leadership and democratic institutions. Professor Emeritus Robert E. DiClerico retired from the Department of Political Science in 2017.

A student slouches in a char with the back of their head barely reaching a window. They are holding a blue iPhone in two hands that is almost entirely hiding their face.
A WVU graduate holds a blue diploma folder above their head while wearing a navy blue graduation gown.
Three people are shown working on a robotics body with four black wheels on it in a lab. One person is in a gray sweatshirt with WVU on it.

WVU to launch robotics engineering major

Students interested in the rapidly evolving world of robotics will now be able to enroll in a new robotics engineering major at West Virginia University following approval by the Board of Governors during a meeting Friday (Dec. 15).

A photograph of the Green Bank telescope in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The huge telescope is seen in the photograph set against a pale blue sky full of white clouds, a second telescope in the distance, and rows of green trees.
A photograph of a forest in fall with the leaves changing to bright yellow and with the forest floor littered with already fallen leaves.

Core family estate gifts strengthen nature, history resources at WVU

A late relative of longtime West Virginia University biology professor and local historian Earl L. Core is providing more than $1.8 million to support the study of nature and history in his memory. The gift has been divided to benefit WVU Libraries and the Core Arboretum, a public nature preserve that Core helped establish during his 44 years at the University.

A photograph showing a yoga class. A dozen maroon yoga mats are situated in a grid pattern on the floor. Each mat also has a blue folding chair sitting on top of it. The female leader sits cross legged at the front of the group of four participants.
A photograph of Maura McLaughlin and Duncan Lorimer pictured against a black background with swirling light effects, much like the afterglow from sparklers, in the foreground.