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WVU Steel Drum Band visits Boone County

The West Virginia University Steel Drum Ensemble hit the road to perform for and with the students at Brookview Elementary in Foster, Boone County.

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Committing to Memory

The number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease is expected to grow like wildfire. As of 2020, as many as 5.8 million had the progressive disease that afflicts parts of the brain that control thought, memory and language.

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Successors: WVU alum flies into storms for science

Successors: WVU alum flies into storms for science

A team known as the “Hurricane Hunters” gets up close and personal with these storms. While local officials and meteorologists signal caution to their viewers that may be in areas of danger, West Virginia University graduate Nick Underwood and his colleagues fly directly into them.

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Going to Waste: Coal mining leftovers may produce economic renewal at old mines

Paul Ziemkiewicz has been working to clean up streams for decades, but the discovery that acid mine drainage or AMD, holds the elements used in electronics has made that effort not only noble, but potentially profitable.

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Big Brother on Wheels

Ask an Expert: Big Brother on Wheels

High-tech license plate surveillance systems have the power to invade privacy and create economic barriers

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Media Rights Deals: Present Versus June 2025. Present is 220 million total, 10 schools, 22 million per school. June 2025 is 380 million total, 12 schools and 31.7 million per school

Beyond the Box Score and How Money Talks in the World of Sports

Boxscores, passing yards or even the digits on a favorite player’s jersey may be what people think of when it comes to numbers in athletics. But a critical figure, especially at the collegiate and professional levels, is important and affects communities across the world from cities with Olympic stadiums to college towns with NCAA teams.

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With Purpose: Reporting On Addiction

With Purpose: Reporting On Addiction

Journalists can create change by changing their language.

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Energy Evolution

At West Virginia University, researchers across varying disciplines including geology, forestry and engineering are exploring alternative and sustainable pathways to power the nation.

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Graduate students delve into broad range of research projects

Graduate students delve into broad range of research projects

At West Virginia University, researchers are looking to restore the American chestnut, unearth the benefits of fire on forests and soil, reimagine refugee narratives and understand the link between opioid use and advanced cancer. Those researchers are graduate students.

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The Last Word: The King of Research

Growing up in Richmond, Va., Fred King fondly recalls staying up to watch the moon landing with his family and receiving his first chemistry set for Christmas. That passion for science and discovery never wavered as King emerged as an acclaimed chemist in adulthood.

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2023 Commencement Celebration

Celebrate the May 2023 with West Virginia University's newest alumni!

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Meeting Mikel Hager

Mikel Hager was named the 69th Mountaineer at West Virginia University Saturday, March 4, 2023, during the WVU 89-81win over Kansas State.

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An afternoon with the Mountaineer

Mountaineer Mary Roush's family and friends from her home in Mason County came to the WVU Coliseum to cheer on the Men's Basketball Team in its 80-77 victory over Auburn Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. See photos from their day.

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Exceeding the Vision

The new spaces in Reynolds Hall exceed expectations of both founder and students.

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The Fence at the Top of the Cliff

The WVU School of Public Health celebrates a decade of making a difference.

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Little Big Moments

50 years after its inception, Title IX still shapes women’s educational experience in myriad ways.

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A new team for a new era at the WVU Alumni Association

After emerging from the pandemic seeking to redefine its purpose and value in a very different world, the WVU Alumni Association has entered into a unique partnership with West Virginia University.

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Mountaineer Spirit: Spin Class

Fifty years after women first joined “The Pride of West Virginia,” the Mountaineer Marching Band, the WVU Magazine follows a senior industrial engineering major who fits “spinning” with the band’s color guard into a packed class and work schedule.

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Perfect practice makes perfect!

A new home for the Pride. The Mountaineer Marching Band will soon have the perfect place for perfect practice: the Pride Practice Facility.

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