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Ed Etzel

Sports Ethics - An Oxymoron?

Edward Etzel, director of the Russell "Bud" Bolton Center for Sports Ethics at WVU, examines the changing culture of sports and its erosion of ethics.

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Keith Bowers

Restoring the Planet

Keith Bowers, BS '82, Landscape Architecture, is on a quest to restore the world's ecological future.

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The Most Dangerous Woman in America

Government officials labeled Mother Jones the "most dangerous woman in America" and the "grandmother of all agitators."

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Student gathers hemp from the field.

New Life for an Old Crop

Hemp, which was once illegal to grow in the U.S., is now fair game for research projects with state departments of agriculture.

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Emily Calandrelli against a backdrop of stars.

Explore Outer Space

Emily Calandrelli delves into the mysteries of the universe on TV shows such as "Xploration Outer Space" and "Bill Nye Saves the World."

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Guns, Drugs and Science

Firing pistols and burning drugs. That's another day at the office for WVU Chemistry Professor Suzanne Bell.

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Mountaineers in the Movies

Lights. Camera. Let's Go! This list may leave you starstruck by the scores of WVU connections to the big screen.

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Barrier Breakers

To commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, here are just a few examples of Mountaineers that epitomize the vision for equality for all on campus.

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Student cleaning flooded store.

The Road to Recovery

The floods that raged through southern West Virginia inflicted deep wounds that Mountaineers are helping to heal.

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Brad Paisley Comes to Campus

Although country music superstar Brad Paisley never studied at WVU, the Glen Dale native has bled gold and blue from a young age.

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Michelangelo's Handwriting

Bob Tallaksen teaches students to study human lungs and hearts via X-ray, CT scan and MRI. In his spare time, he studies other images, namely handwriting from the medieval period to the Renaissance.

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Marissa Angellatta rides the zipline at WVU.

Ride Our Zipline

WVU started the nation’s first zip canopy tour operated by a university. Get to know the canopy tour from two of our tour guides.

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Authoritarian America

Sociologist Joshua Woods examines how the post-9/11 world has leaned America toward authoritarianism.

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Ghostly girl spins in her party dress at Stewart Hall.

Flashback - Haunted Halls

If you were to walk the WVU campus in the fall, you might get involved in a haunting. Meet the ghostly visitors we caught on camera.

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