At the Connection of Business and Human Rights
A law professor had worked for the SEC in enforcement. Then a class prompted her to look at human rights.
Go Outside in West Virginia
WVU is helping West Virginia capitalize on its biggest asset, the outdoors.
Parade of Masks
When everything went online in the early days of the pandemic, WVU Libraries created an online exhibit featuring a new element in our lives: face masks.
The Lone Rangers
With their national championship canceled hours before it was supposed to start, the rifle team went into a 2020 season that was like no other yet brought them closer together.
Three Lieutenants
A former Mountaineer mascot, a National Guardsman and a former substitute teacher tested their strength to see if they had what it took to become officers in the Army National Guard.
Rise of the Biomass
On empty fields across the Mid-Atlantic, forests of skinny stalks are rising to revolutionize industries.
Crushing COVID
WVU researchers ventured into the sewers, developed software for robots and tapped into renewable wood, all in the name of science and fighting COVID-19.
A Survivor's Legacy
Betty Puskar survived breast cancer. Then she helped other women in West Virginia have a better chance to do the same.
An Old Fight with New Weapons
Every decade, there's a new plan to take on cancer. This one is the most impressive yet.
How to Build a Hockey Team
A woman wanted to play her favorite sport, ice hockey, at WVU. But there wasn't a team. So she and a bold group of women made a team out of hard work and hard knocks.
Never Again
One family, an alumnus and the University are working together to make sure a hazing tragedy never happens again.
West Virginia ‘Roots Run Deep’ For Start-Up Publisher
This alumna returned to West Virginia and started a magazine that became so much more.
The Story of Appalachia Beyond Elections
A pop-up publication after the 2016 election meant to set the record straight on Appalachia is still going strong nearly four years later.
Recommended Reads
WVU Press is churning out a series of beautiful, thoughtful and provocative books in its recently published works.
How I Got My Job
We hear from Mountaineers across the country about how they got their jobs soon after graduation and around the time of the pandemic.
Ask an Expert: Coronavirus Hotline
There is a call line in Charleston, W.Va., where a WVU professor and her staff and volunteers explain, as best they know, what to do when faced with the coronavirus. We asked her what working that hotline is like.
The Way Forward
The University had just days to decide how to close campuses of thousands while still offering education and healthcare and continuing vital research.