After the 2016 election, everyone wanted to get to know the real West Virginia. And it turns out that there’s a book that can help them do just that – and it’s full of some of the most noteworthy and fresh literary voices from this place.
We saw the educator shortage looming. It’s here now. And WVU researchers have some ideas about how to fix it.
A WVU Press book of photography shows moments in history that should be remembered.
Poetry, prose and pulled pork have more in common than you think. Ask world barbecue champion Luke Darnell.
The historically rich West Virginia coal and petroleum industries are being preserved at the Royce J. and Caroline B. Watts Museum.
The hidden history of Woodburn Hall is chronicled in generations of names etched in the plaster on the walls of the small cupola room overlooking the Monongahela River.
Before 2006, WVU had zero Chinese language or culture courses. Along came Hannah Lin to change that.
A lot of people need jobs in Southern West Virginia. And area farmers needed to sell their food. Ben Gilmer put some skin in the game and is putting ex-coal miners back to work on mountaintop and rooftop farms.
Hail WV! And hail to this list of songs to be churned out by the Pride of WV in 2018.
When Ysabel Bombardiere walked into a middle school classroom to recruit girls for a coding club, she heard boys say, “Girls cannot code.” The girls in the Kanawha County Girls Who Code club are now saying, “Wanna bet?”
Weena Gaulin may be the only Mountaineer from Reunion Island. Where is that? She’ll tell you.
Television served as a catalyst for an unlikely yet prosperous career behind the scenes in Hollywood for this WVU alumnus.
From WVU to the TV screen, these Mountaineers have made a splash in the entertainment industry.
The first WVU-VT matchup in 12 years was a chance for alumni of both teams to crack wise and socialize.
Remember when Kanye played FallFest? Or Maroon 5? What about Violent Femmes and Biz Markie in '98? Huh, what?
You might know about Appalachian music. Kids in West Virginia sometimes don’t. Travis Stimeling and his band of college students are teaching them the music from their past and how it can be part of their future.
We bid farewell to an old friend we knew as Arnold Hall, which served as a home away from home for more than 35,000 students since 1957.
Sparked is a podcast of West Virginia University Magazine that is all about the people who are changing Appalachia’s future for the better.