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Fall 2019

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The lives they’ll live

Ziler Hawkins makes friends everywhere she goes, especially at WVU Medicine Children’s where she was one of thousands of children whose lives have been saved. Now that life-saving ability is growing with a new hospital.

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Alumni Diary

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Alumni Diary

Found in Translation

Shun Nakasone makes his living hanging out with tennis champs and Major League Baseball legends.

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John Logar competing in Iditarod Trail Invitational

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Alumni Diary

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A Thousand Miles of Snow

John Logar, MD '01, rode his titanium bicycle from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, in single-digit weather, through wet and treacherous snow. He was competing in the Iditarod Trail Invitational, the bicycle version of the famous dog-sled race.

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Science

These samples came from more than 10,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean, in Tasmania, Australia

These tree samples came from more than 10,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean, in Tasmania, Australia

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What’s the weather like?

The changing climate is embedded in our trees, bees and trash.

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Successors

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The Spacesuit Maker

As a spacesuit engineer, one alumnus defines what the next spacesuits look like.

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Resurrecting a forest giant

In a time long gone, the American chestnut tree stood tall as an economic and ecological anchor of the East Coast.

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Growing Up in the Great Outdoors

The WVU and Boy Scouts of America partnership leads to richer experiences for youth.

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The Last Word
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The Beautiful Day In Our Neighborhood

In 1995, Fred Rogers gave the commencement address at West Virginia University. He believed that we make life more beautiful in the pursuit of our dreams.

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John Chambers Changed the Internet — Now He Wants to Change West Virginia

John Chambers shook up the Internet as CEO of Cisco, now he has his sights set on home.

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Episode 10 - Five Milliseconds

On July 24, 2001, something arrived on Earth. It would take six years for it to be noticed. And even longer to prove it existed.

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Flashback

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Flashback

A Peaceful Patriot

Tom Bennett took out his tape recorder and dictated a letter home to his family in Morgantown, W.Va. He mentioned his location: “Somewhere in the great, noble land of South Vietnam – at least I hope it’s South. I’m pretty sure it is.”

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Arts & Culture
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The Art of Comics

Trace the history of comics and art.

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Alumni Diary

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Alumni Diary

Braving the Media Landscape

Mackenzie Mays was honored by the nation's journalists for her work speaking truth to power.

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People
The Last Word

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The Last Word

The Book Distributor

Using skills from high school debate, Kassie Colón has harnessed a passion for social justice to broaden cultural representation on West Virginia University’s campus and beyond.

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History

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History

Our Country’s Music

Mountaineers, from Kathy Mattea to West Virginia song writers, explore the meaning of Country Music coinciding with Ken Burns’ documentary.

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Arts & Culture
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Grow Your Green Thumb

Decorate your garden with help from the Libraries' collection of botanical books.

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Fall 2019
Ask An Expert

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Ask An Expert

Striking Signs

Malayna Bernstein, director of learning sciences programs at the College of Education and Human Services, saw the value in chronicling the West Virginia teachers’ strike – through the protest signs.

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Spring 2019
Arts & Culture
Right Brain

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Geography lessons through monster slaying

Shoot-em-up game Fallout 76 is driving up national interest in the Mountain State.

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Home Among the Hills

Some students come from across the world just to attend WVU. Some students’ parents immigrated to the U.S. And many students were born here. However they got here, they’re all Mountaineers.

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