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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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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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2023 Commencement Celebration

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

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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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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

Big Brother on Wheels

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Big Brother on Wheels

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

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It’s the Pits: WVU Experts Investigating Military Burn Pit Emissions

It’s the Pits: WVU Experts Investigating Military Burn Pit Emissions

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Engineering A New Medicine

It’s the Pits: WVU Experts Investigating Military Burn Pit Emissions

When retired U.S. Army Master Sgt. Stephen Dailey describes his service in the Middle East during the Gulf War, he says it was like the world around him was burning.

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

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

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

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Mind Over Muscle

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

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Reporting On Addiction

Journalists can create change by changing their language.

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Mikel Hager receives the Mountaineer rifle

Mikel Hager receives the Mountaineer rifle

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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.

Graduate students delve into broad range of research projects

Graduate students delve into broad range of research projects

Graduate students delve into broad range of research projects

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Thinking It Through

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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Fred King of WVU Research makes comments after signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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The Last Word

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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When Noah Johnson is fully “locked in,” very few people in the competitive gaming world can touch him. “Locked in” — his phrase — is a hyper mind for the first-year economics student at West Virginia University. A native of Baltimore, Md., Noah is WVU’s inaugural official esports player who also happens to be one of the best Madden NFL players in the world.

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Flashback—The Mountaineer Statue at 50

What is now an enduring symbol of the spirit of West Virginia University stands 50 years after its creation outside the Mountainlair — after more than 20 years of planning and being nearly derailed multiple times by controversy and other obstacles.