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Photo of women standing on a bridge spanning a river. The Rocky Branch Bridge crosses the South Fork of the Kentucky River and connects communities to the outside world in the event of flooding. March 9, 2017 By Nancy Andrews

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Arts & Culture
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Fall 2020

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Fall 2020

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.

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Nikki Bowman holding a WV Living magazine in her office.

Nikki Bowman holding a magazine in her office.

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West Virginia ‘Roots Run Deep’ For Start-Up Publisher

This alumna returned to West Virginia and started a magazine that became so much more.

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Illustration of Emma Yokum in blue, woman in hard hat.

Illustration of six alumni, three women and three men.

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People
Fall 2020

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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.

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A ghostly girl spins in her party dress at Stewart Hall.

Ghostly girl spins in her party dress at Stewart Hall.

A ghostly girl spins in her party dress.

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Fall 2016
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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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Illustration of a Zoom call with various images from a pizza box to sewing machine to canned goods, an admissions letter, horseshoe, mask and laptop.

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Summer 2020
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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.

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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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Arts & Culture
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Fall 2020

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Fall 2020

The Spacesuit Maker

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

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Marisa Leuzzi wearing a Flying WV sweatshirt having just given blood.

Marisa Leuzzi in a sweatshirt at a hospital having just given blood.

Marisa Leuzzi in a Flying WV sweatshirt at a doctor's office.

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Summer 2020
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WVU grad one of first plasma donors in U.S. to save COVID-19 patients

Months ago, a woman did something that in easier times would not have been unusual. She gave blood. And then it changed everything.

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West Virginia Public Broadcasting advertisement for Us & Them podcast

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Episode 11 - How We Talk

On the cusp of high school, four girls in a rural middle school talk with researchers about why they talk they way they do and how hard they’ve tried to change themselves to be accepted by their peers.

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Successors

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The Startup to Watch

This young alum is a tech entrepreneur who developed a protocol that transmits data over audio.

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Fall 2019
Alumni Diary

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Found in Translation

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

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Science
Spring 2020

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The Supplement Debunker

Are all those supplements you take every day helping you? This researcher has answers.

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Fall 2019

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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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The Legend of the Flying WV

Experience the symbol that unites Mountaineers as one. See how the Flying WV logo evolved from the minds of its creators more than 30 years ago.

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Fall 2019
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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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Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin among spinning lights.

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A Celestial Heavyweight

Maura McLaughlin and Duncan Lorimer look for a kind of star called a pulsar. Here's how they found the most massive pulsar recorded so far.

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Spring 2020

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No Place Like Home: Testing Out Telehealth

How do patients who need consistent care in rural areas get the treatment they need? Now, they’re going online.

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Fall 2019
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The Last Word
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Fall 2019
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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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The Story of Appalachia Beyond Elections

West Virginia ‘Roots Run Deep’ For Start-Up Publisher

How I Got My Job

Haunted Halls

The Way Forward

The lives they’ll live

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The Spacesuit Maker

WVU grad one of first plasma donors in U.S. to save COVID-19 patients

Episode 11 - How We Talk

The Startup to Watch

Found in Translation

The Supplement Debunker

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

The Legend of the Flying WV

A Peaceful Patriot

A Celestial Heavyweight

No Place Like Home: Testing Out Telehealth

The Beautiful Day In Our Neighborhood