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Photo of Lauren Maloney in white coat that says School of Nursing.

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No Capes Required

Following COVID-19, these Mountaineers went above and beyond.

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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.

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The south end of Woodburn Hall circa 1918.

Red Cross nurses in Morgantown during the Spanish flu.

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2020 pandemic in Morgantown closely resembles 1918 pandemic in Morgantown

In the fall of 1918, Morgantown canceled events and school was closed because of a dangerous illness circling the globe.

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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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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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Never Again

One family, an alumnus and the University are working together to make sure a hazing tragedy never happens again.

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Of Ice and Men

A look inside the grit and grind of the WVU hockey team.

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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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Hacked Off

WVU aims to fill the cybersecurity gap with a noble kind of keyboard warrior.

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Holding Back The Flood

The outdated U.S. regulatory structure must be dismantled, say two professors.

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Episode 8 - Through the Math Forest

There was this teacher who believed that the way math was taught could be different in her very rural county. That kids could better understand it and make it their own. That they could score much higher. That teachers could stay longer. She was right.

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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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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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John Logar competing in Iditarod Trail Invitational

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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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Barrier Breakers

To commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, here are just a few examples of Mountaineers that epitomize the vision for equality for all on campus.

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Braving the Media Landscape

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

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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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Bruuuuuuuuce! Super Bowl Champ with a Mountaineer Heart

Bruce Irvin battled through his youth to find his place in life. And that place was WVU. He is an NFL player now but has fond memories of his time here.

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A Dream of Mars

One of the finest amateur robot minds outside of NASA has put WVU's robotics program on the map.

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The Future of Water

Water researchers are pushing for a network of weather monitoring stations.

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Thinking It Through
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Better Policing

Criminology professor James Nolan was a cop in “Murder Town USA” and has researched crime with the FBI. He’s got some ideas on how to create policing that works.

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