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Shakespeare's Folios

WVU Libraries is home to one of the rarest and most important book collections in the history of the English language – William Shakespeare’s Folios.

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The south end of Woodburn Hall circa 1918.
The south end of Woodburn Hall circa 1918.
Red Cross nurses in Morgantown during the Spanish flu.
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  • Summer 2020
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  • Summer 2020
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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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Classical painting of man taking a plant material from a woman.
Classical painting of man taking a plant material from a woman.
Classical painting of man taking a plant material from a woman.
  • Science
  • Arts & Culture
  • Spring 2020
  • Science
  • Arts & Culture
  • Spring 2020

Big Green Data

Botanicals have been used throughout history in human culture from spirituality to health.

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Image of two women and a man with dating profiles superimposed over the group shot for each.
Image of two women with dating profiles superimposed over the group shot for each.
Image of two women and a man with dating profiles superimposed over the group shot for each.
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  • Arts & Culture
  • Science
  • Spring 2020
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  • Arts & Culture
  • Science
  • Spring 2020

Swipe Right: The Fine Art of Getting — and Keeping — a Date Online

Everyone is dating online. But how do you make those dates a success? Liesel Sharabi has studied this for a decade.

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Suzanne Weise and Pat McGinley stand in the law library at WVU.
Suzanne Weise and Pat McGinley stand in the law library at WVU.
Suzanne Weise and Pat McGinley stand in the law library at WVU.
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  • Arts & Culture
  • People
  • Spring 2020
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  • People
  • Spring 2020

Unmasking the Enterprise of Death

What started as a phone call from a reporter in West Virginia turned into a years-long legal investigation tracing opioid pills across the country.

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Colleen Moretz with dresses in background.
Colleen Moretz with dresses.
Colleen Moretz with dresses in background
  • Spring 2020
  • People
  • Arts & Culture
  • Spring 2020
  • People
  • Arts & Culture

The Fashion Designer

Colleen Moretz started in fashion by making clothes for her Barbie dolls. Now she’s working with industry to create a standard for clothing sustainability.

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Photo from gardening book
Photo from gardening book
Photo from gardening book
  • Arts & Culture
  • Collections
  • Arts & Culture
  • Collections

Grow Your Green Thumb

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

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Portrait of Joseph Lupo
Portrait of Joseph Lupo
Portrait of Joseph Lupo
  • Arts & Culture
  • People
  • Fall 2019
  • Arts & Culture
  • People
  • Fall 2019

The Art of Comics

Trace the history of comics and art.

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Ken Ward
Ken Ward
Ken Ward
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  • Spring 2019
  • People
  • Arts & Culture
  • The Last Word
  • Spring 2019
  • People
  • Arts & Culture

The Genius Journalist

Ken Ward Jr. is the genius journalist you don’t want investigating you

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Cookbooks and Rolling Pins
Cookbooks and Rolling Pins
Cookbooks and Rolling Pins
  • Spring 2019
  • Collections
  • Arts & Culture
  • Spring 2019
  • Collections
  • Arts & Culture

Cookbooks and Rolling Pins

Roll over and make room, William Shakespeare and Mark Twain. The Rare Books Collection at West Virginia University Libraries is now home to one of the more mouth watering compilations on a university campus.

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Fallout graphic
Fallout graphic
Fallout graphic
  • Spring 2019
  • Arts & Culture
  • Right Brain
  • Spring 2019
  • Arts & Culture
  • Right Brain

Geography lessons through monster slaying

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

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bull
bull
bull
  • Arts & Culture
  • Spring 2019
  • Arts & Culture
  • Spring 2019

Holding Back The Flood

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

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Portrait of Renee Nicholson
Portrait of Renee Nicholson
Portrait of Renee Nicholson
  • People
  • Spring 2019
  • Health
  • Arts & Culture
  • Ask An Expert
  • People
  • Spring 2019
  • Health
  • Arts & Culture
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Last (W)rites

A patient is not a number. Each is a human with a story to tell.

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Portrait of Jason Phillips
Portrait of Jason Phillips
Portrait of Jason Phillips
  • People
  • Arts & Culture
  • Spring 2019
  • Thinking It Through
  • People
  • Arts & Culture
  • Spring 2019
  • Thinking It Through

The History of the Future

History doesn’t always repeat itself, says this Civil War historian.

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Hoskins
Hoskins
Hoskins
  • History
  • Fall 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • Campus
  • Flashback
  • History
  • Fall 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • Campus
  • Flashback

The Soldiers of World War I

Nearly 2,700 U.S. soldiers mobilized for World War I, which ended 100 years ago, had ties to WVU. Here's a look at some of those soldiers and letters from the war that are preserved at WVU Libraries.

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AP Table
AP Table
AP Table
  • Fall 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • Fall 2018
  • Arts & Culture

The Appalachian Table

When Anthony Bourdain wanted to know more about West Virginia cuisine, he visited alumnus Mike Costello’s kitchen.

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Food is local
food is local
Food is local
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  • Fall 2018
  • Science
  • Arts & Culture
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  • Fall 2018
  • Science
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Food is Local. Food is Global. Food is Complicated.

The Food Justice Lab and a network of farmers are working to bring local food to local tables.

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Portrait of beat poet
Portrait of beat poet
Portrait of beat poet
  • Summer 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • People
  • The Last Word
  • Summer 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • People
  • The Last Word

The Beat Poet

Meet Daniel McTaggart: WVU custodian by night, beat poet by day.

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Sculpture at the Art Museum of WVU.
Sculpture in the garden at the Art Museum of WVU.
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  • Summer 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • Staff Picks
  • Summer 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • Staff Picks

Sculptures of the Art Museum

Next time you're on campus, take a stroll past the Art Museum and gaze in wonder at these elegant sculptures.

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Map of the World
Map of the World
Map of the world
  • Summer 2018
  • Alumni Diary
  • Arts & Culture
  • Summer 2018
  • Alumni Diary
  • Arts & Culture

Bring Me Home

"Country Roads" binds the world.

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Elaine McMillion portrait
Elaine McMillion portrait
Elaine McMillion portrait
  • Health
  • Summer 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • People
  • Health
  • Summer 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • People

Making Sunlight in the Dark

Alumna Elaine McMillion Sheldon directed two documentaries in West Virginia about people who are combatting the opioid crisis and seeking recovery.

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Catherine Venable Moore at Hawks Nest Dam
Catherine Venable Moore at the workers cemetery.
Catherine Venable Moore at Hawks Nest Dam
  • History
  • Summer 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • Ask An Expert
  • History
  • Summer 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • Ask An Expert

Secrets of a Disaster

Author Catherine Venable Moore explains why it's important to remember one of the nation's worst industrial disasters that most of us don't know about.

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Joanna Burt-Kinderman teaches math in a classroom.
Joanna Burt-Kinderman teaches math in a classroom.
Joanna Burt-Kinderman teaches math in a classroom.
  • Summer 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • People
  • Thinking It Through
  • Summer 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • People
  • Thinking It Through

Math Revolution

Joanna Burt-Kinderman is a math coach...yes, a math coach. And her work has helped put schools in Pocahontas County, W.Va. on par with with the most math-proficient states in the nation.

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Einstein
Einstein
Einstein
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  • Arts & Culture
  • Science
  • The List
  • Arts & Culture
  • Science

Celebrating Einstein

Albert Einstein has inspired a lot of progress at WVU -- and even art.

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USS Indianapolis
USS Indianapolis
USS Indianapolis
  • History
  • Spring 2018
  • Right Brain
  • People
  • Arts & Culture
  • History
  • Spring 2018
  • Right Brain
  • People
  • Arts & Culture

The Solving of an Enduring World War II Mystery

Sometimes all it takes to solve a mystery is a Google search and a fudge shop.

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Rodney Williams
Rodney Williams
Rodney Williams
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  • Technology
  • Spring 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • People
  • Successors
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  • Technology
  • Spring 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • People
  • Successors

The Startup to Watch

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

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Origami depiction of mountains, Woodburn hall, gas well and downtown.
Depiction of Woodburn hall, mountains, gas well and downtown in origami.
Origami depiction of Woodburn Hall, a gas well and a downtown among mountains
  • Health
  • Spring 2018
  • People
  • Campus
  • Arts & Culture
  • Health
  • Spring 2018
  • People
  • Campus
  • Arts & Culture

How to Remake a State

Some look at where we've been. We look at what's ahead. Here's what drives West Virginia forward.

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Photo of Joe Lavigne out of prison holding a photo of himself with attorney Valena Beety
Photo of Joe Lavigne on porch
Photo of Joe Lavigne
  • Spring 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • People
  • Spring 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • People

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

The WVU College of Law is aiding in one man's quest for freedom after 20 years in prison.

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