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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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Bill Fahey, the Mountaineer Mascot in 1933, holds a rifle with the butt against the ground and is dressed in boots, pants, a flannel shirt and a pelt vest and wears a cap as he stands on old Mountaineer Field with a few people scattered in the stands.
Photo of raised stage in old Mountaineer Field with a UMWA sign and people on the platform and empty stands on the side.
A photo of old Mountaineer Field next to Woodburn Hall as seen across the river from Westover.
  • Fall 2021
  • Flashback
  • Campus
  • Arts & Culture
  • Fall 2021
  • Flashback
  • Campus
  • Arts & Culture

Field of Yesterday’s Dreams

These priceless photos from old Mountaineer Field are now public after decades.

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A woman stands on a paddle board with oar at sunset on Summersville Lake.
A woman stands on a paddleboard with oar at sunset on Summersville Lake.
A woman stands on a paddleboard with oar at sunset on Summersville Lake.
  • slot-17
  • Fall 2021
  • Arts & Culture
  • slot-17
  • Fall 2021
  • Arts & Culture

Go Outside in West Virginia

WVU is helping West Virginia capitalize on its biggest asset, the outdoors.

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Graphic of a blue face mask.
Graphic of a blue face mask.
A graphic of a blue facemask
  • Summer 2021
  • People
  • Science
  • Arts & Culture
  • Campus
  • Summer 2021
  • People
  • Science
  • Arts & Culture
  • Campus

Crushing COVID

WVU researchers ventured into the sewers, developed software for robots and tapped into renewable wood, all in the name of science and fighting COVID-19.

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Illustration of hand on steering wheel and car dashboard with West Virginia welcome sign that says Home.
Illustration of hand on steering wheel and car dashboard with West Virginia welcome sign that says Home.
Illustration of hand on steering wheel and car dashboard with West Virginia welcome sign that says Home.
  • Spring 2021
  • Arts & Culture
  • Spring 2021
  • Arts & Culture

The Meaning of Home

Where is home? For a lot of people it's in a shared culture.

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Image from Summerland video game shows a door standing in a field with a number 1 on it. A police car is parked nearby.
Image from Summerland video game shows a door standing in a field with a number 1 on it. A police car is parked nearby.
Image from Summerland video game shows a door standing in a field with a number 1 on it. A police car is parked nearby.
  • Spring 2021
  • People
  • Arts & Culture
  • Spring 2021
  • People
  • Arts & Culture

The Game of Afterlife

A freshman feared death. So he made a video game about it.

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Nikki Bowman holding a WV Living magazine in her office.
Nikki Bowman holding a WV Living magazine in her office.
Nikki Bowman holding a magazine in her office.
  • Arts & Culture
  • People
  • Fall 2020
  • Arts & Culture
  • People
  • Fall 2020

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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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
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
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
  • Fall 2020
  • Campus
  • Arts & Culture
  • Fall 2020
  • Campus
  • Arts & Culture

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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Image of books on a shelf
Image of books on a shelf.
Image of books on a shelf.
  • Arts & Culture
  • Campus
  • Fall 2020
  • Arts & Culture
  • Campus
  • Fall 2020

Recommended Reads

WVU Press is churning out a series of beautiful, thoughtful and provocative books in its recently published works.

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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.
  • Science
  • Arts & Culture
  • Summer 2020
  • Science
  • Arts & Culture
  • Summer 2020

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.
  • Arts & Culture
  • Science
  • Spring 2020
  • 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.
  • Arts & Culture
  • People
  • Spring 2020
  • Arts & Culture
  • 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
  • Arts & Culture
  • People
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  • Arts & Culture
  • People
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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
  • Collections
  • Arts & Culture
  • Collections
  • Arts & Culture

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

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
  • 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
  • Spring 2019
  • Health
  • Arts & Culture
  • Ask An Expert
  • People
  • Spring 2019
  • Health
  • Arts & Culture
  • Ask An Expert
  • People

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
  • Fall 2018
  • History
  • Arts & Culture
  • Campus
  • Flashback
  • Fall 2018
  • History
  • 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
  • Fall 2018
  • science-feature
  • Arts & Culture
  • Science
  • Fall 2018
  • science-feature
  • Arts & Culture
  • Science

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
  • People
  • Arts & Culture
  • The Last Word
  • Summer 2018
  • People
  • Arts & Culture
  • 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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  • Staff Picks
  • Summer 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • Staff Picks
  • Summer 2018
  • Arts & Culture

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
  • Alumni Diary
  • Summer 2018
  • Arts & Culture
  • Alumni Diary
  • Summer 2018
  • Arts & Culture

Bring Me Home

"Country Roads" binds the world.

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