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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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Photo of woman answering phone at coronavirus hotline.
Photo of woman answering phone at coronavirus hotline.
Coronavirus hotline with people answering phones.
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  • Summer 2020
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  • Summer 2020

Ask an Expert: Coronavirus Hotline

There is a call line in Charleston, W.Va., where a WVU professor and her staff and volunteers explain, as best they know, what to do when faced with the coronavirus. We asked her what working that hotline is like.

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Illustration of a mask
Illustration of a medical face mask
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.
  • Summer 2020
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  • Campus
  • 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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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.
  • Summer 2020
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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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Patrice Harris
Patrice Harris talks with person across table.
  • Summer 2020
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  • Summer 2020
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AMA President, alumna Patrice Harris Urges Americans to Stay Home

As the new coronavirus spreads the COVID-19 disease across the world, West Virginia University Magazine spoke with alumna Dr. Patrice Harris, current president of the American Medical Association, about the advice her association is giving the medical community and the rest of us at home.

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Portrait of Safi Khan against a gray backdrop.
Portrait of Safi Khan against a gray backdrop.
Portrait of Safi Khan against a gray backdrop.
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  • Spring 2020
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  • Spring 2020

The Supplement Debunker

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

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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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  • Spring 2020
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  • 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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Jim Kutsch standing with guide dog at The Seeing Eye.
Jim Kutsch and guide dog taken at The Seeing Eye.
Jim Kutsch and guide dog taken at The Seeing Eye.
  • Spring 2020
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  • Spring 2020
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  • People

Blind Ambition

Jim Kutsch lost his sight from a fireworks explosion when he was a teenager. He still became an engineer and created a reading technology for blind people.

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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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Lauri Andress standing in her office.
Lauri Andress standing in her office.
Lauri Andress standing in her office.
  • Spring 2020
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  • Spring 2020
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  • Science

Mapping the Food Conversation

Lauri Andress investigates why people don't have access to food.

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John Logar competing in Iditarod Trail Invitational
John Logar competing in Iditarod Trail Invitational
John Logar competing in Iditarod Trail Invitational
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  • Alumni Diary
  • People
  • Alumni Diary

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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Mister Rogers feeds the fish photo
Mister Rogers putting on sweater photo
Mister Rodgers with trolley photo
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  • Fall 2019
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  • Campus
  • The Last Word
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  • Fall 2019
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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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Kassie Colón holds books
Kassie Colón holds books
Kassie Colón holds books
  • Fall 2019
  • People
  • The Last Word
  • Fall 2019
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  • The Last Word

The Book Distributor

Using skills from high school debate, Kassie Colón has harnessed a passion for social justice to broaden cultural representation on West Virginia University’s campus and beyond.

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Medal of Honor
medal of honor
medal of honor
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  • Fall 2019
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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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Mackenzie Mays poses for portrait
Mackenzie Mays poses for portrait
Mackenzie Mays poses for portrait
  • Fall 2019
  • People
  • Alumni Diary
  • Fall 2019
  • People
  • Alumni Diary

Braving the Media Landscape

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

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Press Conference Image
Press Conference Image
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  • Fall 2019
  • Alumni Diary
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  • Fall 2019
  • Alumni Diary

Found in Translation

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

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John Chambers Eagle's Nest
John Chambers Eagle's Nest
John Chambers Eagle's Nest
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  • Fall 2019
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  • Fall 2019

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

The Genius Journalist

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

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These samples came from more than 10,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean, in Tasmania, Australia
These samples came from more than 10,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean, in Tasmania, Australia
These tree samples came from more than 10,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean, in Tasmania, Australia
  • People
  • Spring 2019
  • Science
  • People
  • Spring 2019
  • Science

What’s the weather like?

The changing climate is embedded in our trees, bees and trash.

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Adam Korona and Spacesuit
Adam Korona and Spacesuit
Adam Korona and Spacesuit
  • Spring 2019
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  • Science
  • Successors
  • Spring 2019
  • People
  • Science
  • Successors

The Spacesuit Maker

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

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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
  • Ask An Expert

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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Bill Davis
Bill Davis
Bill Davis
  • Fall 2018
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  • Ask An Expert
  • Fall 2018
  • People
  • Ask An Expert

Behind the Set

If you're a fan of "Stranger Things," you've seen some of William Davis' work.

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Ed Olesh
Ed olesh
Ed Olesh
  • Fall 2018
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  • Fall 2018
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The Army Ranger

After more than 400 combat missions and four deployments, Ed Olesh ended up merging an outdoor hobby with an education at WVU.

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Mountaineers in Arms
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Mountaineers in Arms

They served our country. Now their journeys beyond the military have stretched to the campus of WVU.

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Jevon Carter
Jevon Carter
Jevon Carter
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  • Fall 2018
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  • Mountaineer Spirit
  • Sports
  • Fall 2018
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  • Mountaineer Spirit

Ballin' in Memphis

Jevon Carter leaps to the pros after his storied career at WVU. Check out a list of other Mountaineers who've suited up for the NBA.

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Loneliness
Loneliness
Loneliness
  • Health
  • Fall 2018
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  • Thinking It Through
  • Health
  • Fall 2018
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  • Thinking It Through

From Loneliness to Belonging

Loneliness is a pervasive health problem. This nursing researcher has a way to stop it.

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