Stories

By 2060, the number of Americans with Alzheimer’s is projected to soar to 14 million. Researchers at West Virginia University are working feverishly to impede that trend as much as possible – and to focus on innovative ways to treat existing patients.

For six months of the year, the East Coast of the United States braces for “Hurricane Season.” While local officials and meteorologists signal caution to their viewers that may be in areas of danger, WVU graduate Nick Underwood flies directly into them.

The language journalists use must be precise, must be fair and above all, do no harm. Journalists can create change by changing their language.

Paul Ziemkiewicz has been working to clean up streams for decades, but the discovery that acid mine drainage or AMD, holds the elements used in electronics has made that effort not only noble, but potentially profitable.

As conferences and even how we view NCAA sports change, Humphreys’ research into those critical numbers gives insight into why universities have large athletic departments and the NCAA’s role in the economics of it all

When retired U.S. Army Master Sgt. Stephen Dailey describes his service in the Middle East during the Gulf War, he says it was like the world around him was burning.

Nicole McConlogue, an associate professor of law, clinic director at WVU and consumer protection advocate, theorizes that practices like this are exacerbating economic barriers for marginalized people.