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More than 400 Eberly College graduates walked across the stage at the WVU Coliseum this weekend during West Virginia University’s shared December commencement ceremony.

Eberly graduates walk the stage at December Commencement

More than 400 Eberly College graduates walked across the stage at the WVU Coliseum this weekend during West Virginia University’s shared December commencement ceremony.

Sociology professor Walter DeKeseredy received the American Society of Criminology's Ralph Weisheit Lifetime Achievement Award on November 16. Pictured with him is Ohio State University Professor Joseph F. Donnermeyer, who serves as the Chair of the ASC's

DeKeseredy recognized with American Society of Criminology's Ralph Weisheit Lifetime Achievement Award

Sociology professor Walter DeKeseredy received the American Society of Criminology's Ralph Weisheit Lifetime Achievement Award on November 16 for his scholarship, teaching and service in the field of rural criminology.

WVU employees recognized with Boy Scouts of America national educator award

WVU employees recognized with Boy Scouts of America national educator award

Jay Cole and Michelle Richards-Babb were recognized as the 2023 recipients of the Elbert K. Fretwell Outstanding Educator Award, presented to teachers, educational support staff and school administrators who instill Scouting values in their students.

Estate gift from the family of Earl L. Core will benefit the namesake WVU Core Arboretum

Estate gift from the family of Earl L. Core will benefit the namesake WVU Core Arboretum

A late relative of longtime West Virginia University biology professor and local historian Earl L. Core is providing more than $1.8 million to support the study of nature and history in his memory.

Written in the stars: WVU astrophysicists set to receive Shaw Prize, the ‘Nobel of the East’

Written in the stars: WVU astrophysicists set to receive Shaw Prize, the ‘Nobel of the East’

For Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin, working at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico set off a sequence of life events that would include marriage, children, finding a home at West Virginia University, an out-of-this-world scientific discovery and, now, earning a highly prestigious award described as the “Nobel Prize of the East.”

Five students named WVU Mountaineers of Distinction

Five students named WVU Mountaineers of Distinction

West Virginia University has named Olivia Dowler, Sophia Flower, Rachel Johnson, Thomas Williams and Natalie Wonsettler the 2023 Mountaineers of Distinction, a Mountaineer Week tradition that recognizes exemplary academic achievement and extracurricular involvement.

Powerful new GPU computing resources available to researchers across state

Powerful new GPU computing resources available to researchers across state

Faculty and student researchers at WVU and any other university or college in West Virginia can now request access to the new high performance computing cluster called Dolly Sods

WVU researcher advances the study of the human dimensions of cave and karst science and conservation in the Caribbean

WVU researcher advances the study of the human dimensions of cave and karst science and conservation in the Caribbean

What do caves and human geography have in common? That’s what West Virginia University’s María Alejandra Pérez, Associate Professor of Geography at the Eberly College of Arts & Sciences, will be considering as she studies “ecologies of participation” in karst regions of Puerto Rico.

WVU researchers team up with middle school students to study potential benefits of acid rain

WVU researchers team up with middle school students to study potential benefits of acid rain

West Virginia University biologists will tap local eighth graders for help on research studying what happens when acid rain stops falling.

Education in Prison Initiative Improves Access and Equity in Appalachia

Education in Prison Initiative Improves Access and Equity in Appalachia

It’s 7:00 a.m. and WVU graduate student Destinee Harper is dressing carefully for a day of teaching. Nothing too tight or see through, no open-toed shoes, no jacket, no cardigan or shirt with pockets. She wants to make sure she is allowed in the classroom. “I think that was a big part of that first week, was [sic] making sure that we were abiding by these rules, that they would let us in and that they wouldn't have a reason to say, no, you can't come in and learn in this space.”