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Students from the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences will celebrate Commencement on Saturday, May 15 as they graduate from West Virginia University, ready to take on the world.

As Commencement is upon us, several of our Eberly College graduates reflect on their time at WVU and their plans for the future. Keep checking back through Friday, May 14 to meet all of our featured grads.

Meet English and philosophy grad Tre Tarantini, who is heading to WVU’s College of Law this fall as a Bloom Scholar, a prestigious award that will cover his tuition and fees throughout law school.

May 2021 Meet the Grads: Tre Tarantini

Meet May 2021 philosophy grad Tre Tarantini.

Students from the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences will celebrate Commencement on Saturday, May 15 as they graduate from West Virginia University, ready to take on the world.

As Commencement is upon us, several of our Eberly College graduates reflect on their time at WVU and their plans for the future. Keep checking back through Friday, May 14 to meet all of our featured grads.

Meet Julia Wolf, WVU’s first sociology PhD graduate.

Meet the May 2021 Grads: Julia Wolf

Meet WVU's first sociology PhD grad, Julia Wolf.

Students from the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences will celebrate Commencement on Saturday, May 15 as they graduate from West Virginia University, ready to take on the world.

As Commencement is upon us, several of our Eberly College graduates reflect on their time at WVU and their plans for the future. Keep checking back through Friday, May 14 to meet all of our featured grads.

Meet May 2021 biology grad Deionte Harilla-Gray.

Meet the May 2021 Grads: Deionte Harilla-Gray

Meet May 2021 biology grad Deionte Harilla-Gray.

New research from West Virginia University is transforming understanding of the Mountain State’s famous landscape – and identifying ways to preserve it. 

As WVU’s latest NSF CAREER Award winner, Assistant Professor of Geography Aaron Maxwell will use big data to map what the surface of West Virginia looked like over the last 60 years. The funding includes $636,785 over five years.

Maxwell will use data analytics and advanced computational methods to extract valuable information from existing geospatial data over wide regions of the state. Through these methods, his research can increase our understanding of natural landscapes and how they change over time.

Mapping the past, present and future of West Virginia

New geography research is transforming understanding of the Mountain State’s famous landscape – and identifying ways to preserve it.

West Virginia University physicists are uncovering secrets of the sun’s turbulent surface in the lab. 

A new study featured on the cover of the March 2021 issue of Physics of Plasmas is the first published research from WVU’s PHASMA experiment in the Center for Kinetic Experiment, Theory and Integrated Computation Physics. 

The PHAse Space MApping experiment, or PHASMA, is a one-of-a-kind facility that uses lasers to measure the speeds and positions of individual ions and electrons in a plasma. The combination of position and velocity information is called phase space.

Uncovering secrets of the sun

WVU physicists are uncovering secrets of the sun’s turbulent surface in the lab.

A West Virginia University biology student’s neuroscience research on zebrafish took her to Capitol Hill this week – virtually. 

Abreanne Andlinger, a Moundsville native, is among 60 students selected nationally by the Council on Undergraduate Research to participate in Posters on the Hill April 27-28.

WVU student selected to present research to U.S. Congress

A West Virginia University biology student’s neuroscience research on zebrafish took her to Capitol Hill this week – virtually.



There’s more to the American women’s movement of the 1960s and 1970s than burning bras and Gloria Steinem. 

Jessica Wilkerson, associate professor of history at West Virginia University, wants to change that narrative to its truest form: The fight for women’s rights was built on the shoulders of women of color, the working class and women in the south and Appalachia – not just white-collar urbanites.

Writing the history of feminism in the South and Appalachia

There’s more to the American women’s movement of the 1960s and 1970s than burning bras and Gloria Steinem. Jessica Wilkerson, associate professor of history, wants to change that narrative to its truest form: The fight for women’s rights was built on the shoulders of women of color, the working class and women in the south and Appalachia – not just white-collar urbanites.

A new online mathematics tutoring program is helping students navigate virtual learning. 

After months of transition and adaptation, mathematics tutoring coordinators Nicole Infante and Lori Ogden recognized an opportunity to establish a fully online tutoring program for undergraduates.

Overcoming barriers to mathematics learning

A new online mathematics tutoring program at West Virginia University is helping students navigate virtual learning.

Abigail Smith, a West Virginia University student committed to improving the future of West Virginia through public policy, has been named the University’s 25th Truman Scholar, the nation’s top graduate fellowship award for aspiring public service leaders.

Political science student named WVU’s 25th Truman Scholar

Abigail Smith, a  West Virginia University student committed to improving the future of West Virginia through public policy, has been named the University’s 25th Truman Scholar, the nation’s top graduate fellowship award for aspiring public service leaders.  

Ellen Rodrigues

Eberly College students lead gender inclusivity, anti-racism training at WVU

A gender inclusivity and anti-racism training—for students and by students—is building a stronger sense of belonging and community at WVU.