Getting printer toner on your hands is annoying. Getting it in your lungs may be dangerous. According to a new study by West Virginia University researcher Nancy Lan Guo, the […]
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WVU BOG green lights athletic facility upgrades
MORGANTOWN — The WVU Board of Governors gave its stamp of approval to a variety of renovation projects at athletic facilities during its Friday meeting. Athletic Director Shane Lyons brief […]
WVU names student killed in early morning shooting; 2 Fairmont men in custody
MORGANTOWN — A West Virginia University student was killed in a shooting at College Park, an apartment complex for WVU students, early on Friday morning. Terrell Tyrese Linear, 21, and […]
Coronavirus forces WVU to cancel Beijing trip
Even though there are no reported cases of the novel coronavirus 2019 in Monongalia County, or West Virginia for that matter, West Virginia University cancelled a May trip to Beijing […]
Students vying to be the next Mountaineer Mascot will compete in cheer-off
Four students who are eager to represent West Virginia University and their home state as the next Mountaineer mascot will compete in a cheer-off during the men’s basketball game vs. […]
Pioneering NASA mathematician and W.Va. native Katherine Johnson dies
When John Glenn said to “get the girl,” everyone knew exactly who he meant. It was 1962, and NASA, America’s then-fledgling space agency, was still finding its interstellar legs. And […]
Free symposium to explore home rule topics and challenges
Across the United States, municipalities — like Morgantown — are responding on their own to pressing issues such as anti-discrimination, the environment, gun regulation and consumer protection. In West Virginia, […]
Rock on: Adventure WV hosts climbing competition
Adventure WV hosted a bouldering competition Sunday at the WVU Student Rec Center, giving new and experienced climbers a chance to show off their skills. Clockwise from top: Anna Kurov […]
WVU Extension, food pantry provide nutrition through poultry project
Wyoming County is nestled between the steep mountains of southern West Virginia with equally steep economic struggles. When Arnold Simonse kept seeing the same families every month at the Itmann […]
WVU Medicine, CORE celebrate successful transplants at luncheon
Thirty-six organ donors from WVU Medicine’s J.W. Rudy Memorial Hospital saved 113 lives last year, an increase of 28% from the prior year. That milestone was celebrated Friday at the […]









