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Spring Festival in the Arboretum

The WVU Core Arboretum will host its Spring Flower Festival from 2-6 p.m. Saturday in the lawn area (inside Guthrie Loop Trail, near parking lot). This is a family-friendly free event and open to all. Parking is nearby and free in the WVU Coliseum parking lot. There will be ...

Libraries set to host “Community+Food” virtual panel

Food is vital to sustaining all living things; yet, not everyone has access to a constant food supply, let alone fresh healthy foods. Do you want to know what local organizations are doing to help the community access food security? West Virginia University Libraries will host a panel discussion titled, “Community+Food” from 4-5 p.m. April 13 in the Downtown Library, Room 104. The program is in conjunction with the “Food Justice in Appalachia” exhibit and will give panelists the opportunity to share their organizations’ role in making food more accessible to the ...

WVU Medicine invites wife, son of donor to flag-raising

Heather Mudrick and her son Maddox helped to raise a blue, green and white flag Tuesday in honor of Mudrick’s husband and Maddox’s dad — who was an organ donor. April is National Donate Life Month and WVU Medicine marked it by inviting the mother and son to be part of the ...

U.S. Poet Laureate comes to WVU

WVU TODAY Joy Harjo, the 23rd U.S. poet laureate and the first Native American to hold the position, will visit Morgantown’s campus to give a public poetry reading at 7 p.m. today in the Mountainlair Ballrooms and virtually via Zoom. “This is an opportunity to celebrate Indigenous leadership, talent and voices, especially the singular Joy Harjo,” said Bonnie Brown, coordinator of the WVU Native American Studies Program, host of Harjo’s visit. “Native Americans are serving in prominent public roles, including Deb Haaland, the first Native American U.S. Cabinet secretary, ...

LUCAS to offer lung cancer screening in Bruceton Mills

BY WVU MEDICINE LUCAS, a first-of-its-kind, state-of-the-art mobile lung cancer screening unit, will visit Preston County offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans. A service of WVU Medicine-WVU Hospitals and the WVU Cancer Institute, LUCAS will be at the Bruceton Mills Fire Department from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 23. For an appointment, call Kim Riley at 304-864-0884. Patient and staff safety is a top priority, and extra precautions will be taken during the pandemic. These include staff wearing masks, patients waiting in their car until their appointment time, and ...