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COVID-19 may lead to changes in workplace dress code

MORGANTOWN — Employees are swapping sweatpants for workplace attire as businesses return to in-person work, but what is considered appropriate dress may be shifting. Pajamas likely won’t be welcome in the office anytime soon, but the COVID-19 pandemic is shifting views on dress code ...

Students study climate change

WVU Today Experiences in undergraduate research and cultural exchange begun during their time at West Virginia University have changed the trajectory of two Morgantown residents, both recent WVU graduates’ futures. How might climate change impact our future water supply? Wilson ...

Faculty receive $125,000 to tap into water research issues

WVU Today Four West Virginia University researchers will take strategic approaches to studying the Mountain State’s vast water resources from aquatic life to the economic effects of environmental restoration and measuring the sources of erosion to dealing with acid mine drainage in ...

Record $270M to benefit students, programs, more raised in FY 2021

 WVU Today Despite the enduring challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, West Virginia University alumni and friends contributed a record $270.1 million to the WVU Foundation in fiscal year 2021 to benefit meaningful education, research and outreach activities at WVU. The remarkable ...

Bubbling to the Surface

 WVU Today As alternative energy sources have become necessary to decrease global carbon emissions and meet growing energy demands, researchers at West Virginia University had ideas that came bubbling to the top — literally.  As part of the American-Made Geothermal ...

J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital top hospital in the state

WVU Medicine WVU Medicine J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital was  named the number one hospital in West Virginia for 2021-22 by U.S. News & World Report, which also recognized six WVU Medicine hospitals, including Ruby Memorial, as High Performing Hospitals. In the specialties ...