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WVU hosts “The Equal Rights Amendment” panel

Newsroom@DominionPost.com  WVU Libraries will host a virtual panel presentation, “The Equal Rights Amendment: Past, Present, and Future” at noon Thursday. The presentation is in conjunction with the libraries’ “Undefeated: Canvas(s)ing the Politics Around Voter Suppression Since Women’s Suffrage” exhibition and the West Virginia and Regional History Center’s exhibitions on women’s suffrage and voting rights. Join panelists Jeri Burton, chair of the NOW’s 28th Amendment ERA Committee; Linda Coberly, chair of the ERA Coalition’s legal task force; and Liza ...

WVU Commencement is a go

WVU Today  West Virginia University graduates will return to in-person commencement ceremonies this May; with some restrictions will be in place for the 4,499 who will walk across the stage to receive their diplomas. Graduates from May, August and December 2020 are also eligible to ...

In Pursuit of Pathogens

WVU Today  In a time when most people are avoiding diseases like the plague, one West Virginia University biology student is pursuing them instead. Oxford, Pa., native Jessica Towey researches in Assistant Professor of Biology Tim Driscoll’s laboratory, which studies vector-borne ...

Private support aids WVU in study of COVID-19 variants

WVU Today Private philanthropic support is driving timely COVID-19 research by West Virginia University — along with partners at Marshall University and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources — that could ultimately save lives in the Mountain State. The ...

Program hopes to woo remote workers

WVU Today  “I may have spent the first 22 years of my life dreaming of a way out, but I can tell you with clear eyes and full heart I’ve spent every day since looking for a way back home.”  Intuit executive and Kenova native Brad Smith hopes his words inspire others to ...