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A PRT looks at 50: WVU's 'Ride of the Future' still moving people

MORGANTOWN – They would never admit it, but the folks responsible for keeping West Virginia University’s little blue Personal Rapid Transit cuboids (PRT) plugging along must certainly be embroiled in a kind of love-hate relationship. One of those, ‘Sure, he can be a cantankerous ...

WVU's Purinton House a part of university, American history

MORGANTOWN -- On Nov. 2, 1911, President William Howard Taft stood on the front porch of West Virginia University’s Purinton House and delivered his “World Wide Speech,” in which he attempted to shore up foundational support for his administration’s foreign policy. As we approach ...

Morrisey: West Virginia must win economic Backyard Brawl

MORGANTOWN -- “I want to start by saying something bold … 27-24, WVU,” Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Friday, drawing applause from the West Virginia University Board of Governors. Morrisey, who will attend Saturday’s 108th Backyard Brawl alongside Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, ...

University transitioning 507 Research Corporation employees

MORGANTOWN -- More than 500 employees of the West Virginia University Research Corporation will transition to direct university employment, effective Oct. 31. A Workers’ Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice included on Wednesday’s Monongalia County Commission ...

WVU hit with hoax 'swatting' call reporting active shooter

MORGANTOWN -- A little after 7:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, a call came in to MECCA 911 dispatch reporting gunshots on West Virginia University’s downtown campus. At 7:43 a.m., WVU issued a text alert to students, faculty and staff alerting them to possible gunfire in the area of Wise ...

Tie a bow on it: Gee closing out 44 years as a college president

MORGANTOWN — It’s a scorching Tuesday afternoon in late June and the Mountainlair is vibrating with the kind of anxious energy reserved for those on the verge of what’s next. Wide-eyed moms and dads struggle to keep pace as incoming WVU students bounce from table to table, sorting ...