NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson was an icon of endurance and resilience in the face of adversity, biases and restrictions. While breaking barriers in space exploration, she was also breaking cultural […]
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WVU law professor to present award-winning policy paper
MORGANTOWN — WVU Law professor and ASPIRE office director Amy Cyphert’s article, “Tinker-ing with Machine Learning: The Legality and Consequences of Online Surveillance of Students,” has been selected for the […]
Day of Giving set for March 3
WVU Today As West Virginia University and its students face unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mountaineer Nation is invited to show its support March 3, to mark WVU’s […]
WVU to honor ‘Hidden Figures’ pioneer, female accomplishment for Black History Month
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 […]
WVU disburses emergency grant funding
West Virginia University began disbursing funding to students through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II as authorized by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act this week. Some […]
Postcast 57 – February 5, 2021
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Survivors: WVU students planning virtual camp for kids whose parents are battling cancer
MORGANTOWN — Picture yourself as a kid at the living room window. You’re watching the car pull in the driveway. Let’s call it pre-pandemic, so you can see everyone’s faces. […]
House Majority Whip looking for ways to eliminate income tax
MORGANTOWN — In an email leaked to Dragline, a blog that follows West Virginia politics, House Majority Whip Paul Espinosa, R-Jefferson, asked his fellow caucus members for ways they could […]
WVU student makes history as first WV female Eagle Scout
WVU freshman criminology student Frannie Kitzmiller has made history as West Virginia’s first female to earn the rank of Eagle Scout through Boy Scouts of America. “One of the reasons […]
Higher ed leaders share COVID challenges, future goals during Press Association meeting
MORGANTOWN – State education leaders talked with the press Wednesday afternoon about the challenges they’ve faced during the pandemic and what lies ahead. This was the third and final West […]
