Announcements
Dedicated WVU supporters honored with 2025 Outstanding Philanthropy Awards
The West Virginia University Foundation is proud to recognize two individuals and one corporation as recipients of the 2025 Outstanding Philanthropy Awards, highlighting their incredible support and generosity to WVU.
Beckley Campus students engage in unique learning opportunities on campus, in the community
Students at the WVU School of Nursing Beckley Campus have recently engaged in unique learning opportunites on campus and in the community.
Dr. Patrice Harris honored as Outstanding Woman Leader by the AACAP
The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has named Patrice Harris, M.D., as the 2025 Virginia Q. Anthony Outstanding Woman Leader.
Work to begin on WVU Potomac State College Science Hall renovations
For 75 years, Science Hall on the campus of West Virginia University Potomac State College has served as a locus for experimentation and deep learning. Thanks to a combination of public and private support and cooperation across multiple entities, biology and chemistry laboratories will undergo a much-needed comprehensive renovation. The WVU Board of Governors approved the renovation project at their Nov. 7 meeting, greenlighting the modernization of classrooms.
With support from WVU Health Sciences, WVPEC and Benedum Foundation announce statewide Teacher Innovation Grant recipients
The West Virginia Public Education Collaborative, housed at West Virginia University, and the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation will continue their efforts to support passionate teachers across the Mountain State who create innovative learning experiences for their students by providing up to $4,000 in mini-grants to fund their multidisciplinary learning projects.
WVU in the News: Five years later, COVID-19 Pandemic's lasting impact on West Virginia healthcare
Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, healthcare experts in West Virginia are reflecting on the significant challenges they faced and the crucial lessons learned during that period.
WVU nursing alumna, National Guard member finds purpose in critical care
What began as a desire to help others has grown into a fulfilling nursing career for Julie Arnold, a WVU School of Nursing alumna now serving patients in the cardiovascular intensive care unit at WVU Medicine’s J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital.
From coal country to the operating room: Dr. Baker’s full-circle journey
Growing up in rural McDowell County, West Virginia, Nicholas Baker, MD, FACS, associate professor of thoracic surgery with the West Virginia University School of Medicine Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, saw few options for his future.
WVU researchers take youth substance use prevention into rural communities
West Virginia University public health researchers, led by Alfgeir Kristjansson, co-director of the West Virginia Prevention Research Center in the School of Public Health, are working collaboratively with local partners, like county health departments, to stop drug use in youth before it starts, driving federal grant money to some of the state’s poorest counties and developing approaches tailored to individual communities.
HSTA awards ceremony slated for Nov. 17, members to celebrate successes and recognize efforts
The West Virginia Health Sciences and Technology Academy is set to honor individuals’ efforts and build on the vision that’s been empowering West Virginia’s youth through its transformative programming during the group’s annual Stephen Rhon Starks Leadership Legacy Award Luncheon.