In The News

West Virginia University  Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design student received recognition at an international landscape architecture competition for a design reviving a Pittsburgh neighborhood.

*From June, 2019*

Congratulations to Kristyn Johnson, a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, who took first place in the highly competitive Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Ignite Off Competition (ORISE) for her research on reducing fuel consumption and emissions in gas turbine power plants. 

With 1 in 14 West Virginia youth being raised by grandparents, one  West Virginia University student is committed to ensuring they have the resources they need to support their families.  

The WVU Institute for Community and Rural Health and the West Virginia Area Health Education Centers Program have announced 70 of West Virginia's best and brightest health professions students were recently accepted into the WV AHEC Rural Community Health Scholars Program 2019 cohort, 34 of whom are currently enrolled at WVU. 

For the second consecutive year, a School of Medicine student secured first place in the LaunchLab Network and AlphaLab Gear’s PittStop pitch competition for early-stage physical product startups. 

As part of her internship with nonprofit law firm Mountain State Justice,  Master of Social Work and  Master of Public Administration dual-degree student Meg Haller is leading the organization’s grant writing efforts to seek funding to support a class action lawsuit about this matter. 

West Virginia University  graduate student Alice Morgan is on a mission to get kids excited about science and the outdoors.