WVU President E. Gordon Gee, 75, will miss the Dec. 21 commencement due to his hip replacement surgery on Thursday at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital.

A small, green, plastic alien hides among a pile of rocks on the corner of Kathleen Benison’s desk. Its tiny hand is raised, waving. In a few months, she may know if aliens are real.

West Virginia University Reed College of Media Alumnus, Bob Kittle, and his wife Luanne continued their support for the college by pledging the largest donation in the school’s history.

For WVU junior Melissa Stone, finding the right path in college was difficult.

Diana McIntosh realized she was different at a young age.

The Martin Hall Agency held a daylong “Don’t Box Me In” event to inform students about the importance of the First Amendment. The event featured a reading of the Amendment, library exhibits, a panel discussion and trivia night.

WVU raised more than $11 million to help fund programs, provide opportunities for students and improve the University during its third annual Day of Giving.

Joshua Dower, internal medicine and pediatrics specialist at WVU Medicine, said Nolan Burch should not be dead.

With substance abuse continuing to plague West Virginia, WVU provides a number of resources to support student recovery and well-being.

A bell ringing ceremony was held to remember Mountaineers Ryan Diviney and Rylee Burnette at Olgebay Plaza on Friday.

The West Virginia University School of Dentistry student clinic provided free oral healthcare screenings and exams to veterans and active National Guard and reserve members on Friday.

Next weekend, WVU’s Mountaineer will be more than 30,000 feet in the air. He’ll probably have some headphones in or will be asking for some water with his thick West Virginian drawl, trying not to nod off as he flies to Kansas for the football game.

WVU hosted its annual Mountaineer Arts and Crafts fair during Mountaineer Week, where a variety of shop and business owners from all over the state showcased their unique work.

WVU Medicine is the first to have a fully-functional multi-organ transplant center in West Virginia.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and compared to other Big 12 schools with similar, or even larger, enrollment numbers, WVU has among the highest reported domestic violence offenses.

Alcohol sales in Milan Puskar Stadium are on the rise.

Every year, students from all over the state compete in the annual pumpkin drop to see whose pumpkin can survive the 11-story fall from the WVU Engineering Sciences Building, but this year, fewer teams’ pumpkins survived.

On his first night in Afghanistan, the incoming alarm rang out, commanding everyone to get down as quickly as possible.

For more than five years, WVU’s first-time freshman retention rates have fluctuated between the upper 70% and lower 80%.

Several engineers from the Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources are working together to create a robotic system that will make mines safer.

Electronic cigarettes have been marketed as a safe alternative to cigarettes for years, but new findings of lung damage, chemical burns and stiffened blood vessels in e-cigarette users suggest that vaping may be equally as harmful.

WVU’s Provost Academic Policy Committee has changed the dates of when students can withdraw from classes and the University.

WVU students will now have access to a new crisis text line, which will allow them to speak with a counselor in minutes by texting “WVU” to 741741.

WVU President E. Gordon Gee spoke about the future of the University, transforming higher education and helping every student at WVU thrive during his annual State of the University address on Monday.

WVU is extending its contract with NASA, and through the partnership, students will continue to have internship and career opportunities.

The following article contains references to sexual assault, trauma and mental illness.

Starting during WVU’s December graduation ceremony, commencements will have clear bag policies.

A WVU student is in critical condition after suffering serious injuries from a two-story fall from the Sigma Nu fraternity house on Thursday night.

The machines the WVU Cancer Institute uses to deliver radiation therapy has cut treatment time in half, and Hannah Hazard said this is just one of the advancements in breast cancer care.

With the sale of the WVU Morgantown dairy cow herd, its rich history of genetics that span over 100 years will leave alongside them.

While Homecoming has been a WVU tradition for decades, how it is celebrated has changed drastically over the years.

With midterms in full swing, students prepare for one of the most difficult weeks of the semester.

The LGBTQ+ Center puts an emphasis on acceptance through safe zone trainings with the goal of encouraging positive conversations about problems students face.

Despite students’ expressing support for keeping the milking cows in the Morgantown dairy farm, WVU has decided to sell its herd to distribute finances to other programs.

While several dangers come with texting and driving, there are many that also come with texting and crossing the street.