Given their research showing public health suffers when a professional sports team makes its home in a new city, West Virginia University economists are asking whether publicly funded subsidies for sports arenas make sense.
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As season preps continue, an estimated 1,800 people attended Saturday’s (Aug. 5) Football Fan Day. Players and coaches visited with fans and signed autographs on the concourse level prior to practice on Mountaineer Field.
Members of the University community are encouraged to join the Faculty Senate meeting at 3:15 p.m. Monday (Aug. 7) for information on current affairs. The meeting will be dedicated to updates from University leadership on Academic Transformation and finances as well as questions from faculty senators.
The best of West Virginia University and WVU Extension will be on full display during the 2023 State Fair of West Virginia in Fairlea from Aug. 10-19.
As recipients of the prestigious Boren Scholarship, Hunter Moore, an aerospace engineering major, and Christelle Temple, a public relations major, will spend the 2023-24 academic year abroad to fully immerse themselves in learning Russian and Swahili, respectively.
Joseph McVey, who has served as a professional technologist with University Relations/Enrollment Management since 2013, was recently recognized for his significant contributions to the higher education community during a virtual ceremony hosted by Liaison.