Yancey William Burns was working as an ethics prosecutor for the District of Columbia when he walked away from a decade-long law career to become a documentary filmmaker.
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Jack Sharretts, a 1959 graduate who credits his educational foundation for his successful career with the U.S. Department of Defense, plans to give back to WVU with an estate gift.
Two mine rescue teams from the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources took home top honors in the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration's 2022 Eastern Collegiate Mine Rescue Competition.
Dean Darrell Donahue is one of 20 people from 14 different countries who make up the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods, operating under the direction of the World Health Organization.
In this role, Andrew Solt, a journalism major in the Reed College of Media, will represent 9,000 students across the country.
The Fulcrum Project has been awarded $151,150 in funding from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation to help students and faculty partner with communities to improve their local economies.