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September 11, 2026
CHARLESTON, W.Va.— West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service will offer a free workshop on website accessibility Friday, October 2, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the WVSU Economic Development Center (EDC) on Charleston’s West Side. The workshop is a beginner-friendly educational program d…
September 4, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va. – West Virginia State University (WVSU) has been awarded a $398,000 grant from the United States Department of Interior National Park Service (NPS) as part of a program to assist in the preservation of properties included on the National Register of Historic Places. The funds…
September 3, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — Researchers at West Virginia State University (WVSU) have uncovered a previously unrecognized relationship between two primary energy reserves in the Arabidopsis plant: starch and oils. The study, conducted in collaboration with Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, w…
August 27, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va.—West Virginia State University (WVSU) Extension Service has launched a demonstration garden site on the University’s Institute campus, serving as a venue for hands-on agricultural, environmental and garden workshops. The site is designed to showcase for people the kinds of agricul…
August 24, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) will host a Katherine Johnson Day Observance on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 11 a.m. at the site of her statue on campus. Aug. 26 was Johnson’s birthday and the day has previously been declared Katherine Johnson Day in West Virginia by the state…
August 21, 2026
INSTITUTE, W.Va. — West Virginia State University (WVSU) Professor of Genetics and Plant Breeding Dr. Padma Nimmakayala has received a Distinguished Service Award from the American Society for Horticultural Science’s Plant Biotechnology Professional Interest Group. The award is in recognition of Nim…