Do you have an appreciation for nature and a passion for working with your hands?

Do you find both art and science compelling?

Are you looking to make a career change? 

Landscape architecture is the design and planning profession that applies both art and science to achieve the best use of land. West Virginia University's Landscape Architecture program prepares students to become effective professionals and citizens. This is achieved by emphasizing a philosophy of responsibility and commitment...

Opioid addiction has become one of the largest and deadliest epidemics in the United States, and opioid trafficking has co-evolved along with the advance of modern technologies. Finding ways to address the growing online participation in opioid trafficking is an urgent task.

West Virginia University is one of the few prestigious R1 institutions in the nation, and WVU's researchers are dedicated to combating the opioid epidemic, which is why they're thinking outside the box and developing...

We understand that going back to school can sometimes get expensive. With tuition, textbooks, and commuting costs, it all adds up.

As a driven student pursuing a graduate degree in public health who is determined to impact positive change in the world, you deserve some help in financing graduate school. Here are a few scholarships available to students just like you!

Online graduate business programs in Data Analytics, the Online MBA, and Forensic Accounting & Fraud Examination atWest Virginia Universityhave been recognized in the top 50 of the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs Rankings, as has an online graduate Engineering program in Information Technology. Additionally, WVU’s online graduate program in Education was ranked in the top 100. The rankings were officially released on January 15 by U.S. News & World Report.

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You'd be surprised to learn how many parents of prospective graduate students are intimately involved in their children's graduate school admissions and application process.

What does this look like exactly? Well, many graduate school administrators receive calls and emails from parents checking-in on their children's progress. These check-ins vary from inquiries about application requirements to follow-ups on receipt of transcripts. Whatever the reason behind these check-ins, it’s clear who...

Kristyn Lizbinski, a doctoral student studying biologyatWest Virginia University, is on a mission to reveal that every neuron is a unique snowflake. In more technical terms, she's researching the principles of neuron diversity.

Keep reading for a closer look at Kristyn's research findings, along with how she utilized WVU's status as one of the 120 R1 institutions in the nation to augment her STEM education.

West Virginia Universitycontinues to rank among the nation’s elite research institutions as reflected in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

Carnegie released its every-three-year assessment this week, and WVU continues to be rated as an R1, or very high research activity, institution, the most elite category for research-focused schools, alongside such institutions as Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Johns Hopkins. Only 120 of the nation’s 4,500 colleges and...

At West Virginia University, we've been busy researching, analyzing, and creating content related to the kinds of topics that are valuable to you.

We took a few minutes to research the five most viewed blog posts from The Summit Ahead from 2018. Take a look, and hopefully, you'll find these stories to be as valuable as the rest of our readers!

Did you know that every year colleges and universities, along with the U.S. Department of Education, award an estimated $46 billion in scholarships and grants?

Scholarships vary based on the amount awarded, geographic location, and eligibility requirements. Scholarships are also very diverse. There are graduate scholarship opportunities for everyone, no matter your gender, ethnicity, race, or where you attend school.

While finding scholarships that you're eligible for may take some time, it's...

West Virginia University is proud to be one of the 115 R1 institutions in the nation. Only the best research universities in the country achieve this status, which means that WVU is recognized for its research-based graduate programs and its research achievements.

Let's dig a little deeper and examine several of WVU's 2018 research achievements.