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This past May, hundreds of engineering students from West Virginia University walked across the stage in the WVU Coliseum to receive their diplomas. Included in that group were the first graduates of the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources online program in safety management.

Antar Jutla, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at West Virginia University, is part of a British-led humanitarian team that is working to predict and prevent a major outbreak of cholera in war-torn Yemen.

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As the fall semester gets underway at West Virginia University, students from the Statler College are reflecting on the opportunities that took them around the globe this summer. Through internships, fellowships and work experiences, these students gained a wealth of knowledge that will guide them into their future careers.

Researchers at West Virginia University have been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to study methane emissions from natural gas well sites. The three-year grant comes with more than $320,000 in funding.

Robert O. "Bob" Orders, a longtime West Virginia businessman and WVU alumnus, will serve as chairman of the WVU Foundation board of directors.

When Connor Haynes decided to pursue a degree in computer science at West Virginia University he never dreamed that he would one day be developing video games, let alone running his own company. Now in his senior year, Haynes is celebrating the release of Perspectrum, a two-dimensional side-scrolling puzzle-platform game produced by his company, Proud Mom Games.

Building on the success of its Fundamentals of Engineering program for freshmen, the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University has opened an Advising Center for sophomores, juniors and seniors.

A five-volume report produced by a professor from West Virginia University that details a new approach to developing and testing short-span bridges is gaining world-wide recognition.