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Taylor slated as featured speaker at 2023 Evolving Energy Conference

Tracy Novak | Friday, September 01, 2023

West Virginia University will host the Evolving Energy Conference again this year in Morgantown Sept. 20-21. The event's schedule includes panel discussions like the one shown here during last year's conference. (WVU Photo)

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WVU breaks record for externally supported expenditures, underscoring research commitment

Tracy Novak | Thursday, August 24, 2023

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - West Virginia University, the state’s flagship, land-grant R1 institution, reported a record $231 million in externally supported expenditures, which are mainly designated for research, for fiscal year 2023.

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WVU Energy Institute transforming to serve emerging energy trends

Tracy Novak | Wednesday, May 17, 2023

A leader in energy research and innovation, West Virginia University is repositioning the institutes within its Research Office to best meet industry-wide transitions. The Energy Institute will transform into the WVU Institute for Sustainability and Energy Research, effective July 1, with Sam Taylor as its director. (WVU Illustration/Graham Curry)

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WVU announces drill date for first geothermal, carbon capture and storage data-collection well in West Virginia

Tracy Novak | Friday, April 28, 2023

Well pad site for geothermal well in the Morgantown Industrial Park
Drilling for the new WVU geothermal data-collection well is set to begin during the second week of May. The well is located at an existing well pad operated by Northeast Natural Energy in the Morgantown Industrial Park. Core samples at shallower depths will be collected to study the potential for underground carbon storage. (WVU Photo/Jennifer Shepard)

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Wafle contributes to CBS News on electric vehicles' affects on workforce

Tracy Novak | Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Trina Wafle with WVU engineering students who participated in the national Eco Challenge Car

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Energy Institute hosts panel on methane mitigation

Tracy Novak | Thursday, March 23, 2023

Image from panel discussion on methane mitigation

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Ziemkiewicz and other WVU experts address health, environmental and regulatory concerns following Ohio train derailment

Tracy Novak | Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Pitch originally posted at WVU Today

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Butte organizations work with WRI to extract rare earth elements from contaminated Berkeley Pit

Tracy Novak | Wednesday, January 25, 2023

The Berkeley Pit is seen in August 2022. After long being a source of copper and strife, the contaminated Berkeley Pit has also shown to be chock-full of something potentially a little more positive: rare earth elements. (Photo by Trent Sprague)

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NAFTC partners in Rural Reimagined project

Tracy Novak | Tuesday, December 06, 2022

By: Times West Virginia

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In The News: WVU rare earth element recovery effort pushing ahead after encouraging results

Tracy Novak | Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Paul Ziemkiewicz, director of the West Virgnia Water Research Institute

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