Marshall University

Marshall University students moving out of dorms and apartments can donate leftover items to a growing thrift store. It's a way to recycle and contribute to campus sustainability.

On this West Virginia Morning, several states have been reforming their bail bond systems in recent years. We hear the final installment of a series exploring bail in West Virginia. Also, in this show, the state hopes to run another COVID-19 vaccine sweepstakes, and we learn about a new program that aims to connect Appalachian veterans to the humanities.

Will Ulmer doesn’t have to hide anymore. The Marshall offensive lineman, all 6-foot-4 and 300 pounds of him, unleashed a year's worth of energy in his first on-stage performance since the start of the pandemic, playing guitar and belting out songs in his Kentucky baritone for a modest crowd outside a Huntington ice cream store.

Former Marshall quarterback Chad Pennington has been appointed to the university's Board of Governors.

A recent report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration indicated that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached unprecedented levels. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas contributing to climate change.

Prospective commercial pilots can learn more about Marshall University’s new flight school this weekend at Yeager Airport in Charleston.

Last year, the coronavirus pandemic upended thousands of 2020 college graduates’ career plans, but how does the landscape for jobs look now to the class of 2021? In a nutshell, there have been fewer opportunities over the past year across the country -- and also in West Virginia.

Pandemic lockdowns reduced air pollution in some places around the world but those changes weren’t as pronounced in Appalachia. Much of the air pollution from this region comes from industry and electric generation, as compared to driving.

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (WV DHHR) called on Marshall University to help detect COVID-19 outbreaks across the state. Specifically, researchers are using feces samples from wastewater.