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Three Honored with Dean of the Libraries’ 2025 Student Arts Awards

The Art in the Libraries Committee and Dean of WVU Libraries, Karen Diaz, has selected Aliannah Noriega-Freeman, Kaya Collings, and Timothy Butcher, to receive the 2025 Dean of Libraries’ Student Arts Award.

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Graduate Student Exhibit Award submissions now open

The WVU Libraries Art in the Libraries initiative invites current graduate students to submit ideas for consideration for an exhibit to visually showcase their scholarship in new and experimental ways.

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WVU Libraries encourages participation with Feminist Activist and Women’s History Collection, grows with planned archivist position

At the heart of WVU Libraries’ West Virginia Feminist Activist and Women’s History Collection lies a dedicated mission: to discover, preserve, and share the stories of women who shaped our region. And certainly, more is needed to complete the story.

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Faculty and staff exhibit award submission window now open through Feb. 27

Art in the Libraries is proud to announce its call for the 2026 Faculty/Staff Exhibit Awards is now open through Feb. 27.

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Art in the Libraries names 2026 Mountain Artist in Residency awardee

WVU Libraries’ Art in the Libraries Committee in collaboration with West Virginia & Regional History Center archivists selected L. Renée as the 2026 Mountain Artist in Residency awardee, selected for her proposed artwork, “Remain.”

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Dryad data now available to WVU faculty and researchers

Dryad is now available to the WVU community for easy access to a generalist data repository. The platform will make it easier for researchers to share, find, use, and cite data, and is ready-made for emerging data sharing requirements.

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