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New student teams of anchors, beat reporters, producers and directors for the spring 2026 semester have been named for “WVU News” and “Mountaineer Playbook.”

The WVU School of Theatre and Dance will perform “Sueño,” a tale of fate and free will, March 5-7 and March 10-13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Gladys G. Davis Theatre at the Canady Creative Arts Center. “Sueño” is Jose Rivera’s adaptation of Pedro Calderon de la Barca’s 1630s play “La vida es sueño” (“Life is a dream”), blending romance and tragedy, drama and comedy, introspection and action.

The WVU School of Art & Design’s Digital Art and Animation program will host the 2026 West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival (WVMSFF) from Thursday, March 5, to Sunday, March 8, at the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center. The festival presents cutting-edge short films, animations and digital media artworks by WVU students, regional filmmakers and artists from around the world.

The Art Museum of WVU is launching its searchable collections database, putting the museum’s vast assortment of art and artifacts at users’ fingertips.

The WVU School of Art and Design presents the 13th Annual Juried Student Exhibition in the Laura Mesaros Gallery at the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center now through Feb. 26. An awards reception will be held Feb. 19 at 5 p.m. in the Douglas O. Blaney Lobby.

Award-winning journalist Judith Warner has joined the WVU Reed School of Media and Communications as the Shott Chair of Journalism.

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra (WVSO) will make a stop at the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center to present “Shakespeare on Stage” with Music Director Maurice Cohn and onstage performances by WVU Theatre students Sunday, Feb. 22, at 2 p.m.

Isaac Price has performed in one or more ensembles nearly every semester of his six years in the WVU School of Music and he’s been hard at work with the rest of the Wind Symphony, preparing for an upcoming concert Feb. 13.