Spring 2025 Art in the Libraries exhibits include:

Presenters at WVU

Downtown Library - Classroom 2036

Enjoy a small collection of photographs from WVU's history featuring people presenting at WVU. Those featured include Mother Jones, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Maya Lin and Emily Calandrelli among others.

Aerial Detection and Release of Natural Enemy Insects using Drones to Manage Invasive Species

2024 Graduate Student Exhibit Award Winning Exhibit
By Kushal Naharki, Graduate Research Assistant,
Division of Plant and Soil Science, Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resource and Design
WVU Downtown Library Graduate Commons, September 2024-May 2025

Invasive species are a major threat to agriculture and forest ecosystems, causing over $120 billion in economic losses annually in the United States. These species often invade hard-to-reach areas, making it difficult for humans to manage them. This is where advanced technology like drones comes in handy.

Kushal Naharki's exhibit showcases innovative methods using drones with optical sensors to detect invasive species. The exhibit features images captured by various optical sensors, showing how they help identify invasive plants. It also highlights the precise deployment of natural enemy insects to control these plant populations. The exhibit informs and inspires viewers about sustainable management practices using modern drone technologies to foster a deeper understanding of aerial surveillance and biological control methods.

Trout in the Classroom: A Journey Through Art and Science

Curated by Jennifer Ripley Stueckle, WVU Teaching Professor, Biology
2024 WVU Art in the Libraries Faculty Exhibit Awardee

The beauty and vitality of the United States' ecosystems come to life in "Trout in the Classroom," an exhibition celebrating the wonder of native species and the educational impact of experiential learning. This exhibition showcases the collaborative efforts of local schools, community volunteers, and university students in exploring the life cycle of rainbow trout through quilts, paintings, prints, and photographic documentation of the project process.

Hidden No More: The Enduring Impact of Native American and Enslaved People on the Evansdale Neighborhood and WVU Campus

Downtown Library Floor 6 / May 2024 - 2025

This exhibit highlights people and circumstances comprising the many stories that are woven into 360 acres of land. Home to Native Americans for thousands of years, this land was claimed by 1700s Colonial settler John Evans, worked by the people he and his family enslaved over generations, then parceled as a family neighborhood and later purchased by a growing university. Hear the authors discuss the origins of the project, the details they found, and how you might launch a similar project in your own neighborhood, contributing to truth and justice in our community.