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July 31, 2009 — These are among the construction activities scheduled at the University of Wyoming during the week of Aug. 2-8:

July 31, 2009 — Human disturbances and changing climates may require new designs for ecological restoration efforts, rather than attempting to restore ecosystems to their historical conditions, according to an article published today (Friday) in the global scientific journal, Science.

July 30, 2009 — University of Wyoming student Jeffery Dannemiller of Cody is the top cadet among the 481 Army ROTC students in his unit at Fort Lewis, Wash.

July 29, 2009 — Mance Hurley, a senior in the technical education program at the University of Wyoming/Casper College (UW/CC) Center, was recently elected secretary of the Technical Education Collegiate Association (TECA), the student division of the International Technical Education Association (ITEA).

July 28, 2009 — A scheduled Aug. 6 field day has been cancelled and an event to welcome the new director of the University of Wyoming's Sheridan Research and Extension Center (SREC) will instead be scheduled.

July 28, 2009 — Students from eight states learned debating and research skills at the recent Wyoming Forensics Institute at the University of Wyoming.

July 28, 2009 — A weekly look at Wyoming business questions from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center, part of WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

July 28, 2009 — (A monthly look at the night skies of Wyoming, written by Ron Canterna, professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Physics and Astronomy.)

July 27, 2009 — The annual steam shutdown begins at 4:30 p.m. Friday, July 31, and ends Sunday, Aug. 16. Buildings connected to the steam system will not have any building heat or domestic hot water. There will be no heat and minimal hot water in selected facilities.

July 27, 2009 — UW Risk Manager Eric Blomfelt was among six members of the University Risk Management & Insurance Association (URMIA) selected to receive the association's 2009 Annual Conference Scholarship.

July 27, 2009 — Historic buildings that are part of Grand Teton National Parks history are the subject of the summer seminar lecture series Thursday, July 30, at the University of Wyoming-National Park Service (UW-NPS) Research Center. The center is located at the AMK Ranch in Grand Teton National Park.

July 27, 2009 — Paul Kunkel, the new manager of UW's Transit and Parking Department, accepts the challenges of taking the position during a dynamic period for parking and transportation at the University of Wyoming.

July 27, 2009 — Residence Life & Dining Services Director Beth McCuskey is seeking volunteers to welcome students and families to UW.

July 27, 2009 — A University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources associate director has taken on a leadership role in a national organization that promotes energy research, education and communication.

July 27, 2009 — The Western States Energy and Environment Symposium Steering Committee, pursuant to 2009 House Bill 295, will meet via teleconference call at noon Wednesday, July 29.

July 24, 2009 — These are among the construction activities scheduled at the University of Wyoming during the week of July 26-Aug. 1:

July 24, 2009 — The Division of Social Work at the University of Wyoming has joined the Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS) and the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver to address the workforce needs for professionals who work with children and families in the children welfare arena

July 23, 2009 — Work with an elusive predator in Alaskan forests has earned University of Wyoming student Jonathan Pauli the American Society of Mammalogists' Graduate Fellowship.

July 22, 2009 — By Samuel Stenger Renken Van Pelt offers me a refill of coffee, which I accept, which he pours for me

July 22, 2009 — Religion Today is contributed by the University of Wyoming's Religious Studies Program to examine and to promote discussion of religious issues.

July 22, 2009 — The 15th Snowy Range Summer Dance Festival, featuring about 80 students and instructors from Wyoming and several other states, will be July 15-26 at the University of Wyoming.

July 22, 2009 — Twelve Wyoming students placed at the recent National History Day competition at the University of Maryland -- fronted by Lander's Robert Coulter, who earned the Cowboy State's lone first-place award.

July 22, 2009 — A pair of exhibits by Thomas Moran are on display through Aug. 16 at the University of Wyoming Art Museum.

July 22, 2009 — The University of Wyoming will commemorate the National Day of the Cowboy Saturday, July 25.

July 21, 2009 — Gov. Dave Freudenthal will convene stakeholders next month to examine the complex issues surrounding wind energy development in Wyoming, focusing on economic, physical and cultural impacts on the state's landscape, its wildlife and the people who live here.

July 21, 2009 — Ranching usually has created a closeness of family and neighbors, a sense of self-reliance and independence, and a use of skills so varied that I still wonder at my father's ability to do blacksmithing, build a timber bridge, doctor cattle and sheep, repair a mower or overshot stacker, judge the condition of stock and range, butcher a dry ewe, or construct a new head gate for an irrigation ditch.

July 21, 2009 — Excerpt from Robert Roriapugh's "The Legend of Billy Jenks" Probably none of us had any idea what an old-time gun battle would be like performed right before our eyes instead of prettied up in some paperback novel or a movie. What we did see out in the wash boarded street in front of the express office wasn't the real thing either, though it came close. The two figures stopped about fifty feet apart, and Billy Jenks drew his awkward-looking Colt. He got off his first shot while Pink was calmly fumbling for the pistol butt in the tight-fitting leather of his spring-clip holster. Before Pink could draw his thirty-eight with that bad arm, Billy had fired twice more - the booming jars of a big-bore handgun that could be heard all up and down Main Street.

July 21, 2009 — By Tim Rush Real cowboys are a dying breed," Old Len Johnson said to me one day. "Every year I more and more concede That this life's a goin' the way

July 21, 2009 — Mark Balas, professor and head of the University of Wyoming Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been appointed as the George J.G. Nicholson Professor of Electrical Engineering.

July 21, 2009 — A weekly look at Wyoming business questions from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center, part of WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

July 20, 2009 — Updated information for UW employees who work on the front line will be offered at a workshop to be presented twice -- Monday, Aug. 10, from 9-11 a.m. and Thursday, Aug. 13, from 1-3 p.m.

July 20, 2009 — Faculty and staff parking permits for the 2009-2010 academic year can now be purchased from Transit and Parking (TransPark) Services.

July 20, 2009 — A summary of employee retrenchment rights and a directory and a list of current senators are among the features included in the current edition of the Staff Senate's newsletter, "The Lariat."

July 20, 2009 — The Western States Energy and Environment Symposium Steering Committee, pursuant to 2009 House Bill 295, will meet via teleconference call at noon Wednesday, July 22.

July 18, 2009 — Canada thistle and white pine blister rust, exotic species within the Greater Yellowstone National Park ecosystem, are the subjects of the summer seminar series lecture Thursday, July 23, at the University of Wyoming-National Park Service (UW-NPS) Research Center. The center is located at the AMK Ranch in Grand Teton National Park.

July 18, 2009 — These are among the activities scheduled July 20-26 at the University of Wyoming:

July 18, 2009 — By Diana Marie Waggener -- UW Staff Senate President Chris Clements (Human Resources) presided over her first full senate meeting, July 8. New officers are Tod Scott, vice president (Waste Stream Management Waste Services), Lori Lewis, secretary (College of Business), Angie Bules, parliamentarian (Senior Auxiliary Services) and Al Emmons, member-at-large (Paint Shop). Clements said she wants this year to be one in which Staff Senate becomes more visible to UW staff and looks at new .ideas for fundraising and public relations.

July 18, 2009 — UW President Tom Buchanan has directed the University of Wyoming Geological Museum to reopen on Aug. 24 on a part-time basis for public visits.

July 17, 2009 — These are among the construction activities scheduled at the University of Wyoming during the week of July 19-25:

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July 17, 2009 — University of Wyoming President Tom Buchanan said today he opposes a Senate Appropriations Committee recommendation to relocate a U.S. Department of Agriculture animal disease research laboratory from UW to Manhattan, Kan.

July 16, 2009 — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees today (Thursday) gave its approval to request legislative authorization for the university to issue bonds for the construction of UW's top capital facilities priority -- a new building to house the university's growing visual arts program.

July 16, 2009 — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees approved the following appointments Thursday, July 16:

July 16, 2009 — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees today (Thursday) authorized the university to enter into a lease agreement with Central Wyoming College (CWC) for the Intertribal Education and Community Center.

July 15, 2009 — The University of Wyoming College of Law has established an endowed professorship honoring the distinguished career of Wyoming attorney William T. Schwartz, who died in June, 2008.

July 13, 2009 — Portions of Lewis Street will be closed from 10th through 11th streets during a project scheduled to begin this month. Staging areas will begin to be set-up for the Cowboy Dorm and Old Power Plant deconstruction. These areas will be the sites for the Robert and Carol Berry Biodiversity and Conservation Center and the School of Energy Resources.

July 13, 2009 — Glacier change in the Teton range is the subject of the summer lecture series Thursday, July 16, at the University of Wyoming-National Park Service (UW-NPS) Research Center. The center is located at the AMK Ranch in Grand Teton National Park.

July 13, 2009 — Thursday, July 16-Saturday, July 18, 7:30 p.m. -- The 2009 Snowy Range Summer Theatre season closes with Bill Corbett's and Kira Oblolensky's hilarious epistolary play, "Hate Mail," held at Hart's Alley, an over-21 venue at 404 S. 1st Street, Laramie. Tickets cost $10 for the public, $8 for seniors, and $5 for students. For tickets call (307) 742-3864 or go online at http://hartsalley.com/index.php.

July 13, 2009 — New parking and transit fees are now in effect at the University of Wyoming.

July 13, 2009 — A weekly look at Wyoming business questions from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center, part of WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

July 10, 2009 — These are among the construction activities scheduled at the University of Wyoming during the week of July 12-18:

July 10, 2009 — The work of Montana artist Tracy Linder is one of six exhibits currently on display at the University of Wyoming Art Museum.

July 10, 2009 — The Western States Energy and Environment Symposium Steering Committee, pursuant to 2009 House Bill 295, will meet via teleconference call at noon Wednesday, July 15.

July 9, 2009 — The University of Wyoming awarded degrees to the following students from Wyoming at the completion of the 2009 spring semester.

July 9, 2009 — The University of Wyoming awarded degrees to the following students from Wyoming at the completion of the 2009 spring semester.

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July 8, 2009 — Religion Today is contributed by the University of Wyoming's Religious Studies Program to examine and to promote discussion of religious issues.

July 8, 2009 — Nearly 80 public school teachers from across the nation will attend women's suffrage workshops this month at the University of Wyoming.

July 8, 2009 — Ten University of Wyoming students were among a group of more than 100 university students and instructors from 21 states to participate in the recent successful launch of a NASA suborbital sounding rocket.

July 7, 2009 — These are among the activities scheduled July 7-12 at the University of Wyoming:

July 7, 2009 — Researchers from the University of Wyoming and an institute in Germany have completed a project that, for the first time, has identified how sunlight changes activity of a particular class of proteins called BLUF domain photoreceptors. BLUF is short for Blue Light Using Flavin adenine dinucleotide

July 6, 2009 — Construction crews in July will begin to set up the staging area for the Cowboy Dorm and old Power Plant deconstruction projects. Portions of Lewis Street will be closed from 10th through 11th streets throughout the projects' duration.

July 6, 2009 — Representatives from Konica Minolta will begin to replace University of Wyoming department copiers Wednesday, July 8.

July 6, 2009 — The third annual Adam Towler Memorial 5k walk and 10k run is Saturday, July 18.

July 6, 2009 — A weekly look at Wyoming business questions from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center, part of WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

July 1, 2009 — Wyoming nonprofits will be asked to Cowboy Up during the Snowy Range Nonprofit Institute (SRNI) at the University of Wyoming by boosting weak areas and optimizing their strengths.

July 1, 2009 — Members of the University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy class of 2012 were given symbolic white coats during a recent ceremony.