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June 29, 2012 — These are among the construction activities scheduled July 1-7 at the University of Wyoming.

June 29, 2012 — A proposal to study the conversion of natural gas to liquid fuels and chemicals, and a plan to convert coal to gas, liquids and other products, are on track to receive funding from the state of Wyoming.

June 29, 2012 — Protecting a house from wildfire is detailed along with other fire-wise suggestions at a website managed by land-grant universities, including the University of Wyoming, and federal agencies.

June 29, 2012 — Two University of Wyoming Foundation Board of Directors members will begin new leadership roles effective July 1.

June 29, 2012 — By this time next year, a sea captain who safely navigates his cargo ship through the Panama Canal may want to tip his cap to Fred Ogden.

June 28, 2012 — When Cheyenne South High School student Pamela Velazquez stepped onto the University of Wyoming campus for the first time earlier this summer, her first impression was, “Wow, this place is huge!” Then, she asked, “Why are there so many bikes?”

June 28, 2012 — Having lived in Wyoming all of her life, Hunter Jetkoski-DeFries of Evanston wasn’t too keen on staying in Wyoming when it comes time to attend college. Then, earlier this summer, she stepped onto the University of Wyoming campus for the first time to attend the annual High School Institute (HSI).

June 28, 2012 — A monthly look at the night skies of the northern Rocky Mountains, written by astronomers Ron Canterna, University of Wyoming; Jay Norris, Challis, Idaho Observatory; and Daryl Macomb, Boise State University.

June 28, 2012 — Sheridan High School student Grace Henderson spent some time in jail during her recent visit to Laramie.

June 28, 2012 — Most University of Wyoming administrative offices will be closed and summer classes dismissed Wednesday, July 4, for the Independence Day holiday.

June 28, 2012 — Word association time. “Foodways.” Sounds boring, right? Try “technology” and “breakthrough.” They suggest excitement and newness. OK, one more: “kitchen.” “Kitchen” seems to lie on the unexciting end of the spectrum, nowhere near “technology” or certainly not near “breakthrough.”

June 27, 2012 — IBM has been chosen to design and build the University of Wyoming’s campus cluster or high-performance computing center, which may have as many as 100 UW faculty members using it for their computational science research starting this fall.

June 27, 2012 — The University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy honored its outstanding students during the school's recent annual honors and awards banquet.

June 27, 2012 — Farmers and ranchers have an online resource for safety and health-related information.

June 26, 2012 — The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus (SFGMC), the world’s first openly gay chorus, will deliver its message of “understanding, compassion and acceptance” Thursday, July 12, at the University of Wyoming Fine Arts concert hall.

June 26, 2012 — Lindsay Cozzens has been a vocalist since the age of 12. She was trained in opera, with polishing at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan and a year at Ohio’s prestigious Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.

June 26, 2012 — Both University of Wyoming students and non-students can experience the fun of Denver’s Elitch Gardens Thursday, July 12.

June 25, 2012 — A historic campsite occupied by generations of Native Americans near Jackson Hole is the topic for the weekly summer lecture series Thursday, June 28, 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.

June 25, 2012 — University of Wyoming Information Technology has recognized individuals who demonstrate excellence in the division. Winners were selected from nominations by UW faculty and staff members.

June 25, 2012 — The first one honored the Simpson family. A few years later it was Dick and Lynne Cheney who were in the spotlight. And this fall, a third corner of the University of Wyoming’s central park, Prexy’s Pasture, will honor another stalwart Wyoming political family, the Sullivans.

June 25, 2012 — A weekly look at Wyoming business questions from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (WSBDC), part of WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

June 22, 2012 — These are among the construction activities scheduled June 24-30 at the University of Wyoming:

June 22, 2012 — Baker Hughes Inc. Executive Chairman Chad Deaton and Hess Corp. Executive Vice President Greg Hill are new members of the University of Wyoming Foundation Board of Directors.

June 21, 2012 — These are among the activities scheduled June 25-July 1 at the University of Wyoming:

June 21, 2012 — Among their high school peers, these students know they’re in the minority.

June 21, 2012 — Lindsey Miller of Laramie, a University of Wyoming art history student, was named honorable mention in an international photo contest sponsored by University Language Services.

June 20, 2012 — The University of Wyoming's Department of Theatre and Dance has awarded scholarships to young performers to attend the university's annual Snowy Range Summer Dance Festival July 11-22.

June 20, 2012 — The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the following non-resident students at the completion of the 2012 spring semester.

June 19, 2012 — J Shogren and his band, Shanghai’d & Shipwrecked, will give a free concert from 11:45 a.m.- 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, on the University of Wyoming Simpson Plaza.

June 19, 2012 — The final work of a multi-year University of Wyoming sculpture exhibition can now be seen in the UW Centennial Complex at 2111 Willett Drive.

June 19, 2012 — The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the following students from Wyoming at the completion of the 2012 spring semester.

June 19, 2012 — Three University of Wyoming students received Tillman Military Scholars for the 2012-2013 academic year.

June 18, 2012 — Throughout history, has fishing ever been good? That question will be answered during the weekly summer lecture series Thursday, June 21, 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.

June 18, 2012 — Tessa Dallarosa is the University of Wyoming Art Museum’s new Ann Simpson Artmobile curator.

June 18, 2012 — University of Wyoming’s Tyler Schnaufer ended a brilliant collegiate team roping career with life-long friend Shay Carroll when the duo won the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) championship Saturday night.

June 18, 2012 — The Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND) in the University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences received a one-year, $95,700 grant to become the Family-to-Family Health Information Center in Wyoming.

June 18, 2012 — A weekly look at Wyoming business questions from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (WSBDC), part of WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

June 15, 2012 — These are among the construction activities scheduled June 17-23 at the University of Wyoming:

June 15, 2012 — The University of Wyoming Art Museum will host its annual summer solstice celebration Wednesday, June 20, from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

June 15, 2012 — Both University of Wyoming Cowboys Tyler Schnaufer and Clayton Van Aken have cleared the preliminary rounds at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper. Now, it’s on to the championship round Saturday night.

June 15, 2012 — More than 40 graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and professors from around the world have gathered on the University of Wyoming campus to explore how mathematical models can be used in the fields of epidemiology and ecology.

June 15, 2012 — University of Wyoming team member Tyler Schnaufer can remember when he first started roping with partner Shay Carroll. The exact rodeo has long faded from memory because the duo has been roping together for 14 years.

June 14, 2012 — The Wyoming Clean Coal Task Force will hold a special meeting at 7 a.m. Monday, June 18.

June 14, 2012 — University of Wyoming Police Chief Mike Samp has a message for people traveling near the UW Anthropology Building Friday morning: Don’t be alarmed – it’s not real.

June 14, 2012 — Country music legend Patsy Cline comes to life this summer as the Snowy Range Summer Theatre continues the 2012 season with “Always…Patsy Cline.”

June 14, 2012 — These are among the activities scheduled June 18-24 at the University of Wyoming:

June 14, 2012 — Twenty-one students from Wyoming and three other states will get a hands-on look at energy innovation at the University of Wyoming next week.

June 13, 2012 — Thirty-six incoming high school seniors from Wyoming, Colorado and Utah will explore various fields of engineering next week at the University of Wyoming.

June 13, 2012 — The National Science Foundation has chosen seven University of Wyoming research projects -- ranging from hydrology of the Colorado River Basin to planet formation from star debris to fluid dynamics of wind turbines -- that will use the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) in Cheyenne this fall.

June 12, 2012 — Singer and songwriter Cary Judd will perform a free concert Wednesday, June 20, from 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. on the University of Wyoming Simpson Plaza.

June 12, 2012 — It’s getting a new name and an expanded mission, but a Wyoming task force is once again looking for scientific proposals aimed at advancing technologies to use coal in innovative ways.

June 12, 2012 — It is a dream of many Christians to visit the Land of Israel. They think of this region as "the Holy Land," the place where Jesus, Moses, David and other biblical heroes walked. They want to walk where these personages walked and see the land they saw.

June 12, 2012 — Landowners can reduce wildfire risks to houses, cabins and outbuildings by creating defensible spaces around them, according to wildfire experts.

June 11, 2012 — An expert on workplace civility will present seminars Monday and Tuesday, June 18-19, from 1:30-3 p.m. in the University of Wyoming College of Business auditorium.

June 11, 2012 — Two pollinator awareness and surveying parties will be held this month to increase the public’s familiarity of the birds, bees and other insects that make food and flowers possible in Laramie.

June 11, 2012 — When he first came to the University of Wyoming in 2007 as a member of the Residence Life and Dining Services staff, Ben Marks knew little about the UW Staff Senate and its role within the university.

June 11, 2012 — The University of Wyoming Environmental Health & Safety Office (EHS) has joined the National Safety Council to promote National Safety Month in June.

June 11, 2012 — Ecology and conservation of large predator-large prey interactions in South America’s high Andes is the first topic for the summer seminar series that begins Thursday, June 14, 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.

June 11, 2012 — The University of Wyoming lists the following non-resident students on the 2012 spring semester Provost’s Honor Roll.

June 11, 2012 — The University of Wyoming lists the following students from Wyoming on the 2012 spring semester Provost’s Honor Roll.

June 11, 2012 — A veteran member of the University of Wyoming Police Department, who has served as assistant chief since 2009, has been named chief of the UWPD.

June 11, 2012 — The Wyoming Distance Education Consortium (WyDEC) recently presented its Master Distance Educator Award to University of Wyoming Elementary Education Professor Tim Rush.

June 11, 2012 — A weekly look at Wyoming business questions from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (WSBDC), part of WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

June 8, 2012 — These are among the construction activities scheduled June 10-16 at the University of Wyoming:

June 8, 2012 — Experts from across the globe will gather at the University of Wyoming later this month to share their expertise and knowledge of biogenic natural gas at the Secondary Biogenic Natural Gas International Conference.

June 7, 2012 — Hannah Jang-Condell was not one of those kids who gazed at the stars and dreamed of one day becoming an astromer. It was not even until her senior year at Harvard that she took a modern astrophysics course.

June 7, 2012 — Stranger things have happened, and you never know what to expect at any rodeo. Veteran University of Wyoming rodeo Coach George Howard knows that all too well.

June 7, 2012 — The Patti Fiasco will perform a free concert Wednesday, June 13, from 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. on the University of Wyoming Simpson Plaza.

June 7, 2012 — These are among the activities scheduled June 11-17 at the University of Wyoming:

June 7, 2012 — For nine decades, the Colorado River Basin Compact has provided the water allocation blueprint for communities located in the Upper and Lower basins. While that 1922 water distribution agreement remains intact, other factors -- climate, land use and population -- in the seven states that comprise the region have undergone vast changes over the years.

June 7, 2012 — – In the last decade, a number of California companies -- with employees in tow -- fled the Golden State and relocated to less expensive real estate between Denver and Boulder to set up shop.

June 7, 2012 — As a boy, Dimitri Mavriplis built model airplanes and became knowledgeable about the industry through his father, Fotis, who was manager of the aerodynamics department at Bombardier Aerospace in Montreal, Quebec.

June 6, 2012 — Bart Geerts likes to chase storms high in the mountains. And, oftentimes, he helps contribute to them.

June 6, 2012 — When Po Chen talks about lives lost in recent, major seismic events -- such as the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan, China, and the 2011 tsunami off the coast of Japan -- he slowly shakes his head.

June 6, 2012 — University of Wyoming students from Casper, Green River and Laramie were awarded U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarships (CLS) to study abroad this summer.

June 6, 2012 — Numerous University of Wyoming professors plan to use the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) for their high-level computational research this fall. Liqiang Wang is the person who is going to help make sure things go off without a hitch.

June 5, 2012 — The University of Wyoming’s Pokes' Spokes Bike Library is expanding. Cycle Wyoming recently funded 10 new bicycles, plus locks, helmets and UW bike permits.

June 5, 2012 — A joint project by the University of Wyoming and the city of Laramie will improve storm water drainage for the east side of town along Grays Gable Road, and also will enhance the aesthetics of Jacoby Golf Course.

June 4, 2012 — Helen M. Alatorre will begin duties July 16 as the University of Wyoming’s assistant dean of students for leadership.

June 4, 2012 — Applications are now being accepted for Sloan Research Fellowships -- worth $50,000 each -- in eight fields: chemistry, computer science, economics, mathematics, computational biology, neuroscience, ocean sciences and physics. Nominations are due Sept. 15, 2012.

June 4, 2012 — entrepreneurs and business owners will have an opportunity to learn ways to elevate their networking abilities to the next level at the June e2e events in Sheridan and Gillette, sponsored by the University of Wyoming’s Wyoming Technology Business Center (WTBC).

June 4, 2012 — As a result of the new Vehicle Regulation and Policy, the University of Wyoming’s Risk Management and Insurance office is required to check motor vehicle records for all employees, students and volunteers before they will be allowed to drive for university business. This applies to all driving, whether doing so in a personal, rental or UW vehicle.

June 4, 2012 — A weekly look at Wyoming business questions from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (WSBDC), part of WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

June 1, 2012 — These are among the construction activities scheduled June 3-9 at the University of Wyoming:

June 1, 2012 — GEAR UP Wyoming and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) -- with an assist from University of Wyoming students -- are teaming up to bring atmospheric and computational science to the state’s middle and high school students this summer.