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Campers and staff of the Teton STEM Academy visited the Medicine Bow National Forest July 14 to enjoy the sights and collect samples for analysis. (Iggy Salazar Photo)

High-Schoolers from Across the Nation ‘Journey to Mars’ at UW’s Teton STEM Academy

August 4, 2026

The “red planet” has long captured human fascination from afar, but exploring it in person will require advanced planning and...

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UW Partners in Genesis Mission Project to Improve Forecasting of Dangerous Storm Systems
Planette AI, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the University of Wyoming have launched DL4MCS, a jointly led G...
UW Professor Wins NSF-Funded Award in Partnership with DISA Technologies to Improve Critical Minerals Recovery
University of Wyoming Professor Kam Ng, in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management,...
UW Researchers Confirm Your Rain Comes from Farther Away Than Before
Computer models and thermodynamic theory have long predicted changes in the ways water vapor is transported through the atmos...
High School Students Learn Hands-On Through UW Engineering Summer Program
Fourteen high school students came from across Wyoming and from as far away as Pennsylvania to the University of Wyoming camp...
UW Motorsports Team Brings Home Second Consecutive Championship
The University of Wyoming’s Wyoming Motorsports student organization is living up to its motto of “Build, Race, Win.”
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Renews MOU with 3t Drilling Systems and Expands Collaborations
Thanks to a long-standing partnership with 3t Drilling Systems, the University of Wyoming College of Engineering and Physical...
UW Releases New Publication Exploring Production of Low-Carbon Hydrogen from Wyoming Coal
Researchers at the University of Wyoming have published a new modeling study exploring the production of low-carbon hydrogen ...
UW Quantum Summer School Hosts Leading Experts
The University of Wyoming Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering (C-QISE) and the Department of Physics and A...
UW Professor Co-Writes Study That Could Lead to Better Early-Stage Cancer Detection
A new study -- co-written by Konstantinos Mamis, an assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Wyoming -- reveal...
UW Startup UplinkRobotics Receives Spirit of Wyoming Award
When then-University of Wyoming engineering students Christian Bitzas, Oreoluwa Babatunde and Brady Wagstaff noticed a lack o...
Oilmen’s Gala Celebrates 100 Years of Petroleum Engineering Education at UW
On Jan. 9, 1925, D.B. Dow of the U.S. Bureau of Mines wrote a letter to University of Wyoming President Arthur Crane urging h...
UW Agreement with Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Aims to Meet Demand for Petroleum Engineers
Representatives of the University of Wyoming College of Engineering and Physical Sciences and Southern Alberta Institute of T...
UW’s Grana Receives Prestigious Award from Society of Exploration Geophysicists
The University of Wyoming’s Dario Grana has been awarded the Society of Exploration Geophysicists’ (SEG) Virgil Kauffman Gold...
UW Research Group Publishes Two Articles on Hydrogen Infrastructure
A University of Wyoming research group led by Chengyi “Charlie” Zhang, an associate professor in the Department of Civil and ...
UW Leadership Academy Announces Fall 2026 Cohort
The University of Wyoming Leadership Academy has selected its fall 2026 cohort, marking the program’s third class and its mos...
UW’s Anton Receives Hollon Family Award
David Anton, senior academic professional lecturer in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics, h...
UW’s Abdelaty Receives Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award
Ahmed Abdelaty’s students say he is a teacher they will never forget. According to one of those students, he is “the best of ...
UW’s McAllister Receives John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award
After 17 years as a University of Wyoming faculty member, Tyrrell McAllister is certainly a master of his craft, serving as a...
UW’s Grana Receives John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award
Despite his status as an internationally recognized expert in his field, Dario Grana is hailed by students, alumni and collea...
UW’s Elshehabi Receives Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award
Tawfik Elshehabi’s commitment to refining his teaching practice runs as deep as the wells that are the subject of his profess...
UW Advances Community-Engaged Education Through Third Annual Faculty Institute
Ten University of Wyoming instructors recently completed the Community Engaged Faculty Institute (CEFI). This professional de...

College Events

UW Planetarium to Host Hybrid Program, ‘Dome After Dark’ Event to Kick Off Fall Semester
The University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium will kick off the fall semester with a hybrid offering of a short film...
UW Planetarium to Celebrate America 250 With Program About NASA’s Pioneering Space Efforts
The University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium will celebrate America 250 with a look back at NASA’s early pioneering...
UW Planetarium Schedule Moves to Tuesday and Thursday Programming During Summer
The University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium’s programming schedule will adjust its orbit this summer.
UW SER Accepting Applications for Second Critical Minerals Leadership Academy
The University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) will host the second Critical Minerals Leadership Academy (CMLA) S...
UW and Wyoming SBDC Network to Host Two-Day SBIR/STTR Proposal Lab Workshop
Small-business owners, entrepreneurs and startups can receive expert training about Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)...
UW STEM-ology Provides Energy and Natural Resources Activities for All Ages This Month
STEM-ology, a monthly series of themed science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) events for all ages, concludes...
Critical Mineral Expert to Speak at UW School of Energy Resources
Melissa Sanderson, co-chair of the Critical Mineral Institute, is the final speaker in the University of Wyoming School of En...
UW and Wyoming SBDC Network to Host SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Webinar April 16
Small-business owners, entrepreneurs and startups can learn about Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Busines...
UW to Host Teacher Research Knowledge Exchange Learning Showcase May 2
The University of Wyoming’s Science and Mathematics Teaching Center will host the Teacher Research Knowledge Exchange (TRKE) ...
UW’s IMPACT 307 to Host ‘Startup Lunch and Learn’ Seminar April 21
Entrepreneurs, small business-owners and startups will have an opportunity to learn more about intellectual property and how ...

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