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UW Professor Leads Study Advancing High-Performance Membranes for Precise Separations

October 6, 2026

The production of many everyday essentials -- including fuels, chemicals and medicines -- depends on the ability to separate ...

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Air Force F-35 Flyover Delights UW Football Crowd in Home Opener
Fans attending the University of Wyoming football game against Northern Colorado today received an extra treat beyond the Cow...
UW Foundation Welcomes Three Alumni to Board of Directors
The University of Wyoming Foundation has appointed three distinguished UW alumni to its Board of Directors, bringing decades ...
UW Researchers Use Graph Theory to Study Autism in Mice
Just as a city cannot be understood by studying individual buildings without considering the roads connecting them, the brain...
UW Receives $14.8 Million NSF Grant to Operate New King Air Research Aircraft
The University of Wyoming received a $14.8 million U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that will provide operation a...
UW’s Dejam Helps Advance Understanding of Solute Transport in Microfluidic Systems
Research recently published by the University of Wyoming’s Morteza Dejam provides insight into the role fluid properties and ...
UW Chemistry Professor Receives Prestigious George C. Pimentel Prize
David T. Anderson, a University of Wyoming chemistry professor, was awarded the prestigious George C. Pimentel Prize for Adva...
UW to Host NSF-Funded I-Corps Training Cohort During Fall Semester
For those who have technology ideas they want to commercialize, a prime opportunity awaits.
UW INBRE Program Receives $18.9M NIH Grant for Biomedical Research and Education
Biomedical research and education in Wyoming will be bolstered by the largest single research grant ever awarded to the Unive...
UW’s Machine Learning for High School Teachers Workshop Enriches Classrooms
If you were on the University of Wyoming campus the week of July 13-16, you may have noticed a group of people intently talki...
High-Schoolers from Across the Nation ‘Journey to Mars’ at UW’s Teton STEM Academy
The “red planet” has long captured human fascination from afar, but exploring it in person will require advanced planning and...
UW Researchers Chart a Roadmap for Selecting Underground Gas Storage Sites
Researchers at the University of Wyoming have published a comprehensive review that presents a unified, “gas-aware” framework...
Windy Ridge Foundation Astro Camp Sends Middle Schoolers on a Mission Outside the Solar System
While the nation prepares for an upcoming mission to the moon, 28 intrepid middle-schoolers got even more ambitious as they p...
UW Professor Releases New Edition of Teaching Book for New Engineering and Science Faculty
Steve Barrett, a University of Wyoming professor of electrical and computer engineering, has released a new edition of his bo...
UW Researcher Receives NSF CAREER Award to Advance Robotic Systems
Robots are increasingly capable of helping people complete physical tasks, but many current systems are designed to assist wi...
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...

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Registration Open for 2026 Wyoming Computing Symposium at UW Oct. 19-23
Registration is open for the 2026 Wyoming Computing Symposium, “Computing in the WYLD: Navigating Wyoming’s Natural and Digit...
UW Planetarium to Premiere New Film, Celebrate Halloween Season During October
The University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium will open October with a new film and celebrate the spooky season with...
UW School of Energy Resources and Wold Foundation to Host Wyoming’s Energy Future Symposium Oct. 22
The University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) and the Wold Foundation will host a joint symposium Thursday, Oct...
UW Planetarium to Return Laser Shows, Highlight Space Milestones During September
With the beginning of the fall semester, the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium will herald the return of var...
UW, NVIDIA, NSF ASCEND Engine to Host Mountain West AI & HPC Summit Aug. 31-Sept. 2
The University of Wyoming, NVIDIA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) ASCEND Engine in Colorado and Wyoming will co-hos...
UW Planetarium to Present Phoebe Bridgers’ ‘Lost Weekend’
Phoebe Bridgers’ newest album, “Lost Weekend,” will debut in full inside planetariums around the globe, including the Univers...
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...

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