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Wyoming is the Equality State. It was the first state to give women the right to vote, to serve on juries and to hold public office. Women before and after this landmark legislation have deeply shaped the state’s society and culture.
To celebrate women’s accomplishments, a larger-than-life sculpture will be on permanent display at the University of Wyoming Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center. Wyoming artist D. Michael Thomas created a sculpture that features a female rider breaking through a sandstone wall, which will be displayed in the Gateway Center’s north courtyard. Click here for more ...
February 14, 2014 — Steamboat, the iconic horse that defines and embodies the untamable spirit of the state and the University of Wyoming, will forever be on display at UW’s Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center.
February 13, 2014 — It has been 20 years since the University of Wyoming’s then-College of Agriculture rolled out a new interdisciplinary undergraduate major in agroecology.
February 12, 2014 — University of Wyoming undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in democracy and want to conduct independent research projects are encouraged to apply for the Malcolm Wallop Fund Student Stipend Award.
February 6, 2014 — A University of Wyoming assistant professor has generated quite a bit of buzz with his discovery that some alpine bumblebees can fly to heights greater than Mount Everest.
January 28, 2014 — When the University of Wyoming opened its first outreach program in Casper in the summer of 1976, Renee Woodward remembers setting up makeshift offices in an empty classroom at Casper College’s old Administration Building.
January 27, 2014 — Erica Ramsey is the University of Wyoming Art Museum’s new Ann Simpson Artmobile curator.
January 22, 2014 — The Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) has awarded a $10,000 grant to a University of Wyoming researcher who seeks to develop a diagnosis for Alzheimer’s disease.
January 21, 2014 — The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Region 7 presented its 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award to Thom Edgar, a professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering.
January 17, 2014 — The University of Wyoming’s branch campus in Casper has graduated more than 3,200 people since it began in 1976, making it possible for generations of site-bound students in central Wyoming to earn bachelor’s and higher degrees.
January 13, 2014 — April Heaney, who has influenced the success of thousands of University of Wyoming students, is one of 10 individuals honored by a national organization that promotes efforts to assure the success of first-year students nationwide.
