November UW News

November 30, 2023

Katelyn Kotlarek, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming’s Division of Communication Disorders, has received a New Investigators Research Grant from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHF) for her proposed study, titled “Perceptual and Acoustic Characteristics of Nasal Coupling in Children.”

November 30, 2023

The University of Wyoming Art Museum has again achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition afforded by the nation’s museums.

November 29, 2023

Three finalists for the position of dean of the College of Law at the University of Wyoming will give public presentations starting Thursday, Nov. 30.

November 29, 2023

The home of the University of Wyoming continues to receive recognition as one of the best college towns in the country.

November 29, 2023

Side hustles, also known as side jobs or side gigs, are booming to help supplement one’s income. Advice and assistance are available to get started in turning these passion areas into something successful Tuesday, Dec. 5.

November 29, 2023

The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees has approved a new Bachelor of Science degree program in ranch management and agricultural leadership.

November 29, 2023

The holiday season is filled with special memories recounted through song. These thoughts can be rekindled during the University of Wyoming Department of Music’s gala holiday concerts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 9-10, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall.

November 28, 2023

Small-business owners can learn about Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) opportunities with the Department of Energy (DOE) during a half-day virtual workshop Tuesday, Dec. 5.

November 28, 2023

While bald eagles are one of the best conservation success stories in the United States, golden eagle populations continue to struggle in the West. Scientists at the University of Wyoming and elsewhere working to help eagles have identified key eagle habitats and created a free, online tool to help direct conservation efforts.

November 28, 2023

As part of a multistate team, University of Wyoming Extension’s Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP) recently earned national recognition for its efforts to connect people facing food insecurity with local produce.

November 27, 2023

Three finalists for the position of dean of the College of Law at the University of Wyoming have been identified.

November 27, 2023

The Wyoming-WWAMI Medical Education Program, located in the University of Wyoming’s College of Health Sciences, recently hosted its fifth annual research symposium at Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie.

November 27, 2023

A presentation by University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel, UW School of Computing Director Gabrielle Allen and the University of Utah’s Manish Parashar at an international conference on high-performance computing is now available for viewing on YouTube.

November 27, 2023

University of Wyoming faculty members, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers interested in converting their laboratory-scale research into commercial businesses are invited to participate in the National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Great Plains Hub.

November 27, 2023

University of Wyoming Assistant Professor Randy Haas’ research on the 9,000-year-old Wilamaya Patjxa burial site in Peru suggests that women might have hunted big game.

November 27, 2023

As the semester comes to a close, a number of free wellness and destress events are planned for University of Wyoming students.

November 21, 2023

This photo is of the painting “Adoration of the Magi” by Florentine painter Giotto di Bondone. Chip Kobulnicky, a professor in the UW Department of Physics and Astronomy, will present “Star of the Magi” Friday, Dec. 1, and Friday, Dec. 8, both at 6 p.m. in the UW Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium. (UW Planetarium Photo) The holiday-themed program “Star of the Magi” and “Holiday Hits,” a music-based light show, will be the focus of festivities at the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium

November 21, 2023

Small-business owners can learn how to handle year-end tax planning without stress Thursday, Nov. 30.

November 20, 2023

The Nuclear Energy Research Center (NERC) at the University of Wyoming has selected faculty members Xiang Zhang and Wes Eaton to receive funding under the Faculty Scholars Program.

November 20, 2023

More than 50 vendors will sell a wide assortment of products at the University of Wyoming Holiday Market Friday, Dec. 8.

November 20, 2023

Two businesses were named winners at the second annual IMPACT Goshen County Pitch Night, which took place Nov. 9 in the Fine Arts Auditorium on the campus of Eastern Wyoming College (EWC) in Torrington.

November 20, 2023

Caregivers for people living with dementia have at least one thing in common: Their lives are filled with questions. The next Wyoming Dementia Together (WDT) program will feature experts who will offer advice Wednesday, Nov. 29.

November 20, 2023

The University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute is now accepting nominations for individuals or groups that have demonstrated exemplary dedication to advancing biodiversity science and conservation in the state. The deadline to apply is Wednesday, Dec. 20.

November 17, 2023

The University of Wyoming’s annual external financial audit and single audit for the 2023 fiscal year have been approved by UW’s Board of Trustees.

November 17, 2023

Part two of a University of Wyoming Wyoming Center on Aging (WyCOA) program will focus on challenges in communicating with a person living with dementia and how caregivers can learn to make the journey easier.

November 17, 2023

A recent University of Wyoming graduate student has received the 2023 Graduate Student Award for the Great Plains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU).

November 17, 2023

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) to lead a fourth major carbon capture and storage project under the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management’s Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE) Initiative.

November 16, 2023

A Wyoming-produced film series on ranchers who have taken on conservation projects for wildlife recently received a national film and media award.

November 15, 2023

A University of Wyoming program to enhance blockchain, finance and digital literacy learning for Wyoming high school students will be available through Wyo BEE in fall 2024.

November 15, 2023

IMPACT 307, Wyoming’s business incubator network, has chosen five finalists for the Energy Capital Start-Up Challenge entrepreneur competition.

November 14, 2023

Most University of Wyoming business and administrative offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 23-24, for Thanksgiving. UW classes will be dismissed Wednesday-Friday, Nov. 22-24.

November 14, 2023

A set of Eastern European folk dances, a Brazilian piano concerto and a Finnish symphony -- can variety be a unifying theme for a concert? Audience members will discover the answer at the University of Wyoming’s Symphony Orchestra (UWSO) concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall.

November 14, 2023

An inaugural Cowboy Sandbox event -- featuring local artists working in immersive technology -- is scheduled Saturday, Nov. 18, at the University of Wyoming. The program is free and open to the public.

November 14, 2023

The University of Wyoming’s Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI) has released a new publication regarding three-dimensional modeling of petroleum reservoirs.

November 14, 2023

The University of Wyoming’s Beth Vanderborgh, cello, and Jiwon Han, piano, will perform as part of the Department of Music Faculty Recital Series at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall. The program is free and open to the public.

November 14, 2023

When illustrator and artist James Bama moved to Wyoming in 1968, he began exploring the Western identity through the photographs and paintings he made of his new friends and neighbors. Although Bama, of Cody, quickly became known for his realistic paintings, photographs were the foundation of his imagery.

November 13, 2023

Renowned vibraphonist Steve Nelson will perform Friday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the University of Wyoming’s Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall.

November 13, 2023

Staff Senate has selected a new leadership team at the University of Wyoming.

November 13, 2023

For the next five years, the University of Wyoming’s Stable Isotope Facility (SIF) will be the go-to laboratory to analyze National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) soil samples from across the country.

November 13, 2023

Members of the public will learn about the University of Wyoming’s efforts in Converse County, and UW alumni will connect with their alma mater during a “UW in Your Community” gathering Thursday, Nov. 30, in Douglas.

November 13, 2023

The University of Wyoming’s Fall Bridge class, “Language and Food,” is set for a unique and enriching experience during International Education Week Nov. 13-17.

November 10, 2023

The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will receive reports on a variety of initiatives and consider a new degree program in ranch management and agricultural leadership during the board’s regular meeting Wednesday-Friday, Nov. 15-17.

November 10, 2023

The University of Wyoming Department of Theatre and Dance’s fall season continues with an original and immersive dance-theater work.

November 10, 2023

The University of Wyoming’s Neltje Center for Excellence in Creativity and the Arts, Sheridan College and Northwest College have been awarded $1.1 million through the Wyoming Innovation Partnership to strengthen the state’s creative economy.

November 10, 2023

Small-business owners can learn how to build or edit their business websites using Squarespace Friday, Nov. 17.

November 9, 2023

The Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network podcast recently featured the director of CyberWyoming as well as the co-founder of Unlocked Labs. The podcast features small-business success stories, educational topics from experts and interviews with staff and leadership. Episodes are typically released twice per month.

November 9, 2023

Instructors are used to reading excused absence notes from their students. They have heard it all -- dogs eating homework and students missing sleep and homework due to working late into the evening at their jobs. Many of these excuses are easy for educators to shrug off, but what if the excuse came from the Pope?

November 9, 2023

A University of Wyoming researcher was part of a recent study that investigated how changes in urban land and population will affect future populations’ exposure to weather extremes at the end of the 21st century.

November 9, 2023

The University of Wyoming Jazz Studio will present the Jazz Combo Showcase Sunday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall.

November 9, 2023

The University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) and the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences are set to host New York Times bestselling author Alex Epstein for a public presentation and book signing Thursday, Nov. 30, beginning at 1 p.m. in the Engineering Education and Research Building atrium.

November 9, 2023

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently appointed a University of Wyoming faculty member to the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF).

November 8, 2023

Two University of Wyoming researchers recently received a four-year Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) grant to study the resilience of the impacts of invasive species and climate change on Hawaii’s novel ecosystem.

November 8, 2023

For anyone contemplating starting a small business, the thought alone can be daunting. However, advice and assistance are available.

November 8, 2023

A new wildlife documentary chronicling the large mammal migrations of Grand Teton National Park was released online this week, showing how the park is biologically connected to distant habitats in Idaho and Wyoming.

November 8, 2023

The University of Wyoming Foundation has welcomed Terry Gottberg, president and CEO of Merit Energy Co., to the UW Foundation Board of Directors.

November 8, 2023

The University of Wyoming Department of Music choirs will present “Journeys” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall.

November 8, 2023

The executive director of the Wyoming Energy Authority will discuss the agency’s support for the oil and gas industry Wednesday, Nov. 15, in Casper.

November 7, 2023

The Wyoming Telehealth Consortium has named Dr. Lisa Finkelstein, medical director of telehealth at St. John’s Health in Jackson, as the recipient of the 2023 Dr. James Bush Award for Excellence in Telehealth.

November 7, 2023

The University of Wyoming Percussion Ensemble presents its fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall.

November 7, 2023

The University of Wyoming Energy Resources Council (ERC) will meet at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 17, at Laramie’s Hilton Garden Inn.

November 6, 2023

The Sweetwater County Start-Up Challenge is down to six finalist businesses that will compete for seed funding in a Pitch Night competition Wednesday, Dec. 6.

November 3, 2023

Jennifer Stephens, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming’s Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, recently was elected secretary of the Wyoming Nurses Association (WNA).

November 3, 2023

IMPACT 307, Sheridan’s business incubator, has announced three winners for the 2023 Sheridan Start-Up Challenge entrepreneur competition. The Pitch Night event took place Nov. 1 at the historic WYO Theater in Sheridan.

November 3, 2023

The University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy in the College of Health Sciences has launched a new certificate program aimed at providing practicing pharmacists, other health professionals and health information technology personnel in other related fields advanced training in health technology assessment.

November 3, 2023

The University of Wyoming has been selected by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to receive funding to establish an EDA University Center (UC) Economic Development Technical Assistance Program.

November 3, 2023

Improving the communication skills of people who are caregivers for those living with dementia is the topic on the next edition of “Once Again,” the YouTube channel program hosted by the University of Wyoming’s Wyoming Center on Aging (WyCOA).

November 2, 2023

When Corey Tarwater was a budding student ornithologist in college, she desired more fieldwork opportunities to learn the hands-on and up-close duties required of the profession.

November 2, 2023

For the past 11 years, the University of Wyoming Veterans Services Center (VSC) has recognized the significance, solemnity and fraternal connection of Veterans Day through its Veterans Roll Call, a reading of the names of service members lost during America’s War on Terror. That time period spanned operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom and New Dawn.

November 2, 2023

Small-business entrepreneurs in Wyoming will have an opportunity to hone their social media messaging capabilities Thursday, Nov. 9.

November 2, 2023

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, three well-known speakers will highlight a Native American Scholarship and Awards Ceremony and a cultural event titled “Good Medicine” Friday, Nov. 3, at the University of Wyoming.

November 2, 2023

The University of Wyoming’s 2023 Giving Day was a huge success -- in just 24 hours, reaching almost double the donors of last year and raising $3.6 million that goes directly to students and the faculty and programs that support them.

November 2, 2023

A monthly look at issues facing Wyoming business owners and entrepreneurs from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

November 1, 2023

Some changes to UWYO Roundup routes and parking will be in effect Friday, Nov. 3, due to the University of Wyoming-Colorado State University football game at 6 p.m.

November 1, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic brought into focus the need for more and better telehealth medicine, especially in a state such as Wyoming, where rural towns and cities are separated by 50-100 miles.

November 1, 2023

University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel and his partner, Gabrielle Allen, will host a Community Holiday Open House Monday, Dec. 4, at the Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center for all UW employees and students, their families and members of the Laramie community.

November 1, 2023

The University of Wyoming Department of Music will host guest pianist Kenneth Hamilton for a recital at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall.

November 1, 2023

Allison Caine and Lauren Hayes, both assistant professors in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Anthropology, are recipients of Wenner-Gren Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2024.