2023 UW News Stories
UW Science Initiative Roadshow Reaches Record Number of Wyoming Students
December 15, 2023
This fall, the University of Wyoming’s Science Initiative Roadshow reached 4,209 K-12 students in six counties through 14 ind...
December 1, 2023
University of Wyoming faculty members are backing UW Libraries in ongoing discussions with significant academic publishers re...
2023 Stories
December 21, 2023
The University of Wyoming College of Arts and Sciences is now accepting nominations for its annual Outstanding Alumni Award a...
December 20, 2023
Ghanaian-Canadian artist Ekow Nimako will visit the University of Wyoming Jan. 30-Feb. 2 for the installation of his artwork ...
December 19, 2023
Six students in the energy resource management and development bachelor’s degree program in the University of Wyoming’s Schoo...
December 18, 2023
Two Sweetwater County startup companies won seed funding at IMPACT 307’s Sweetwater County Start-Up Challenge Pitch Night Dec...
December 18, 2023
Canyon Hardesty, an associate director of the Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND) in the University of Wyoming College ...
December 18, 2023
The Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND), located in the University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, recently reco...
December 18, 2023
Most University of Wyoming business and administrative offices will be closed Monday, Dec. 25-Tuesday, Jan. 2, for the Christ...
December 15, 2023
A transformative collaboration, including the University of Wyoming, is elevating the manufacturing sector in southeast Wyoming.
December 15, 2023
This fall, the University of Wyoming’s Science Initiative Roadshow reached 4,209 K-12 students in six counties through 14 ind...
December 15, 2023
The University of Wyoming is one of 18 institutions nationwide selected to receive a total of $100 million from the National ...
December 15, 2023
IMPACT 307, Wyoming’s business incubator network, and Energy Capital Economic Development have chosen three winners for the f...
December 14, 2023
A longtime member of the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources has been appointed...
December 14, 2023
The Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network podcast recently featured the owners of Legacy Irrigation in She...
December 13, 2023
To commemorate this year’s Computer Science Education Week -- an annual call to action across the country to inspire K-12 stu...
December 11, 2023
The University of Wyoming is one of 10 colleges and universities nationwide recognized for excellence in website design and m...
December 11, 2023
Project GO (global officer), a nationwide program open to all qualified ROTC students, recently held its annual meeting at th...
December 11, 2023
After access to capital, the No. 2 concern of small-business owners is the threat of cyberattacks that will disrupt their ope...
December 11, 2023
The University of Wyoming Art Museum’s assistant director has been selected as the Wyoming Fellow for the 2023-24 National Le...
December 11, 2023
The University of Wyoming’s Malcolm Wallop Civic Engagement Program recently collaborated with the Heart Mountain Wyoming Fou...
December 11, 2023
University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) Executive Director Holly Krutka was interviewed by national news corre...
December 11, 2023
Two employees of the Wyoming Union at the University of Wyoming received awards at the recent ACUI (previously known as the A...
December 8, 2023
The challenges of caring for someone living with dementia can be magnified during the holidays. The next Wyoming Dementia Tog...
December 8, 2023
The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will hold a regular teleconference meeting Wednesday, Dec. 13.
December 7, 2023
Utility work to support the University of Wyoming’s campus housing project will necessitate the closure of part of 15th Stree...
December 7, 2023
Wyoming producers interested in hearing from national and international industry experts are encouraged to attend the 28th an...
December 7, 2023
A monthly look at issues facing Wyoming business owners and entrepreneurs from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center ...
December 7, 2023
The University of Wyoming has adopted a presidential working group’s statement of principles regarding free expression and wi...
December 7, 2023
A collaborative effort to map large-mammal migrations just received an additional boost from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundatio...
December 7, 2023
University of Wyoming Department of Geology and Geophysics Professor Ken Sims made his mark as a National Geographic Explorer...
December 6, 2023
Registration is now open for the 2024 Wyoming Outdoor Recreation Summit. The University of Wyoming’s Wyoming Outdoor Recreati...
December 6, 2023
Proceedings from a Wyoming forum on outdoor recreation earlier this year are now available.
December 5, 2023
The University of Wyoming College of Business is now accepting nominations for its annual Distinguished Alumni Award.
December 5, 2023
A new publication by the University of Wyoming Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics reports that economic activit...
December 4, 2023
The University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center (AHC) will celebrate the opening of three recently installed exhibitions...
December 4, 2023
People who have unpaid parking citations of less than $39 at the University of Wyoming can have their fines reduced by donati...
December 4, 2023
Consumers in breweries across Wyoming can participate in a bracket-style competition via a QR code found on beer coasters to ...
December 4, 2023
Kayla Burd, a University of Wyoming assistant professor in psychology, law, cognition and cognitive development, will deliver...
December 4, 2023
University of Wyoming Ethics Club members selected four Albany County nonprofit organizations to participate in the spring se...
December 4, 2023
The University of Wyoming Center for Principle-Based Leadership and Ethics recently participated in the 2023 International As...
December 4, 2023
The University of Wyoming Art Museum will celebrate the winter season by hosting its second annual ’Tis the Season event.
December 4, 2023
The University of Wyoming will accord degrees to over 800 students during a combined winter commencement ceremony Saturday, D...
December 1, 2023
Scholarship applications are now available for the Chief Washakie Memorial Endowment for the 2024-25 academic year at the Uni...
December 1, 2023
University of Wyoming faculty members are backing UW Libraries in ongoing discussions with significant academic publishers re...
December 1, 2023
A University of Wyoming associate professor contributed impactful information as the lead author of the Northern Great Plains...
December 1, 2023
From Gothic tales to cops-and-robbers, from “whodunit?” stories to true-crime dramas, mystery stories have long fascinated us...
December 1, 2023
Scholarship applications are now available for the Northern Arapaho Endowment for the 2024-25 academic year at the University...
November 30, 2023
Katelyn Kotlarek, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming’s Division of Communication Disorders, has received a N...
November 30, 2023
The University of Wyoming Art Museum has again achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the highest ...
November 29, 2023
The holiday season is filled with special memories recounted through song. These thoughts can be rekindled during the Univers...
November 29, 2023
The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees has approved a new Bachelor of Science degree program in ranch management and agr...
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 av...
November 29, 2023
Three finalists for the position of dean of the College of Law at the University of Wyoming will give public presentations st...
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 28, 2023
Small-business owners can learn about Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)...
November 28, 2023
As part of a multistate team, University of Wyoming Extension’s Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP) recently earned national re...
November 28, 2023
While bald eagles are one of the best conservation success stories in the United States, golden eagle populations continue to...
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 27, 2023
University of Wyoming Assistant Professor Randy Haas’ research on the 9,000-year-old Wilamaya Patjxa burial site in Peru sugg...
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
University of Wyoming faculty members, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers interested in converting their laborato...
November 27, 2023
A presentation by University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel, UW School of Computing Director Gabrielle Allen and the Universi...
November 27, 2023
The Wyoming-WWAMI Medical Education Program, located in the University of Wyoming’s College of Health Sciences, recently host...
November 21, 2023
Small-business owners can learn how to handle year-end tax planning without stress Thursday, Nov. 30.
November 21, 2023
The holiday-themed program “Star of the Magi” and “Holiday Hits,” a music-based light show, will be the focus of festivities ...
November 20, 2023
The Nuclear Energy Research Center (NERC) at the University of Wyoming has selected faculty members Xiang Zhang and Wes Eaton...
November 20, 2023
The University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute is now accepting nominations for individuals or groups that have demonstra...
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 ...
November 20, 2023
Caregivers for people living with dementia have at least one thing in common: Their lives are filled with questions. The next...
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 17, 2023
A recent University of Wyoming graduate student has received the 2023 Graduate Student Award for the Great Plains Cooperative...
November 17, 2023
Part two of a University of Wyoming Wyoming Center on Aging (WyCOA) program will focus on challenges in communicating with a ...
November 17, 2023
The University of Wyoming’s annual external financial audit and single audit for the 2023 fiscal year have been approved by U...
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 ...
November 16, 2023
A Wyoming-produced film series on ranchers who have taken on conservation projects for wildlife recently received a national ...
November 15, 2023
IMPACT 307, Wyoming’s business incubator network, has chosen five finalists for the Energy Capital Start-Up Challenge entrepr...
November 15, 2023
A University of Wyoming program to enhance blockchain, finance and digital literacy learning for Wyoming high school students...
November 14, 2023
When illustrator and artist James Bama moved to Wyoming in 1968, he began exploring the Western identity through the photogra...
November 14, 2023
An inaugural Cowboy Sandbox event -- featuring local artists working in immersive technology -- is scheduled Saturday, Nov. 1...
November 14, 2023
The University of Wyoming’s Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI) has released a new publication regarding three-dimensional...
November 14, 2023
A set of Eastern European folk dances, a Brazilian piano concerto and a Finnish symphony -- can variety be a unifying theme f...
November 14, 2023
Most University of Wyoming business and administrative offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, Nov. 23-24, for Thanksgivi...
November 14, 2023
The University of Wyoming’s Beth Vanderborgh, cello, and Jiwon Han, piano, will perform as part of the Department of Music Fa...
November 13, 2023
The University of Wyoming’s Fall Bridge class, “Language and Food,” is set for a unique and enriching experience during Inter...
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 ...
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 Na...
November 13, 2023
Members of the public will learn about the University of Wyoming’s efforts in Converse County, and UW alumni will connect wit...
November 13, 2023
Staff Senate has selected a new leadership team at the University of Wyoming.
November 10, 2023
Small-business owners can learn how to build or edit their business websites using Squarespace Friday, Nov. 17.
November 10, 2023
The University of Wyoming Department of Theatre and Dance’s fall season continues with an original and immersive dance-theate...
November 10, 2023
The University of Wyoming’s Neltje Center for Excellence in Creativity and the Arts, Sheridan College and Northwest College h...
November 10, 2023
The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will receive reports on a variety of initiatives and consider a new degree progra...
November 9, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently appointed a University of Wyoming faculty member to the National Advisory ...
November 9, 2023
A University of Wyoming researcher was part of a recent study that investigated how changes in urban land and population will...
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 Cent...
November 9, 2023
The Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network podcast recently featured the director of CyberWyoming as well a...
November 9, 2023
The University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) and the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences are set to ho...
November 9, 2023
Instructors are used to reading excused absence notes from their students. They have heard it all -- dogs eating homework and...
November 8, 2023
The University of Wyoming Foundation has welcomed Terry Gottberg, president and CEO of Merit Energy Co., to the UW Foundation...
November 8, 2023
Two University of Wyoming researchers recently received a four-year Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program ...
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 ...
November 8, 2023
A new wildlife documentary chronicling the large mammal migrations of Grand Teton National Park was released online this week...
November 8, 2023
The executive director of the Wyoming Energy Authority will discuss the agency’s support for the oil and gas industry Wednesd...
November 8, 2023
For anyone contemplating starting a small business, the thought alone can be daunting. However, advice and assistance are ava...
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 ...
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 7, 2023
The Wyoming Telehealth Consortium has named Dr. Lisa Finkelstein, medical director of telehealth at St. John’s Health in Jack...
November 6, 2023
The Sweetwater County Start-Up Challenge is down to six finalist businesses that will compete for seed funding in a Pitch Nig...
November 3, 2023
The University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy in the College of Health Sciences has launched a new certificate program aimed a...
November 3, 2023
Improving the communication skills of people who are caregivers for those living with dementia is the topic on the next editi...
November 3, 2023
Jennifer Stephens, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming’s Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, recently was elect...
November 3, 2023
IMPACT 307, Sheridan’s business incubator, has announced three winners for the 2023 Sheridan Start-Up Challenge entrepreneur ...
November 3, 2023
The University of Wyoming has been selected by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to receive funding to estab...
November 2, 2023
For the past 11 years, the University of Wyoming Veterans Services Center (VSC) has recognized the significance, solemnity an...
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...
November 2, 2023
A monthly look at issues facing Wyoming business owners and entrepreneurs from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center ...
November 2, 2023
When Corey Tarwater was a budding student ornithologist in college, she desired more fieldwork opportunities to learn the han...
November 2, 2023
Small-business entrepreneurs in Wyoming will have an opportunity to hone their social media messaging capabilities Thursday, ...
November 2, 2023
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, three well-known speakers will highlight a Native American Scholarship and ...
November 1, 2023
Allison Caine and Lauren Hayes, both assistant professors in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Anthropology, are reci...
November 1, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic brought into focus the need for more and better telehealth medicine, especially in a state such as Wyom...
November 1, 2023
The University of Wyoming Department of Music will host guest pianist Kenneth Hamilton for a recital Tuesday, Nov. 7, in the ...
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 S...
November 1, 2023
University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel and his partner, Gabrielle Allen, will host a Community Holiday Open House Monday, ...
October 31, 2023
The University of Wyoming’s College of Business and the Honors College each were facing their own quandaries -- how to improv...
October 31, 2023
Veterans who are small-business owners will have an opportunity to learn about contracting with the federal government Tuesda...
October 31, 2023
Student educational displays, documentary film screenings, Indian tacos and a question-and-answer session with Jason Baldes w...
October 30, 2023
It is that time of the season when the nationally recognized University of Wyoming Nordic ski team organizes and sponsors the...
October 30, 2023
The ethical considerations that come with a dementia diagnosis are often an overlooked part of the caregiver process. The nex...
October 30, 2023
University of Wyoming community members are invited to a free “Mental Wellness in the Workplace” seminar from noon-4:30 p.m. ...
October 30, 2023
Individuals who know they will drive on University of Wyoming business during 2024 need to make a new request by Sunday, Dec....
October 30, 2023
An educational Smithsonian poster exhibition that presents the history of religious sounds will be on display at the Universi...
October 30, 2023
The University of Wyoming’s Research and Economic Development Division (REDD) is continuing its efforts to update its adminis...
October 30, 2023
Fresh off its debut record release, the University of Wyoming’s Live Edge Trio will host New York City trumpet player and com...
October 30, 2023
When Aaron Wolfinbarger was gone for a week, he was greatly missed -- by University of Wyoming employees working in Knight Ha...
October 30, 2023
Julia Obert, an associate professor in the University of Wyoming Department of English, has released her second book, “The Ma...
October 27, 2023
A $457,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will allow three University of Wyoming faculty members to create a syst...
October 27, 2023
The University of Wyoming Foundation has announced the appointment of Amy McGarrity to its board of directors.
October 27, 2023
The University of Wyoming has agreed to the terms of a consent order that will resolve a lawsuit filed by Todd Schmidt regard...
October 27, 2023
CellDrop Biosciences Inc. has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Phase 2 Small Business Technology Transfer (ST...
October 27, 2023
The University of Wyoming Collegiate Chorale will present “A Whole New World: Music From The Americas” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,...
October 26, 2023
University of Wyoming Associate Professor Clair Uding, of the Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology, has received a gr...
October 26, 2023
The University of Wyoming’s College of Health Sciences celebrated distinguished alumni from divisions and schools throughout ...
October 26, 2023
The University of Wyoming is a participant in two of 31 projects across the nation selected by the U.S. Economic Development ...
October 26, 2023
Project GO (global officer), a nationwide program open to all qualified ROTC students, will hold its annual meeting next mont...
October 26, 2023
University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel and other UW representatives got a close look at the world’s largest carbon capture...
October 25, 2023
Applications for the University of Wyoming’s 2023-24 Community Engaged Faculty Institute are now being accepted. The deadline...
October 25, 2023
Conversations about the constellations will be the programing focus at the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium...
October 25, 2023
Bryant Smalley, associate vice president for strategic research initiatives at the University of Wyoming and executive direct...
October 25, 2023
University of Wyoming Associate Professor Ben Markley is the fall semester Faculty Senate Speaker Series award recipient.
October 25, 2023
All of the little ghouls, goblins, princesses, zombies and superheroes are invited to Safe Treat on the University of Wyoming...
The University of Wyoming has earned its Research Level 1 (R1) status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, placing Wyoming's only four-year university with the top research universities in the United States.