2024 UW News Stories
UW Instructional Professor and Students Provide Disaster Mapping Assistance After Hurricane
December 10, 2024
After Hurricane Milton decimated many parts of Florida in early October, Ramesh Sivanpillai received a familiar call.
December 19, 2024
The University of Wyoming’s Sheridan Research and Extension Center has received a key gift from EOG Resources Inc. to advance...
December 18, 2024
The inaugural University of Wyoming Leadership Academy has come to a successful conclusion, with participating students deliv...
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December 19, 2024
The eighth annual Own It! Celebration for women who make a difference in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (ST...
December 19, 2024
The University of Wyoming’s Sheridan Research and Extension Center has received a key gift from EOG Resources Inc. to advance...
December 19, 2024
The Firearms Research Center (FRC) at the University of Wyoming College of Law recently received a generous gift from Joseph ...
December 18, 2024
The inaugural University of Wyoming Leadership Academy has come to a successful conclusion, with participating students deliv...
December 17, 2024
A University of Wyoming Ph.D. student has been selected as the second-ever Muley Fanatic Fellow. Rebekah Rafferty, of Solvang...
December 16, 2024
Part 3 of two Wyoming widowers discussing the care they provided for their spouses with dementia will be available beginning ...
December 16, 2024
The Firearms Research Center (FRC), housed in the University of Wyoming College of Law, has received a $25,000 donation from ...
December 16, 2024
Most University of Wyoming business and administrative offices will be closed Tuesday, Dec. 24-Wednesday, Jan. 1, for the Chr...
December 16, 2024
Mark Guiberson, professor and director of the University of Wyoming’s Division of Communication Disorders, received two award...
December 16, 2024
Bree Doering, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Anthropology, has been selected as the firs...
December 12, 2024
A significant gift to the James Nielson Excellence Fund in the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) will bo...
December 12, 2024
“Painted for Illustration: Paintings and Published Western Art from the Collection of Naoma Tate” is now on display at the Un...
December 12, 2024
Wyoming Dementia Together (WDT) support staff will be available to answer questions from caregivers of loved ones living with...
December 11, 2024
Two University of Wyoming Nordic ski team members and their coaches have been selected to represent the U.S. at the 2025 Fédé...
December 11, 2024
In line with the University of Wyoming’s strategic plan, particularly objectives 2 (Pursue Institutional Excellence) and 3 (P...
December 11, 2024
A University of Wyoming alumnus who has extensive experience as an administrator in health care education and research has be...
December 11, 2024
Two Wyoming widowers will discuss caring for a spouse with dementia in the latest edition of “Once Again,” the YouTube channe...
December 11, 2024
The UW Board of Trustees today (Wednesday) approved a reorganization that will move the Office of Alumni Affairs into the Off...
December 10, 2024
A University of Wyoming research group led by Chengyi “Charlie” Zhang, an associate professor in the Department of Civil and ...
December 10, 2024
A University of Wyoming program that promotes STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) through hands-on learni...
December 10, 2024
After Hurricane Milton decimated many parts of Florida in early October, Ramesh Sivanpillai received a familiar call.
December 9, 2024
In anticipation of the winter season, the University of Wyoming will host two days of museum programming celebrating all thin...
December 9, 2024
Parking permits for the spring 2025 semester are now available for University of Wyoming employees and resident students. Par...
December 9, 2024
Small-business owners can learn about Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)...
December 6, 2024
Matt Fry has joined the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) as the new director of the Center for Energy R...
December 6, 2024
The University of Wyoming has received a major gift from Joseph and Stephanie Leimkuhler, who have pledged $500,000 to suppor...
December 6, 2024
The Italian word for cowboy is “buttero” and, just like the English term, it refers to horse-riding figures who herd cattle a...
December 6, 2024
A team of researchers at the University of Wyoming is studying how mine reclamation progresses over time.
December 5, 2024
Agricultural economists and invasive weed specialists at the University of Wyoming have released a new report on the economic...
December 5, 2024
Small-business owners will have an opportunity to assess their companies’ current cyber-readiness and identify areas to addre...
December 5, 2024
Fourteen educators and students from the University of Wyoming participated in the recent 43rd Original Lilly Conference on C...
December 4, 2024
A major gift from an anonymous donor, matched by the state of Wyoming, will establish a faculty fellowship in the University ...
December 4, 2024
More than 65 vendors will sell a wide assortment of products at the University of Wyoming Holiday Market Friday, Dec. 13.
December 4, 2024
Small-business owners can learn about Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)...
December 4, 2024
The University of Wyoming College of Business is now accepting nominations for its annual Distinguished Alumni Award.
December 4, 2024
The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will hold its regular teleconference meeting Wednesday, Dec. 11.
December 3, 2024
Small-business owners will have an opportunity to learn how to prepare and submit their Beneficial Ownership Information Repo...
December 3, 2024
Earlier this fall, a headline on Cowboy State Daily captured the attention of many: “Wyoming Bowhunter Bags Big Buck With Nap...
December 3, 2024
The University of Wyoming is set to transform the landscape of outdoor recreation, tourism and hospitality, thanks to an extr...
December 3, 2024
University of Wyoming Extension has opened registration for its 2025 Master Gardener training, an online program for Wyoming ...
December 3, 2024
After a successful spring season, the University of Wyoming’s collegiate meat judging team finished the year with an impressi...
December 2, 2024
Scholarship applications are now available for the Chief Washakie Memorial Endowment for the 2025-26 academic year at the Uni...
December 2, 2024
Allison Caine, a University of Wyoming assistant professor in cultural anthropology, will deliver this year’s Sandeen Lecture...
December 2, 2024
Scholarship applications are now available for the Northern Arapaho Endowment for the 2025-26 academic year at the University...
December 2, 2024
People who have unpaid parking citations of less than $39 at the University of Wyoming can have their fines reduced by donati...
December 2, 2024
University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel and his partner, Professor Gabrielle Allen, will host a Community Holiday Open Hous...
December 2, 2024
Caring for someone living with dementia is challenging, and those challenges can be magnified during the holidays, but there ...
December 2, 2024
The University of Wyoming will accord degrees to more than 750 students during a combined winter commencement ceremony Saturd...
November 27, 2024
In an effort to boost the state’s growing esports scene, the University of Wyoming’s Center for Blockchain and Digital Innova...
November 27, 2024
A Wyoming archaeological site where people killed or scavenged a Columbian mammoth nearly 13,000 years ago has produced yet a...
November 27, 2024
Students, faculty and alumni of the University of Wyoming’s Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing recently attended a signing cere...
November 27, 2024
As the semester ends, several free wellness and destress events are planned for University of Wyoming students.
November 27, 2024
After serving more than four years as the University of Wyoming’s vice president for student affairs, Kimberly Chestnut has s...
November 27, 2024
Small-business owners can learn how to better protect their businesses Tuesday, Dec. 3.
November 27, 2024
Union After Dark, sponsored by the University of Wyoming’s 7220 Entertainment office, will host its final event of the fall s...
November 27, 2024
Veterans who own small businesses will have the opportunity to learn about leveraging resources for their companies Friday, D...
November 27, 2024
Small-business owners can learn about Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)...
November 26, 2024
The University of Wyoming’s Teacher-Researcher Knowledge Exchange (TRKE) program kicked off its second year of connecting sci...
November 26, 2024
A group of University of Wyoming researchers has been recognized by The Wildlife Society for a multifaceted study on the effe...
November 26, 2024
Experience the beauty and magic of the holiday season Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 7-8, when the University of Wyoming Department of...
November 26, 2024
The University of Wyoming Office of Community Engagement is accepting applications for the 2024-25 Community Engaged Faculty ...
November 26, 2024
An annual Christmas-themed program will wrap up semester programming at the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium.
November 26, 2024
A large majority of Wyoming residents say the University of Wyoming has a strong level of engagement with their communities a...
November 25, 2024
During a wellness forum hosted by the University of Wyoming, Gov. Mark Gordon will discuss the “Wy We Care” initiative, a sta...
November 25, 2024
A longtime University of Wyoming faculty member and administrator has been appointed as the interim dean of UW’s College of A...
November 25, 2024
University of Wyoming Operations has issued recommendations to ensure safety and security in all buildings during lengthy clo...
November 25, 2024
Most University of Wyoming business and administrative offices will be closed Thursday-Friday, Nov. 28-29, for Thanksgiving. ...
November 25, 2024
Bryan Shuman, a University of Wyoming geology and geophysics professor and Wyoming Excellence Chair, is the fall semester Fac...
November 22, 2024
The University of Wyoming’s Dilnoza Khasilova has been selected to serve on a leadership development committee and has been e...
November 22, 2024
“Desert Dreamscape,” a new film installation by accomplished photographer and filmmaker Farah Al Qasimi, will open to the pub...
November 22, 2024
There are many ways to examine the success of an academic program, including student evaluations and enrollment numbers.
November 22, 2024
University of Wyoming Professor Theresa Bogard, piano, and Glêsse Collet, viola, will give a performance as part of the UW De...
November 21, 2024
Proposals for next spring’s Wyoming Outdoor Recreation Summit (WORS) at the University of Wyoming are now being accepted. The...
November 21, 2024
The University of Wyoming Sheep Program, in partnership with the Wyoming Wool Initiative, Wyoming Business Council and the UW...
November 20, 2024
University of Wyoming Extension recently created a new program -- Ready, Set, Explore -- designed to inspire outdoor adventur...
November 20, 2024
An associate professor with the University of Wyoming’s Division of Kinesiology and Health has been selected to join the seve...
November 20, 2024
“The Role of Music Therapy in Demetia Care” is the topic of the latest edition of “Once Again,” the YouTube channel program h...
November 19, 2024
For anyone contemplating starting a small business, expanding an existing business or knowing where to go for needed funding,...
November 19, 2024
The 307 Principal Leadership Academy (307PLA), part of the University of Wyoming Trustees Education Initiative in partnership...
November 18, 2024
University of Wyoming undergraduate and graduate students will have an opportunity to create hands-on seasonal projects durin...
November 18, 2024
The University of Wyoming Department of Music will host guest pianists Duo Mundi in a recital at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21, in...
November 18, 2024
The University of Wyoming Energy Resources Council (ERC) will meet at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22, at Laramie’s Hilton Garden Inn.
November 18, 2024
There is a new tool available for caregivers of those living with dementia and, with a little familiarity and training, artif...
November 18, 2024
A passport acceptance workshop for members of the University of Wyoming campus community who need to apply for or renew passp...
November 15, 2024
The University of Wyoming Wind Symphony will present “Angels in the Architecture” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, in the Buchan...
November 15, 2024
The University of Wyoming Opera Theatre -- directed by Department of Music Assistant Professor Magdalena Wór -- will present ...
November 14, 2024
For anyone contemplating starting a small business, the thought alone can be daunting. However, advice and assistance are ava...
November 14, 2024
An occasional look at issues facing Wyoming business owners and entrepreneurs from the Wyoming Small Business Development Cen...
November 14, 2024
The Cowboys and Rams are not the only ones battling it out in the annual Border War rivalry.
November 14, 2024
Small-business owners will have the opportunity to get motivated to tackle work tasks they have been avoiding or focus on com...
November 14, 2024
The University of Wyoming and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have partnered to provide UW studen...
November 13, 2024
The University of Wyoming Department of Music’s Wyoming Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble II will give a combined fall concert ...
November 13, 2024
Small-business owners may be familiar with ChatGPT but will have the opportunity to learn about other generative artificial i...
November 13, 2024
Wyoming’s economic outlook is mixed for 2025, with a continuing decline in the coal industry, shortages in housing and child ...
November 13, 2024
Haibo Zhai, a University of Wyoming professor of civil and architectural engineering and construction management, is spearhea...
November 12, 2024
The University of Wyoming’s contribution to the state’s economy has increased significantly over the past decade, supporting ...
November 11, 2024
As the final lecture in the “Challenges to Democracy” series, the University of Wyoming School of Politics, Public Affairs an...
November 11, 2024
Don Appiarius has been appointed as the University of Wyoming’s next ombudsperson and will begin Wednesday, Nov. 13.
November 11, 2024
The University of Wyoming has received a key gift from Navajo Transitional Energy Company (NTEC) to support research in UW’s ...
November 11, 2024
Ali Raddaoui, lecturer in the University of Wyoming School of Politics, Public Affairs and International Studies (SPPAIS), ha...
November 11, 2024
A new WEST (Where Everyone Strengthens Together) Wellness Center has launched at the University of Wyoming. In partnership wi...
November 11, 2024
The Firearms Research Center (FRC), which is housed in the University of Wyoming’s College of Law, plans two public events to...
November 11, 2024
University of Wyoming Department of Music choirs will present several performing groups in a combined concert at 7:30 p.m. Sa...
November 8, 2024
The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will consider a draft rule to allow the concealed carry of firearms in university...
November 8, 2024
The University of Wyoming Percussion Ensemble, directed by UW Department of Music faculty member Andy Wheelock, will present ...
November 8, 2024
Back by popular demand, “Fall Date Night at the Museum,” for adults ages 21 and up, is from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22, at the ...
November 8, 2024
The University of Wyoming Jazz Studies program presents the Live Edge Trio with Josh Quinlan, saxophone, Wednesday, Nov. 13, ...
November 8, 2024
Students from the University of Wyoming’s Haub School of Natural Resources, as well as student veterans with the Haub School’...
November 8, 2024
The biggest construction project in the University of Wyoming’s history reached another milestone this week, setting the stag...
November 8, 2024
University of Wyoming alumnus Daniel Shineberg, flute, and James Li, piano, are featured in “Homelands II,” a UW Department o...
November 7, 2024
Small-business owners will have an opportunity to continue making their businesses safer online Thursday, Nov. 14.
November 7, 2024
The University of Wyoming Department of Music’s Collegiate Chorale will celebrate the elegance, charm and élan of French rep...
November 7, 2024
Finalists for the position of dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Wyoming have been identified, and t...
November 7, 2024
Small-business owners will have the opportunity to get motivated to tackle those work tasks they have been avoiding or focus ...
November 7, 2024
In partnership with the University of Wyoming Department of Philosophy and Religion, UW Libraries and Canterbury Fellowship i...
November 6, 2024
As part of its “Challenges to Democracy” lecture series, the University of Wyoming School of Politics, Public Affairs and Int...
November 6, 2024
The inaugural cohort of the University of Wyoming’s Presidential Leadership Institute (PLI) has successfully completed the pr...
November 6, 2024
Emma Jacobsen, a Cheyenne senior in the University of Wyoming College of Business, is the recipient of the inaugural scholars...
November 6, 2024
The University of Wyoming Student Art League will host a 4x4 Silent Art Auction Friday, Nov. 22, from 6-8 p.m. in the Visual ...
November 6, 2024
Five University of Wyoming students are the latest Cheney First Gen Abroad Scholars cohort members.
November 5, 2024
The life and legacy of famed artist Neltje is the topic of a free public program from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Univ...
November 5, 2024
For the past 12 years, the University of Wyoming Veterans Services Center (VSC) has recognized the significance, solemnity an...
November 5, 2024
“Pictures at an Exhibition” -- just the title excites orchestra lovers, according to a University of Wyoming Department of Mu...
November 5, 2024
Students in the Wyoming WWAMI Medical Education Program recently presented their summer research projects through poster disp...
November 4, 2024
A number of free public events are underway for Native American Heritage Month at the University of Wyoming.
November 4, 2024
Rocky Case, center director for Manufacturing Works and a leader in Wyoming’s manufacturing sector, has been appointed to the...
November 4, 2024
The University of Wyoming’s Center of Innovation for Flow through Porous Media (COIFPM) invites members of the UW research co...
November 4, 2024
Wyoming’s carbon economy is the topic of a University of Wyoming Ruckelshaus Institute symposium Thursday-Friday, Nov. 14-15,...
November 4, 2024
The University of Wyoming Department of Psychology has launched a new program called Campus Connections that provides mental ...
November 4, 2024
University of Wyoming employees have a maximum of one hour of release time to vote in Tuesday’s general election, in accordan...
November 4, 2024
A paving project on Lewis Street necessitates the closure of the parking lot north of the University of Wyoming’s Education B...
November 1, 2024
The University of Wyoming Symphonic Band and Laramie High School Band will present a combined concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. ...
November 1, 2024
A new University of Wyoming survey reveals a significant sense of pessimism among Wyoming residents regarding the national ec...
November 1, 2024
A new University of Wyoming survey finds a wide range of opinions among Wyoming residents regarding abortion rights, reflecti...
November 1, 2024
The first “Consolidated Review of Energy in Wyoming (CREW)” report from the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources’...
November 1, 2024
Small-business owners will have the opportunity to get motivated to tackle those work tasks they have been avoiding or focus ...
November 1, 2024
Former President Donald Trump appears poised to again secure a major proportion of the Wyoming vote, with only 2 percent of t...
November 1, 2024
A new University of Wyoming survey reveals significant disapproval of federal leadership, balanced by varied opinions about s...
November 1, 2024
Laramie Interfaith and the University of Wyoming’s Service, Leadership and Community Engagement (SLCE) office will co-host a ...
November 1, 2024
The University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) will host final Energy Roadshow presentations of the fall semester...
October 31, 2024
The University of Wyoming’s 10th annual Giving Day set records with 11,202 donors who gave more than $4.1 million, making it ...
October 31, 2024
A groundbreaking research project proposed by a University of Wyoming professor secured National Science Foundation (NSF) fun...
October 31, 2024
Last year, the federal government spent more than $423 million in Wyoming. About $61 million, or 14 percent, was awarded to W...
October 31, 2024
The Rocky Mountain Community Science Conference (RMCSC), hosted by the University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute in coll...
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.