University of Wyoming News

UW’s Currano Helps Reconstruct Ancient Wyoming Forest Canopy

August 13, 2026

For more than a decade, University of Wyoming botany Professor Ellen Currano has been collecting fossilized remnants of trees...

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Recent UW News

UW Alumnus to Discuss Building AI Tools for Newsrooms in Kazakhstan Aug. 10
August 5, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more important in the U.S., but its impact is being felt around the world as well, e...

Rare Broad-Winged Hawk Released at UW After Discovery on Campus in June
August 5, 2026

At the edge of the University of Wyoming’s Prexy’s Pasture Thursday, July 30, people gathered around a rare sight in Wyoming ...

UW Researchers Chart a Roadmap for Selecting Underground Gas Storage Sites
August 4, 2026

Researchers at the University of Wyoming have published a comprehensive review that presents a unified, “gas-aware” framework...

High-Schoolers from Across the Nation ‘Journey to Mars’ at UW’s Teton STEM Academy
August 4, 2026

The “red planet” has long captured human fascination from afar, but exploring it in person will require advanced planning and...

UW and Wyoming SBDC Network to Host Webinar About Taking Idea to Business Model Aug. 11
August 4, 2026

Small-business owners, entrepreneurs and startups will have the opportunity to learn how to make an idea into a small-busines...

UW in the News
August 3, 2026

State, national and international media frequently feature the University of Wyoming and members of its community in stories....

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Campus Events

Two UW Adjunct Faculty Members to Present International Research in Centennial Aug. 19
Two scholars from Germany, who also are adjunct professors at the University of Wyoming, will present “The World Minus the U....
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...

Campus Announcements

UW, Laramie Rank No. 9 on New ‘Best College Towns’ List
Add Laramie and the University of Wyoming to another list of the best college towns in America.
UW Board of Trustees to Meet Aug. 19 Via Teleconference
The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will hold its regular teleconference meeting Wednesday, Aug. 19.
Teachers Nationwide Gain Hands-On Tech Savvy Through UW Engineering Summer Program
Fifty-two K-12 teachers -- from as far away as Senegal -- and a dozen high school students from nine states across the countr...
Vogt Named UW Employee of the Second Quarter
While the University of Wyoming’s financial teams work largely behind the scenes, their daily work has far-reaching impacts o...
UW Energy Resources Council to Meet Aug. 14
The University of Wyoming Energy Resources Council (ERC) will meet at 8 a.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at Laramie’s Hilton Garden Inn ...
UW Postal Services Moves to New Location on Campus
University Postal Services has a new location on the University of Wyoming campus, effective today (Aug. 10).
Fifteenth Street to be Closed Tuesday Morning on UW Campus
Fifteenth Street between Ivinson Avenue and Willett Drive will be closed Tuesday, Aug. 11, between 6 a.m.-noon.
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...

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