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UW Research Points to Bug Benefits From Changing Color of Wind Turbines

September 15, 2023

Anyone who has driven around Wyoming has likely noticed large wind turbines dotting the prairie landscape. And while the large white rotor blades may catch a motorist’s eye, they also could be attracting insects due to their light color.

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UW Ranks Among Top 100 US Universities Granted Patents in 2022

The University of Wyoming has been ranked 91st on “Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2022,” a list published by the National Acade...

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UW’s SER Releases Replication Study Tracking Wyoming Residents’ Perspectives About E...

The University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources (SER), in collaboration with the Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, r...

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UW Adjunct Professor Helps Quantify Impact of Emissions on Polar Bears

In a new paper, scientists with Polar Bears International, the University of Wyoming and the University of Washington have, for the first time, quant...

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UW Gift Enhances Experiences for Students and Athletes While Supporting Faculty

Paying it forward. Investing in the future leaders of America.

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UW Students to Develop App for Crowdsourcing Air Quality Data

An interdisciplinary team of University of Wyoming students and researchers has won funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop...

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UW Research Team Receives $750,000 NASA-EPSCoR Grant to Study Water Stress

The global atmospheric circulation carries moisture from warm, tropical regions and deposits it as precipitation far from its sources. Changes in eva...

Campus Announcements

UW’s Wyoming Integrated Test Center Featured in WGA Workshop in Gillette

As chair of the Western Governors’ Association (WGA), Gov. Mark Gordon hosted a special workshop at Gillette College and the Wyoming Integrated Test ...

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UW Sees Increases in Transfer and Graduate Students as Overall Enrollment Drops Slig...

Significant increases in transfer and graduate students helped make up for an unexpected drop in first-time students at the University of Wyoming thi...

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Applications Open for 24th Annual UW Entrepreneurship Competition

The application period for student teams to enter the University of Wyoming’s 24th annual John P. Ellbogen $50K Entrepreneurship Competition is open ...

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UW and Partners Provide Grants for Climate Change Adaptation

Western Water Assessment and the University of Wyoming Center for Climate, Water and People awarded three recipients grants through the “Adapting to ...

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Degenfelder to Kick Off SER’s Energy Day Celebration Sept. 23 at UW

The University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) will celebrate the 10th annual Energy Day -- in partnership with Wyoming Sports Properties...

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UW Invites Wyoming Teens and Parents to Test New Healthy Eating App

Researchers at the University of Wyoming are recruiting Albany County parents and teens interested in testing a new mobile app promoting healthy eati...

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UW Receives Third NEH Grant for Wyoming Digital Newspaper Project

University of Wyoming Libraries has received a third round of funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support ongoing newspap...

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Wyoming Articulation Summit Oct. 6 at UW

Representatives of the University of Wyoming and the state’s community colleges will meet at UW Friday, Oct. 6, for their annual gathering aimed at e...

Events

UW Woodwind Faculty to Present Recital Sept. 24

Woodwind faculty members in the University of Wyoming Department of Music will present a combined recital Sunday, Sept. 24.

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‘Union After Dark: Homecoming’ Part of Family Weekend at UW

“Union After Dark: Homecoming” will be part of Family Weekend Friday, Sept. 29, at the University of Wyoming.

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Gonzalo Teppa Quintet to Perform at UW Oct. 2

The University of Wyoming’s Jazz Studies program will present the Gonzalo Teppa Quintet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2, in the Buchanan Center for the P...

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Native Singer-Songwriter to Perform at UW Sept. 28

Native singer-songwriter Raye Zaragoza will bring her “Hold That Spirit Tour” to the University of Wyoming Thursday, Sept. 28.

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Bruce Richardson Lecture Features Pulitzer-Winning Author at UW and Casper College

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hua Hsu is the featured speaker for the sixth annual Bruce Richardson Lecture in the Humanities at the University of Wy...

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UW and Wyoming SBDC Network to Host Business Fitness Webinar Sept. 28

Small-business owners will have an opportunity to delve deep into business financials Thursday, Sept. 28.

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Keith and Thyra Thomson Honors Convocation Sept. 29 at UW

Faculty, staff, students and members of the public are invited to the 2023 Keith and Thyra Thomson Honors Convocation Friday, Sept. 29, at 3 p.m. in ...

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Christensen Lecture Series Features Wisconsin Professor Sept. 28 at UW

Anne Pringle, the Mary Herman Rubinstein Professor at the University of Wisconsin, will give two talks during the fifth annual Martha Christensen Mem...

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Bestselling Author Stephen Markley to Visit UW Sept. 26-27

Bestselling author Stephen Markley will visit the University of Wyoming for two free public events Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 26-27.

This Week at UW

Weekly Live Music Provided at UW’s Pokes Pub and Game Room

Beginning Friday, Sept. 22, weekly live music will be provided by the University of Wyoming Department of Music in Pokes Pub and Game Room, located o...

This Week at UW

UW Athletics Tickets Now Sold at University Store

Tickets to University of Wyoming intercollegiate athletics events no longer are sold at the information desk in the Wyoming Union, but they are still...

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UW’s East Union Lot Closed to Public

University of Wyoming Transportation Services reminds the campus and Laramie communities that the East Union Lot previously open for parking is now c...

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UW in the News

State, national and international media frequently feature the University of Wyoming and members of its community in stories. Here is a summary of so...

Campus Announcements

UW Men’s Rodeo Team Opens With Third Place at Chadron

It was not the result the University of Wyoming rodeo teams were looking for in the opening weekend of Central Rocky Mountain Region (CRMR) competiti...

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Wyoming Business Tips for September

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

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