12/11/2023 Hannah Jang-Condell received a letter awarding our chapter for accomplishments during the 2022-2023 Academic Year! "We at the SPS National Office want to take this opportunity to commend and applaud you for your tireless efforts to enrich the SPS community. It is because of your dedication and commitment to the SPS mission and vision that we are able to foster such a strong SPS community." The National Council has reviewed all chapter reports and has awarded the University of Wyoming SPS Chapter as a 2022-23 Distinguished Chapter.
UW Grad Student Josh Heiner from Star Valley Earns Quantum Mechanics Fellowship
Postal Service’s New Eclipse Stamp to be Launched at UW
One Small Change Makes Solar Cells More Efficient
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Seven UW Research Projects Chosen for First Cycle of Super Computer Use The National Science Foundation has chosen seven University of Wyoming research projects -- ranging from hydrology of the Colorado River Basin to planet formation from star debris to fluid dynamics of wind turbines -- that will use the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) in Cheyenne this fall. Read more
Jang-Condell's Research Focuses on Planet Formation in Solar System, Around Stars Hannah Jang-Condell was not one of those kids who gazed at the stars and dreamed of one day becoming an astromer. It was not even until her senior year at Harvard that she took a modern astrophysics course. Read more.
UW Professor Creates Large Infrared Camera to Study History of the Universe Michael Pierce plans to study the history of the cosmos -- going back 10 billion years -- with an infrared camera it took him seven years to create. Read more.
Women in Science Conference at UW Designed to Get Young Women Excited About STEM Careers About 400 junior high and high school girls from across the state will descend on the University of Wyoming Tuesday, May 8. Read more.
UW Physics Professor Researches Possibility of Electronic Devices Produced on Smaller Scale
NASA Grant Supports UW Telescope Upgrade
Promoting Diversity through Undergraduate Research Fellowship
ExxonMobile Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp at UWyo
Lundquist was selected to conduct research aboard NASA's powerful SOFIA
Wenyong Wang receives multi-million dollar grant to study solar energy
UWyo and Wyo Dept of Ed initiate educational program on Wind Energy
Rocket science class launches experiments to space
UW Physics develops glowing tadpoles for detecting pollution