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New UW Documentary Shows People Helping Pronghorn After Devastating Winter

April 30, 2025

A new documentary film details how a catastrophic pronghorn die-off influenced the restoration of an estimated 18,000 acres of habitat in Wyoming’s Red Desert.

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UW and USGS Science Team Discover Temporal Relationship Between Basaltic Volcanism a...

Kenneth Sims and other research scientists recently discovered that mafic volcanism of Henrys Fork Caldera -- located in eastern Idaho and west of Ye...

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Famed Big Bang Theory Challenger to Speak at UW

The work of Paul Steinhardt, Princeton University’s Albert Einstein Professor of Science, professor of physics and astrophysical sciences, and co-fou...

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UW Receives $2M Endowment to Support Economics Faculty

The University of Wyoming has received a major gift from UW alumnus Paul Turner and his wife, Karleen, who have pledged $1 million to support faculty...

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UW Board of Trustees Statement on Faculty Senate Vote, Support for President Seidel,...

The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees has released the following statement regarding the termination of Cameron Wright as dean of the College o...

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UW Researchers Capture Birds by Day, While STRI Catches Bats by Night

For decades, Corey Tarwater and her research team have used mist nets by day to capture various species of tropical birds in Panama to study the effe...

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UW-Led Study: Fences, Roads Foiled Pronghorn in Mass Winter Die-Off

When a severe winter struck Wyoming’s Red Desert in December 2022, one pronghorn doe made a desperate escape attempt, trudging 240 miles through a sn...

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UW Instructional Professor Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from AmericaView

For years, Ramesh Sivanpillai has been called upon to handle remote sensing analysis after major disasters that include fires, floods and hurricanes....

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UW SparkTank Awards $165,000 to Local Nonprofits, Introduces People’s Choice Award

The University of Wyoming Ethics Club’s SparkTank competition awarded $165,000 to local nonprofit organizations committed to making a difference in t...

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UW-Led Wyoming Dementia Together Program to Benefit from Texas Fundraiser

By chance, a Texas A&M University student recently learned of the services offered by the Wyoming Dementia Together (WDT) Caregiver Network -- a stat...

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UW’s Dario Grana to Receive 2025 Felix Chayes Prize

Dario Grana, a School of Energy Resources (SER) professor and Wyoming Excellence Chair in the University of Wyoming Department of Geology and Geophys...

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McLaughlin Selected as UW Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Inform...

An experienced technology leader and faculty member has been chosen as the University of Wyoming’s vice president for information technology and chie...

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UW Selects Top First-Year Course Instructors

Thirty-five University of Wyoming instructors who inspire students intellectually in first-year courses are this year’s Promoting Intellectual Engage...

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UW Planetarium Schedule Expands During May

While the spring semester is winding down, the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium is amping up its offerings during May.

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UW and Wyoming SBDC Network to Host Workshop in Cheyenne May 6

For anyone contemplating starting a small business, the thought alone can be daunting. However, advice and assistance are available.

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UW Symphonic and Community Bands Present ‘Settling the West’ May 1

“Settling the West,” a concert of music inspired by the completion of the transcontinental railroad and the oil fields of the 1900s, is the theme of ...

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STEM-ology Focuses on Space-ology for All Ages at UW During May

STEM-ology, a monthly series of themed science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) events for all ages, concludes in May at the Universit...

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UW to Host Wellness and Destress Events for Students

As the semester comes to a close, a number of free wellness and destress events are planned for University of Wyoming students.

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UW Choirs and Wind Symphony, Children’s Choir to Present ‘Carmina Burana’ May 3

The University of Wyoming Choirs, Laramie Children’s Chorus and the UW Wind Symphony will present “Carmina Burana,” Carl Orff’s epic and iconic tour ...

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UW to Participate in Rocky Mountain Rep Rap Festival May 17-18

The University of Wyoming Innovation Network will participate in the Rocky Mountain Rep Rap Festival Saturday-Sunday, May 17-18. The event brings tog...

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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

White Wins UW’s 2025 Stewart Family Serviceship Award

Sabrina White, a third-year Ph.D. student from Orlando, Fla., in the Program in Ecology at the University of Wyoming, is the recipient of the 2025 St...

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UW Students to Compete in Pulte Gateway to Hospitality Innovation Challenge

The Pulte Gateway to Hospitality Student Innovation Challenge will take place from 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, at Laramie’s Hilton Garden Inn.

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UW Students Selected for Leadership Academy Cohort

Twenty University of Wyoming students have been selected for the 2025 fall UW Leadership Academy cohort.

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UW Teams Sweep Laramie River Rendezvous Rodeo

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