March 31, 2014 — University of Wyoming employees with disabilities have a tool to help them access personal employment information, including copies of paychecks and details about benefits.

March 31, 2014 — Four candidates -- Eric Norman, Sean Blackburn, Jason Casares and Timothy Wise -- will interview for the position of University of Wyoming associate vice president and dean of students. Each candidate will participate in on-site interviews and will offer a public presentation on the topic “Emerging Issues Relevant to Student Affairs.”

March 31, 2014 — Information for the campus about emergency resources will be presented at an Emergency Preparedness Fair Tuesday and Wednesday, April 8-9, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the University of Wyoming Union breezeway.

March 31, 2014 — Grab a world map -- then draw lines arcing across the globe from Alex Latchininsky’s first floor office in the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Building to Niger, another to Kazakhstan, to Uzbekistan, and so on to Russia, Australia, Morocco and Mauritania.

March 31, 2014 — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees approved the following appointments during its meeting Friday, March 28.

March 31, 2014 — Charles Angevine, associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, and Rachel Watson, associate lecturer in the Department of Molecular Biology, were named the 2013-14 recipients of the University of Wyoming’ James C. Hurst Each Student-A Person Award.

March 31, 2014 — The director of the University of Wyoming Biodiversity Institute is one of the co-authors of an article in a prestigious scholarly journal making the case for the study of natural history.

March 31, 2014 — The University of Wyoming has presented PIE (Promoting Intellectual Engagement) Awards to instructors who inspire excitement, inquiry and autonomy in first-year courses.

March 28, 2014 — Nancy Marlatt’s series of photographs of her autistic son are featured in the solo exhibition, “Autism through the Lens of a Mother,” showing through April 11 in the University of Wyoming Visual Arts Building “That” gallery. A reception for the exhibition is scheduled 6-8 p.m. Friday, April 4.

March 28, 2014 — These are among the construction activities scheduled March 16-29 at the University of Wyoming:

March 28, 2014 — Educators from around Wyoming are receiving weekly training in a new University of Wyoming program poised to dramatically improve both capacity and access to assistive technology services in Wyoming schools.

March 28, 2014 — Gabriela Martinez, a rising piano soloist, will perform a Cultural Programs concert Friday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the University of Wyoming Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall. She is stepping in for Italian pianist Davide Cabassi, who was unable to make the trip from Italy.

March 28, 2014 — These are among activities scheduled March 31-April 6 at the University of Wyoming:

March 28, 2014 — A tuition increase approved by the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will provide an improved learning management system and other enhancements for students. The tuition increase also will contribute to the first ongoing pay raise for UW employees since 2009 -- including a market adjustment and a merit-based component.

March 28, 2014 — A weekly look at Wyoming business questions from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (WSBDC), part of WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

March 27, 2014 — Susan Solomon, widely recognized for her insights into the causes of ozone depletion, will discuss her research Thursday, April 3, at 3:10 p.m. in Room 310 of the University of Wyoming Classroom Building.

March 27, 2014 — Research indicating that Virginia’s Jamestown colonists resorted to cannibalism to survive the harsh winter of 1609 will be discussed by Smithsonian forensic anthropologist Douglas Owsley Friday, April 4, at 4 p.m. at the University of Wyoming College of Education auditorium.

March 27, 2014 — The University of Wyoming Collegiate Chorale will present its spring concert Thursday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall.

March 27, 2014 — The University of Wyoming today (Thursday) unveiled its new Literacy Research Center and Clinic, a state-of-the-art facility in the College of Education Annex that will support literacy initiatives across the state.

March 27, 2014 — The University of Wyoming Department of Music’s Pan Band will perform Monday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center of the Performing Arts concert hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

March 26, 2014 — “Everyday Oppressions: Taking Courageous Action” is the theme for the 18th annual Shepard Symposium on Social Justice (SSSJ) April 2-5 at the University of Wyoming.

March 26, 2014 — A monthly look at the night skies of the northern Rocky Mountains, written by astronomers Ron Canterna, University of Wyoming; Jay Norris, Challis, Idaho Observatory; and Daryl Macomb, Boise State University.

March 26, 2014 — A University of Wyoming faculty member is among three authors of a rock physics handbook that will be released next month.

March 25, 2014 — Actors from the London Stage, a self-directed ensemble of five professional British actors, will perform William Shakespeare’s free-spirited comedy “As You Like It” Friday and Saturday, April 4-5, at 7:30 p.m. on the University of Wyoming Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts main stage.

March 25, 2014 — Northern Cheyenne eminent artist Bently Spang will present the performance art piece “Tekcno Pow Wow III” Wednesday, April 2, at 7 p.m. in the University of Wyoming Union Ballroom, in conjunction with UW’s Shepard Symposium on Social Justice.

March 25, 2014 — Outstanding student instrumentalists and vocalists from throughout Wyoming will join guest artists in concert during the University of Wyoming Jazz Festival Thursday and Friday, March 27-28, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall.

March 25, 2014 — A University of Wyoming professor’s book has been named a finalist in the science category for ForeWord Reviews’ 2013 Book of the Year Award.

March 24, 2014 — The deadline to nominate someone for the University of Wyoming Jason Thompson Commitment to Diversity Award is Wednesday, March 26.

March 24, 2014 — A veteran University of Wyoming faculty member with a strong interest in health care quality improvement has been chosen to lead the Wyoming WWAMI Medical Education Program.

March 24, 2014 — University of Wyoming President Dick McGinity invites all faculty members to the annual spring faculty meeting Tuesday, March 25, from 4:10-5:30 p.m. in the Wyoming Union West Ballroom.

March 24, 2014 — A grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the University of Wyoming’s new Literacy Research Center and Clinic is scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday, March 27.

March 24, 2014 — After being closed for remodeling during spring break, the University Store in the Wyoming Union has reopened to walk-in business.

March 24, 2014 — The deadline to nominate someone for the University of Wyoming Information Technology program to recognize individual excellence in the division is Friday, April 11.

March 24, 2014 — With warmer spring weather on the way, the University of Wyoming Police Department is asking bicyclists, pedestrians and motorists to follow standards of courtesy and safety.

March 24, 2014 — Policies on student tuition and fees, and distribution of state funding for employee pay raises, top the agenda for the March regular meeting of the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees Thursday and Friday, March 27-28.

March 21, 2014 — “The Biological Hunger for Salt and the Wars that Salt Has Caused” will be the subject of Professor Francis “Bill” Flynn’s Presidential Speaker Series talk Thursday, March 27, at 4:10 p.m. in the University of Wyoming College of Arts and Sciences auditorium.

March 21, 2014 — These are among activities scheduled March 24-30 at the University of Wyoming:

March 21, 2014 — Several public programs will be held in conjunction with the new exhibition, “Stocked: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles,” now on view at the University of Wyoming Art Museum.

March 21, 2014 — A weekly look at Wyoming business questions from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (WSBDC), part of WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

March 20, 2014 — Albany County’s Emergency Management System will conduct a 30-second test of its emergency sirens Friday, March 21, at 10 a.m.

March 20, 2014 — The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York went ahead last Monday (March 17) just as it has for decades. Touted as America’s oldest and longest parade, nearly 200,000 people participated and perhaps a million spectators watched and cheered, most of them wearing green. The parade has no floats, just groups of people walking, from civic associations such as the firemen and policemen to Irish dancers and pipe bands. They wear their uniforms or traditional costumes and proceed behind a banner identifying their organization.

March 20, 2014 — Mezzo-soprano Katrina Zook will perform Sunday, March 30, at 3 p.m. in the University of Wyoming Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall. Admission is free and open to the public.

March 19, 2014 — It has been an amazing decade for the University of Wyoming.

March 19, 2014 — The University of Wyoming Reclamation and Restoration Center (WRRC) hosts a sage grouse habitat restoration workshop Wednesday, March 26, and Thursday, March 27, at Casper College.

March 19, 2014 — An eight-year effort to improve student instruction and to gain more institutional prestige in the field of legal writing has resulted in national recognition for the University of Wyoming College of Law.

March 18, 2014 — David Bohling has been named program manager with the Innovation Center of the Rockies (ICR). He works directly with the Wyoming Technology Business Center (WTBC) and the Wyoming Research Products Center (RPC), both University of Wyoming programs that work collaboratively to commercialize UW inventions.

March 18, 2014 — Just like that, the University of Wyoming men’s rodeo team put itself back into regional title contention.

March 17, 2014 — Qingfeng Li, a seventh-grade student at Laramie Junior High School, won first place at the recent 2014 Wyoming State Mathcounts competition at the University of Wyoming. Li won the contest last year while competing for Spring Creek Elementary School.

March 17, 2014 — In 2006, Josh Sharpe woke up one morning and decided he didn’t want to be the guy who goes through life unfulfilled in his work.

March 17, 2014 — There was no stopping the University of Wyoming Nordic women’s team.

March 14, 2014 — These are among the construction activities scheduled March 16-29 at the University of Wyoming:

March 14, 2014 — University of Wyoming President Dick McGinity invites all faculty members to the annual spring faculty meeting scheduled Tuesday, March 25, from 4:10-5 p.m. in the Wyoming Union Family Room.

March 14, 2014 — These are among activities scheduled March 17-30 at the University of Wyoming:

March 14, 2014 — Information about the Agricultural Act of 2014 is being provided to producers and other ag-related professionals through a series of nationally broadcast webinars hosted by specialists from University of Wyoming Extension and six Western states.

March 14, 2014 — Area residents have the opportunity to go back to college for a day -- minus the tests, stress and homework -- Saturday, March 29, with three professors from the University of Wyoming and Gillette College who will lecture during Saturday U, UW’s free one-day college education program.

March 14, 2014 — The University of Wyoming women’s Nordic ski team is in prime position to win a national title after dominating Friday’s 15-kilometer classic mass start race at the United States Ski and Snowboard Association national championships at Lake Placid, N.Y.

March 14, 2014 — A weekly look at Wyoming business questions from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (WSBDC), part of WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

March 13, 2014 — Students from schools in Casper, Cheyenne, Gillette, Guernsey-Sunrise, Evanston, Kaycee and Rock Springs were top finishers during the recent World Languages Day competition at the University of Wyoming.

March 13, 2014 — A new exhibition, “Stocked: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles,” opens Saturday, March 15, at the University of Wyoming Art Museum.

March 13, 2014 — The University of Wyoming Energy Resources Council (ERC) will meet at 8 a.m. Friday, March 28, at the BP Collaboration Center in the Energy Innovation Center on the UW campus.

March 13, 2014 — The University of Wyoming Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing has received a matching $10,000 grant to fund a scholarship for one Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student in 2014.

March 12, 2014 — For the second straight day, the University of Wyoming Nordic ski team climbed the top rung of the podium at the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSSA) national championships at Lake Placid, N.Y., home of the 1980 Winter Olympics.

March 12, 2014 — A University of Wyoming researcher discovered that using satellite imagery to map the depth of melt ponds and melt-water stream channels on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet could become a new and more accurate way to keep close watch on that ice sheet’s accelerated rate of melting.

March 12, 2014 — University of Wyoming rodeo Coach George Howard had one of those semesters where things just didn’t seem to go right.

March 12, 2014 — Former Department of State policy planning director Richard H. Solomon will be the keynote speaker at a University of Wyoming conference that will develop practical solutions to address international problems.

March 11, 2014 — Students from Casper, Greybull, Laramie and Veteran received the top awards at the recent Wyoming State Science Fair at the University of Wyoming. More than 300 students representing 26 schools attended the annual science fair.

March 11, 2014 — Anyone interested in becoming a Master Gardener or learning techniques to overcome gardening obstacles can attend the 2014 Wyoming Master Gardeners and Wyoming Farmers Marketing Association Joint Conference March 13-15 in Sheridan.

March 11, 2014 — Utility construction associated with the University of Wyoming Half Acre Gymnasium addition and renovation project will take place during spring break.

March 11, 2014 — With four individuals in the top 10 after the first race of the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSSA) national championships at Lake Placid, N.Y., the University of Wyoming Cowgirls have claimed the early team lead.

March 11, 2014 — The 2014 Collaboration Program in Natural Resources (CPNR) offered by the University of Wyoming’s Ruckelshaus Institute of Environment and Natural Resources is now accepting applications to its second training.

March 10, 2014 — Members of Albany County’s legislative delegation will join veteran Wyoming Public Radio news director Bob Beck to review the recent session of the Wyoming Legislature during the March meeting of the University of Wyoming/State Retirees of Albany County Monday, March 17.

March 10, 2014 — The University Store in the Wyoming Union will be closed March 17-21 (spring break week) to walk-in traffic, but the store will resume standard operating hours (Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.) Monday, March 24.

March 10, 2014 — University of Wyoming astronomer Mike Pierce is a member of a team that is planning for the science to be explored with the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), a cooperative international project that will become the most advanced and powerful optical telescope on Earth.

March 10, 2014 — Students from the University of Wyoming will spend their spring breaks working on projects ranging from conservation efforts in Trinidad to assisting homeless youths in San Francisco.

March 7, 2014 — These are among the construction activities scheduled March 9-15 at the University of Wyoming:

March 7, 2014 — These are among activities scheduled March 10-16 at the University of Wyoming:

March 7, 2014 — The University of Wyoming Art Museum will offer two creative opportunities for students as part of the nationwide celebration of Youth Arts Month during March.

March 7, 2014 — It seems things have come easily for both University of Wyoming Nordic ski teams this season. The competition will be much harder next week.

March 7, 2014 — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting via conference call from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, March 10, to discuss matters in preparation for its regular board meeting in late March.

March 7, 2014 — A weekly look at Wyoming business questions from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (WSBDC), part of WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

March 6, 2014 — Poll results released Tuesday indicate that 50 percent of American citizens think that the United States’ Constitution guarantees gay couples the right to marry. The poll, conducted by the Washington Post and ABC News, shows that Americans are increasingly accepting the logic laid out by the Supreme Court in the June 26, 2013, decision ruling unconstitutional the ban on gay marriage found in the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

March 6, 2014 — Anicka Kratina-Hathaway follows the frogs. The University of Wyoming master’s degree student in zoology and physiology spent last summer studying the Columbia spotted frog in and near Sibley Lake, located in the Bighorn National Forest west of Sheridan. And she will be back this summer, tracking the amphibians via transmitters attached around the frogs’ bellies.

March 6, 2014 — Felicia Follum’s “East Meets West” will be on display March 10-April 10 in the University of Wyoming Union’s Gallery 234. A reception will be held April 4 from 5-7 p.m. in the lower level of the Wyoming Union. Refreshments will be provided.

March 5, 2014 — The University of Wyoming Department of Music Faculty Recital Series will present “From Paris to Prague: Two Masterpieces,” Thursday, March 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall. The recital is free and open to the public.

March 5, 2014 — Disability support groups at the University of Wyoming will host a number of activities throughout March to reflect upon the diversity and experiences of disabilities.

March 4, 2014 — The University of Wyoming announced today (Tuesday) the creation of a new collaboration with Halliburton, a leading oil field services company. Halliburton is gifting $2 million to support the construction of a major new UW energy and engineering research complex. In addition, Halliburton is funding $1 million for research into unconventional reservoirs.

March 4, 2014 — “Tiny: A Story about Living Small” can be seen Friday, March 7, at 7 p.m. at the University of Wyoming Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center auditorium, preceded by a 6:30 p.m. reception in the Berry Center lobby.

March 4, 2014 — A University of Wyoming MFA Creative Writing Program student’s short retrospective on the emergence and disappearance of women’s liberation rhetoric in tobacco advertisements was the subject of a recent story published in The Atlantic.

March 4, 2014 — Up to 12 University of Wyoming undergraduate women students are eligible to attend this summer’s National Conference for College Women Student Leaders in College Park, Md. Applications are due by Friday, March 7.

March 4, 2014 — The University of Wyoming will host the 2014 production of the “Vagina Monologues” March 6-8 in the UW Education auditorium at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

March 3, 2014 — Trends in higher education fundraising will be the focus of a presentation Wednesday, March 12, from noon-1 p.m. in the Wyoming Union East Ballroom.

March 3, 2014 — The state budget bill approved by the Wyoming State Legislature Monday provides funding for University of Wyoming employee pay raises, upgrades in the College of Engineering and Applied Science, facilities improvement and maintenance, and matching dollars for a variety of projects.

March 3, 2014 — Area residents have the opportunity to go back to college for a day, with three professors from the University of Wyoming lecturing Saturday, March 8, in Jackson for the spring term of Saturday University -- UW’s free one-day college education program.

March 3, 2014 — University of Wyoming Associate Professor Kate Northrop has been awarded the $25,000 Jeannette Haien Ballard Writer's Prize, an annual award given to a young writer of proven excellence in poetry or prose.

March 3, 2014 — University of Wyoming Information Technology is seeking nominations for its semiannual program to recognize individual excellence in the division.