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February 2017 Releases
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February 28, 2017 — Small-business owners in Wyoming will have an opportunity to learn more about effectively managing shipping and logistics during a Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) webinar Thursday, March 23, from 2-3 p.m.

February 28, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Department of Theatre and Dance presents “Spring to Dance,” a mixed-bill concert featuring an array of dance styles ranging from jazz and modern to European release and vertical dance.

February 27, 2017 — Jon Gardzelewski believes solar panels should become a bigger part of the design of buildings and housing in the future.

February 27, 2017 — Big Horn County Extension Educator Mae Smith received an Outstanding Young Range Professional Award at the Society for Range Management’s (SRM) annual meeting in St. George, Utah, Jan. 29-Feb. 2.

February 27, 2017 — A joint planning committee of University of Wyoming and Laramie organizations will host a public presentation by speakers Charles Blanc and Tristan Surtees, collectively known as Sans façon, Tuesday, March 7, at 6 p.m. at Laramie’s Gryphon Theatre, located at 710 E. Garfield St.
February 27, 2017 — Due to decreasing evening ridership and budget constraints, University of Wyoming Transit and Parking Services will change its evening and weekend transit services effective today.
February 24, 2017 — These are among the construction activities scheduled Feb. 26-March 4 at the University of Wyoming:
February 24, 2017 — The University of Wyoming’s finest student musician will be chosen at this year’s Dorothy Jacoby Student Soloist Competition Thursday, March 2.

February 24, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Department of Music’s Faculty Recital Series opens its spring season with a performance by guest pianist Cristina Capparelli Wednesday, March 1.

February 24, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Art Museum will offer several fun, family-oriented free events for students to celebrate March Art Month, when promoting art and art education is observed nationally.

February 24, 2017 — University of Wyoming third-year College of Law student Halinka Zolcik, from Gillette, is the first UW student selected for an Immigration Justice Corps Fellowship, one of the most prestigious legal fellowship positions in the country.
February 24, 2017 — University of Wyoming Provost Kate Miller will host a town-hall meeting for the UW community Thursday, March 2, to discuss WyoCloud, the university’s new cloud-based finance, administrative, research support and reporting system.
February 24, 2017 — 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.
February 24, 2017 — Qualified Wyoming students will showcase their original science, technology, engineering and mathematics research during the Wyoming State Science Fair Sunday-Tuesday, March 5-7, at the University of Wyoming.
February 23, 2017 — These are among the activities scheduled Feb. 27-March 5 at the University of Wyoming:

February 23, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Art Museum will host Family Saturday Workshop March 4, from 10 a.m.-noon.

February 23, 2017 — From spaceships to the upcoming eclipse, March’s schedule at the Harry C. Vaughan University of Wyoming Planetarium has a little something for everyone.

February 23, 2017 — The landscape of energy technology could soon be vastly improved, thanks to the work of a University of Wyoming researcher.
February 23, 2017 — Approximately 250 Wyoming junior high and high school students are expected to participate in the fifth annual World Languages Day competition Friday, March 3, and Saturday, March 4, at the University of Wyoming.

February 22, 2017 — Traditional Irish ensemble Danú is scheduled to appear at the University of Wyoming Friday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall as part of the UW Cultural Programs spring schedule.

February 22, 2017 — University of Wyoming Creative Writing Program Associate Professor Brad Watson is the recipient of the 2017 Harper Lee Award for Alabama’s Distinguished Writer of the Year.
February 22, 2017 — University of Wyoming student Joseph Rubino, from Laramie, has been named the February International Pike of the Month by the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity.
February 21, 2017 — Events promoting positive and healthy body image will be offered during Body Image Awareness Week Monday, Feb. 27, through Friday, March 3, at the University of Wyoming.

February 21, 2017 — An all-Cowboy State University of Wyoming College of Law team recently took top honors in the annual Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, one of six regional competitions held nationwide.

February 21, 2017 — Ellen Currano used to joke with filmmaker Lexi Jamieson Marsh that her life as a paleontologist would be so much easier if she could sprout facial hair in what is traditionally a male-dominated field that has long celebrated large, grizzled or bearded men going out into the field, facing the elements, carrying a large pickax and moving boulders.
February 20, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Department of Athletics is designating its Saturday, Feb. 25 men’s basketball game versus New Mexico as a “NO MORE” game to raise awareness for the national campaign “NO MORE, Together We Can End Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.”

February 20, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Department of Athletics and the Campus Sustainability Committee will host the first UW “waste-less” athletic event when the UW men’s basketball team faces New Mexico Saturday, Feb. 25. The event will launch the Conservation Cowboys initiative, which aims to reduce waste and resource use at athletics facilities and events.
February 20, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Trustees Education Initiative (TEI) has changed the times for two of its upcoming town-hall meetings.

February 20, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Art Museum will host “Lunchtime Conversations with Curators” Wednesday, March 1, from noon-12:30 p.m.

February 20, 2017 — The University of Wyoming’s Rocky Mountain Herbarium (RM) ranks in the top 2 percent of herbaria in the U.S. and in the world, according to a recent report.
February 20, 2017 — University of Wyoming faculty and staff will have access to Information Technology’s new Password Reset Utility beginning Tuesday, Feb. 21.

February 20, 2017 — Nestled just beyond the Big Horn Mountains lies an ancient treasure trove -- one of the largest groups of Ice Age mammal bones found in North America. And the ancient fossils, located in a natural trap cave, will soon be under the curation of the University of Wyoming, which will serve as a federal repository for the fossils.

February 20, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Wellness Center is the recipient of the Outstanding Emerging Wellness Program Award from a national student affairs organization.
February 20, 2017 — “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” and “Doctor Strange” will be screened Friday, Feb. 24, in the University of Wyoming Union Family Room.
February 17, 2017 — These are among the construction activities scheduled Feb. 19-25 at the University of Wyoming:
February 17, 2017 — Ever wonder what all those words mean on a food label?

February 17, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Art Museum will host a free gallery walk-through featuring student award winners from the 42nd annual Juried UW Student Exhibition Monday, Feb. 27, from 5:30-7 p.m.
February 17, 2017 — 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.

February 16, 2017 — Outdoor adventure films will be screened during the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour Wednesday, Feb. 22, and Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. in the University of Wyoming College of Arts and Sciences auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

February 16, 2017 — Diverse topics focusing on how the brain learns to see, the history of democracy and the future of forests will be discussed by three professors from the University of Wyoming during UW’s popular Saturday U program Saturday, Feb. 25, in Sheridan.
February 16, 2017 — These are among the activities scheduled Feb. 20-26 at the University of Wyoming.

February 16, 2017 — You thought you were feeding silage or hay to cows these frosty winter mornings, didn’t you?
February 16, 2017 — Small businesses in Wyoming can learn how to create rolling financial forecasts, based on key business drivers. These forecasts, combined with project-based planning, can provide a framework that will support better decision making by small businesses.

February 15, 2017 — Tickets are on sale to University of Wyoming students for the Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats concert Friday, March 24, at 9 p.m. in the College of Arts and Sciences auditorium.
February 15, 2017 — The Statistics Club of Wyoming (SCW WYO) is now an official recognized student organization (RSO) at the University of Wyoming. SCW WYO has been a group on campus for two and a half years.

February 15, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Art Museum will host a UW Art Department Faculty Exhibition gallery walk-through Thursday, Feb. 23, from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
February 15, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Chamber Orchestra will perform Monday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall. Admission is free.

February 15, 2017 — One impetus for President Trump’s controversial ban on citizens from specific Middle Eastern countries is to reduce the number of Muslims entering the USA, as if Muslims in general were dangerous, rather than simply using the nation’s intelligence agencies to identify risky people and denying them entry. That impetus went unstated in the ban’s legal language but was widely bruited about last fall on the campaign trail.

February 15, 2017 — University of Wyoming researchers took a big step toward solving the mystery of the decline of hirola, a rare African antelope, conducting wildlife research in one of the most formidable environments -- the border region of eastern Kenya and southern Somalia.
February 14, 2017 — The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the following nonresident students at the completion of the 2016 fall semester.
February 14, 2017 — The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the following students from Wyoming at the completion of the 2016 fall semester.
February 14, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Nordic ski team will host a 21km freestyle half marathon race for the public Sunday, Feb. 19.
February 14, 2017 — The star-studded comedy “Office Christmas Party” will be screened Friday, Feb. 17, at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. in the University of Wyoming Union Family Room. The event is free and open to the public.
February 13, 2017 — A Mardi Gras celebration, with games, food and entertainment, is scheduled at the University of Wyoming Saturday, Feb. 18, at 9 p.m. The event is free for all UW students in the Wyoming Union.

February 13, 2017 — The University of Wyoming College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) has formed a new team to provide vision and help accomplish overall goals for education and outreach for the college.
February 13, 2017 — Nominations are now being accepted for the 2017-18 University of Wyoming Faculty Senate Speaker Series. The deadline for nominations is 5 p.m. Friday, March 31.
February 13, 2017 — Due to decreasing evening ridership and budget constraints, University of Wyoming Transit and Parking Services will change its evening and weekend transit services effective Monday, Feb. 27.
February 13, 2017 — The University of Wyoming’s WyoCloud Student Reporting system will go live for UW users to access with the Student Records and Executive Overview dashboards Monday, March 6.

February 13, 2017 — The Wyoming Technology Business Center (WTBC), a business development program of the University of Wyoming, has launched a new entrepreneurship competition in the Sheridan area.
February 10, 2017 — (Note: From now on, the weekly construction update will highlight only projects with new developments. Comprehensive updates will be distributed monthly. For the most recent comprehensive update, click here.) These are among the construction activities scheduled Feb. 12-18 at the University of Wyoming.

February 10, 2017 — A University of Wyoming researcher is part of an international team that has discovered how more than 700 species of fish have evolved in East Africa’s Lake Victoria region over the past 150,000 years.

February 10, 2017 — A University of Wyoming student helped to light up the set of NBC’s made-for-television musical “Hairspray Live!” that aired live Dec. 7.
February 10, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will consider a number of issues during a meeting Wednesday, Feb. 15, via teleconference.
February 10, 2017 — 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.
February 10, 2017 — A panel discussion and screening of “Birth of a Nation” will be Monday, Feb. 13, in the University of Wyoming Union Family Room at 6 p.m.

February 9, 2017 — Eminent Artist Lynn Harrell will perform with guest artists Saturday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall. The event is free and open to the public.

February 9, 2017 — The public is invited to attend a Fossil Fish Festival Saturday, Feb. 18, at the University of Wyoming in honor of Knightia, the extinct fossil fish that has served as Wyoming's state fossil for 30 years.

February 9, 2017 — Award-winning tap dancer, choreographer and “Sesame Street” actor Savion Glover will perform Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the University of Wyoming College of Arts and Sciences auditorium as part of UW Cultural Programs.

February 9, 2017 — These are among the activities scheduled Feb. 13-19 at the University of Wyoming:

February 9, 2017 — With efforts throughout the state to increase economic diversity, the College of Business will host the first University of Wyoming Entrepreneurship Summit Thursday, April 20.

February 9, 2017 — Punit Soni, a University of Wyoming electrical engineering master’s degree (2000) graduate, will meet with Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program students Friday, Feb. 10.
February 9, 2017 — If you currently own a business or have a future business venture in mind, you need to understand how to protect inventions, brands, software and product designs.
February 9, 2017 — “I Am,” a photography exhibition, will be on display beginning Monday, Feb. 13, in Gallery 234, located in the lower level of the University of Wyoming Union.
February 8, 2017 — Big Horn Basin students interested in agricultural careers have an opportunity to question professionals during the University of Wyoming’s Ag Career Extravaganza Tuesday, Feb. 14, in Worland.

February 8, 2017 — Reinette Tendore, of Ethete, was named the recipient of the University of Wyoming’s 2017 Willena Stanford Commitment to Diversity Award.
February 8, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Alumni Association’s (UWAA) 25th annual Scholarship Reception and Auction is 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, at the Kiwanis Community House in Cheyenne.

February 8, 2017 — University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology Professor Robert Kelly will lecture as part of World Anthropology Day Thursday, Feb. 16.
February 8, 2017 — A traveling exhibition, titled “Empire: A Community of African Americans on the Wyoming Plains,” is on display at the University of Wyoming’s Coe Library through Friday, March 3, in honor of Black History Month.
February 8, 2017 — Retiring University of Wyoming Vice President for Research and Economic Development Bill Gern will discuss on “Wyoming Signatures” how UW reacts to presidential orders regarding research and the trend of industry relying increasingly on government-funded research.
February 8, 2017 — Business owners can learn how to optimize their investments in time and money for a productive international trade show experience.

February 7, 2017 — University of Wyoming writer-in-residence Mark Jenkins, of Laramie, uses his experiences as a National Geographic contributor as a way to bring his global adventures to the Cowboy State.
February 7, 2017 — Three University of Wyoming students from Casper and Wheatland are the recipients of the Sheila Langlois Memorial Fellowship for Study Abroad in Art History and the Humanities offered through UW International Programs.

February 7, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Art Museum will host “Lunchtime Conversations with Curators” Wednesday, Feb. 15, from noon-12:30 p.m.

February 7, 2017 — The University of Wyoming Department of Theatre and Dance opens the spring season with Melinda Lopez’s “Sonia Flew,” a powerful story of love and sacrifice that unfolds across two generations and two countries’ political upheavals.
February 7, 2017 — Trena Tackitt, a University of Wyoming student from Wheatland, is the recipient of the Sheila Langlois Memorial Fellowship for Study Abroad in Art History and the Humanities offered through UW International Programs.
February 6, 2017 — The deadline to nominate a University of Wyoming student for the Tobin Memorial Award for UW’s outstanding graduating male and the Rosemarie Martha Spitaleri Award for the outstanding graduating female has been extended.

February 6, 2017 — Journal of Bacteriology editors have presented University of Wyoming molecular biology Professor Mark Gomelsky the 2016 Jack Kenney Award for Outstanding Service.
February 6, 2017 — Listening sessions have been scheduled Thursday, Feb. 9, for a 14-member committee to gather input on the search for a new vice president for student affairs at the University of Wyoming.
February 6, 2017 — The 2016-17 edition of the University Directory is now available. The PDF, designed to be downloaded and printed, contains an information section, a departmental directory and a faculty/staff directory.

February 6, 2017 — A University of Wyoming researcher contributed to a paper that determined a “Snowball Earth” event actually took place 100 million years earlier than previously projected, and a rise in the planet’s oxidation resulted from a number of different continents -- including what is now Wyoming -- that were once connected.

February 6, 2017 — Judy Yates has a knack for solving problems before they even materialize.
February 3, 2017 — An agriculture career extravaganza for youths and parents, along with two days of sessions for producers, are featured in this year’s WESTI Ag Days in Worland Tuesday-Wednesday, Feb. 14-15.
February 3, 2017 — These are among the construction activities scheduled Feb. 5-11 at the University of Wyoming:
February 3, 2017 — 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.
February 3, 2017 — In the world of multimedia and fast-paced news, it is imperative that scientists become stronger communicators and champions of their work. University of Wyoming faculty members and students have a unique opportunity to get their science out of the lab and offer their stories to the public.
February 2, 2017 — Listening sessions have been scheduled Wednesday, Feb. 8, for a 14-member committee to gather input on the search for a new vice president for research and economic development at the University of Wyoming.
February 2, 2017 — These are among the activities scheduled Feb. 6-12 at the University of Wyoming:
February 2, 2017 — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the University of Wyoming are beginning a study to learn more about wild horse seasonal use and movements in the Adobe Town herd management area (HMA).
February 2, 2017 — University of Wyoming students didn’t return for classes until Jan. 23. Tell that to the UW debate team.
February 2, 2017 — The comedy “The Edge of Seventeen” will be shown Friday, Feb. 10, at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. in the Family Room in the University of Wyoming Union. The event is free and open to the public.

February 1, 2017 — Bluegrass singer and musician Sierra Hull will perform with special guests The Railsplitters Wednesday, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m. in the lower level of the University of Wyoming Union. The event is free and open to the public.
February 1, 2017 — Students in the University of Wyoming’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) Program were among the participants in the 2017 Wyoming Governor’s Conference on Hospitality and Tourism at Little America in Cheyenne.

February 1, 2017 — In 2015, the Pew Research Center released the largest study of American religious identity ever done in the United States of America, called “America’s Changing Religious Landscape.” The big discovery was that the number of American Christians had declined by 7.8 percent since the previous survey in 2007, while the number of Americans religiously unaffiliated had increased by 6.7 percent to 22.8 percent of the national population.
Institutional Communications
Bureau of Mines Building, Room 137
Laramie
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-2929
Email: cbaldwin@uwyo.edu

