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April 29, 2022 — Six finalists will share a total of $63,000 in prize money after being selected as winners of the John P. Ellbogen $50K Entrepreneurship Competition at the University of Wyoming.

April 29, 2022 — A multiyear collaboration between high school science teachers in Green River and the University of Wyoming’s Science and Math Teaching Center (SMTC) has transformed the educational experience for hundreds of students in that southwest Wyoming community.

April 29, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Department of Music will host guest pianist Andrew Staupe Friday, May 6.

April 29, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra (UWSO) will present its closing concert, “An American in Paris,” Thursday, May 5.

April 28, 2022 — University of Wyoming College of Engineering and Applied Science faculty members and students recently received awards from the Wyoming Alpha chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society.

April 28, 2022 — University of Wyoming Professor Emeritus Jayne Jenkins is the speaker for the 2022 Buchanan Lecture that honors retired UW President Tom Buchanan.

April 28, 2022 — The University of Wyoming is one of 73 institutions of higher education chosen by the U.S. Department of Education to participate in the Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative.

April 28, 2022 — The University of Wyoming’s Community Band and Symphonic Band will present their joint spring concert Monday, May 2.

April 27, 2022 — Before coming to the University of Wyoming to continue his education in nutritional science, Connor Rindler, of Laramie, was a professional chef. Now, as a nontraditional UW student, he has approached his classes in a different way.

April 27, 2022 — During her five years at the University of Wyoming, Hannah Rhymes, from Oklahoma City, Okla., has learned what it truly means to serve others.

April 27, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium will start its evening programming an hour later beginning in May, and three new programs will be part of the month’s lineup.

April 27, 2022 — University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel invites all faculty members to the annual spring faculty meeting Friday, April 29, from 9-10:30 a.m. in the Wyoming Union Ballroom.

April 27, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Wind Symphony will present its spring concert, “Postcards,” Saturday, April 30.

April 27, 2022 — As a first-generation student, Wendy Luna Garcia, from Wheatland, has made the most of her opportunities at the University of Wyoming.

April 26, 2022 — The University of Wyoming’s College of Business has selected Robert “Bob” Zawacki as its 60th annual Distinguished Alumnus.

April 26, 2022 — University of Wyoming students won a bevy of research honors during the recent Western Society of Weed Science (WSWS) meeting in Newport Beach, Calif.

April 26, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting via teleconference at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 27.

April 26, 2022 — Pollination is responsible for providing about two-thirds of the foods we eat and nearly all of the wildflowers we admire. And bees are the most efficient pollinators.

April 25, 2022 — M. Catherine Aime, a professor of mycology in Purdue University’s Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, will speak at the University of Wyoming as part of the Department of Botany’s Martha Christensen Memorial Lectures.

April 25, 2022 — A member of Wyoming’s congressional delegation, a renowned mountain guide and author, and the University of Wyoming’s president are keynote speakers for UW’s spring commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 14.

April 25, 2022 — A gallery walk-through at the University of Wyoming Art Museum will feature artist talks by students whose works are part of the 47th annual Juried UW Student Exhibition.

April 25, 2022 — A University of Wyoming faculty member served as co-author and researcher for a recently published article that discusses the implications of online higher education in the post-COVID-19 era.

April 25, 2022 — The University of Wyoming men’s rodeo team basically won the Central Rocky Mountain Region (CRMR) title for the fourth straight year about two months ago. It took the UW Cowgirls a bit longer to match their Cowboy counterparts -- the final weekend of the regular season.

April 25, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Department of Theatre and Dance will close the spring season with a fairy-tale rock musical Wednesday-Saturday, April 27-30.

April 25, 2022 — A “Pokes doing strange things with technology” event is scheduled from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, April 28, at the University of Wyoming.

April 22, 2022 — Two guest speakers with ties to the Tibet Museum will speak at the University of Wyoming Tuesday, April 26.

April 22, 2022 — The University of Wyoming debate program was among seven universities nationwide to qualify three teams for the National Debate Tournament earlier this month at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va.

April 22, 2022 — University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel invites all faculty members to the annual spring faculty meeting Friday, April 29, from 9-10:30 a.m. in the Wyoming Union Ballroom.

April 22, 2022 — The University of Wyoming’s College of Health Sciences held its first “hybrid” Outstanding Faculty and Staff Awards ceremony April 14.

April 22, 2022 — Union Fest, a year-end celebration for University of Wyoming students, will return Friday, May 6, with various activities planned throughout the day. Activities are free and open to the public.

April 21, 2022 — It is only fitting that University of Wyoming Department of Psychology Professor Matt Gray receive the Laramigo Award for Community Engagement.

April 21, 2022 — Grammy Award-winning pianist Cory Smythe will be in a collaborative piano residency April 25-29 with the University of Wyoming Department of Music.

April 21, 2022 — Guest pianists Alejandro Cremaschi and Jéssica Pacheco-Hjelmstad will be featured in a University of Wyoming Department of Music recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 25, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall.

April 21, 2022 — David Riedel, a University of Wyoming fall graduate in English from Bosler, has been accepted to the prestigious Lit Camp Juried Writer’s Conference next month.

April 21, 2022 — University of Wyoming students have elected Allison Brown, an international studies and political science major from Lander, as president of the Associated Students of UW (ASUW).

April 21, 2022 — IMPACT 307, a University of Wyoming program, will host “Building a Wide Moat,” a new “Lunch and Learn” series webinar, Wednesday, May 18, from noon-1 p.m.

April 20, 2022 — In the past few days, two turkey vultures found dead on the University of Wyoming main campus have been determined to be the latest Wyoming victims of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

April 20, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Department of Theatre and Dance will present the Philadelphia-based Koresh Dance Company at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23, on the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts main stage.

April 20, 2022 — A new program established by University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel will provide annual awards recognizing scholarly achievement by UW faculty members.

April 20, 2022 — A new analysis of archaeological sites in the Americas challenges relatively new theories that the earliest human inhabitants of North America arrived before the migration of people from Asia across the Bering Strait.

April 20, 2022 — The Wyoming Outdoor Recreation, Tourism and Hospitality (WORTH) Initiative at the University of Wyoming will co-host a Centennial Valley Tourism Summit Wednesday, April 27, with Visit Laramie and the Albany County Tourism Board.

April 20, 2022 — A “Grieg: Violin Sonatas for Flute” recital is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 24, in the University of Wyoming’s Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall. The Department of Music event is free and open to the public.

April 19, 2022 — A team from Eastern Wyoming College (EWC) recently won the second annual Wyoming Collegiate Business Ethics Case Competition (WCBECC) hosted by the University of Wyoming College of Business’ Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program. Seven Wyoming community colleges were invited to compete.

April 19, 2022 — In accordance with a federal judge’s ruling, masks are no longer required in UW Transit Service buses.

April 19, 2022 — Adam Blackler, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming’s Department of History, recently received a grant to co-host the Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute (TASI) to discuss reparations in Germany.

April 19, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Jazz Studies program will present a concert by its instrumental jazz ensembles Thursday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m.

April 19, 2022 — Dulcinea Groff, a University of Wyoming postdoctoral research associate, has been named the recipient of the William Skinner Cooper Award by the Ecological Society of America (ESA).

April 19, 2022 — Students nearing completion of outdoor recreation and tourism management degrees at the University of Wyoming are completing projects around the state for their professional semester capstone class.

April 18, 2022 — Jess Willford, a manager in the University of Wyoming’s LeaRN Program, a unit of the Office of Academic Affairs, is the UW staff employee of the year.

April 18, 2022 — The University of Wyoming College of Business has selected the panel of judges for the 22nd annual John P. Ellbogen $50K Entrepreneurship Competition.

April 18, 2022 — Members of the University of Wyoming community are invited to participate in a strategic planning Idea Lab Tuesday, April 19, focused on “Open Scholarship, Open Science, Open Education and the Institutional Repository.”

April 18, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Department of Music will host Grammy Award-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich in “Violin Treasures” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 22, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall. He also will be a resident guest artist for the department.

April 18, 2022 — The University of Wyoming’s senior honor society has selected 44 new members as well as winners of awards for outstanding advising, service and dedication, and leadership.

April 18, 2022 — Research conducted by a University of Wyoming scientist has gained new international attention regarding mitigation of climate change by capturing and storing carbon.

April 18, 2022 — Twenty-nine University of Wyoming instructors who inspire excitement, inquiry and autonomy in first-year courses are this year’s Promoting Intellectual Engagement (PIE) Award recipients.

April 15, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Department of Music presents “AdZel Duo: Clarinets Alive” Monday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall.

April 15, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources will host the inaugural Wild and Working Lands Film Festival at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 5, at the Gryphon Theatre, located at 710 E. Garfield St. in Laramie. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

April 15, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Jazz Combos will perform Wednesday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall.

April 15, 2022 — As a reminder, the University of Wyoming’s annual Staff Recognition Day is from 8-10 a.m. Monday, April 18, in the Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center.

April 15, 2022 — University of Wyoming students can learn about financial wellness from Steve Lupien, director of UW’s Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation, Tuesday, April 19.

April 14, 2022 — When is the last time local fans can say that they saw the top-ranked college sports team in the nation competing in their backyard?

April 14, 2022 — Tickets go on sale Saturday, April 16, for the “Conversations on Collecting Yellowstone” conference’s keynote dinner. The conference is co-hosted by University of Wyoming Libraries and Montana State University (MSU) Library.

April 14, 2022 — University of Wyoming and community college personnel and topical experts are invited to become content contributors to a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant project funded at UW.

April 14, 2022 — The University of Wyoming is offering employees and retirees an opportunity to choose the negotiated natural gas rate under the Choice Gas program.

April 14, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Percussion Festival will highlight percussion music from around the world in the featured concert at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall.

April 14, 2022 — IMPACT Casper has scheduled the 2022 Casper Start-Up Challenge Pitch Night at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, at The Lyric, located at 230 W. Yellowstone Highway. Doors open at 5 p.m.

April 13, 2022 — “Rebuilding From the Roots” is the theme for this spring’s Shepard Symposium on Social Justice April 20-23 at the University of Wyoming. A number of free public sessions are scheduled daily for the 25th annual event.

April 13, 2022 — Vice President for Student Affairs Kim Chestnut has temporarily assumed a new leadership role for the University of Wyoming’s programs and efforts in diversity, equity and inclusion.

April 13, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Sheep Program has become the first operation to reach Level III (Certified) status in the American Sheep Industry Association’s (ASI) American Wool Assurance (AWA) Program.

April 13, 2022 — A team of undergraduate students from the University of Wyoming’s College of Business has won the 2022 Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Case Competition.

April 13, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees has adopted a COVID-19 plan for the summer, including an end to the university’s random-sample testing program.

April 12, 2022 — Two University of Wyoming researchers have developed a COVID-19 antigen test that is more sensitive than those currently on the market. The test can use a hand-held device to be read, making the test appropriate for diagnosis at the point of care within 30 minutes.

April 11, 2022 — Scholarship applications have been reopened for the Chief Washakie Memorial Endowment for the 2022-23 academic year at the University of Wyoming.

April 11, 2022 — Eight student-led teams will vie for seed prize money to get their business plans off the ground in the John P. Ellbogen $50K Entrepreneurship Competition at the University of Wyoming.

April 11, 2022 — America’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society, Phi Beta Kappa (PBK), has selected 31 new members-in-course for the University of Wyoming chapter, based upon their demonstrated excellence in the liberal arts and sciences.

April 11, 2022 — The Center for Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCCC) in the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources recently broke ground on a demonstration house made of coal-derived carbon building materials and char bricks.

April 11, 2022 — Members of the University of Wyoming community are invited to join millions of people across the world to wear denim with a purpose on UW’s Denim Day, an internationally recognized movement to bring awareness to sexual violence prevention.

April 11, 2022 — University of Wyoming Extension is partnering with the Wyoming National Guard to offer activities and events to honor military children throughout the month.

April 11, 2022 — It is only fitting that the University of Wyoming men’s team returns to host its home rodeo next weekend as the four-time defending Central Rocky Mountain Region (CRMR) champion.

April 11, 2022 — IMPACT 307, a University of Wyoming program, will host “Data Room Best Practices,” a new “Lunch and Learn” series webinar, Wednesday, April 13, from noon-1 p.m.

April 8, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will hold its regular teleconference meeting Wednesday, April 13.

April 8, 2022 — Ten years ago, Nate Storey was nearing the completion of a Ph.D. in agronomy from the University of Wyoming while working to develop a new company with the bold objective of revolutionizing the way produce is cultivated and sold. He and a partner had just won the UW College of Business entrepreneurship competition, receiving $12,500 to help start their company and one year of free business counseling services and space at UW’s business incubator.

April 8, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Percussion Ensemble will present its spring concert, “Everything but the Kitchen Sink,” Friday, April 15.

April 8, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra (UWSO) and the Symphony Association will host the annual Concertmaster Fund Recital at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall.

April 7, 2022 — University of Wyoming soil science researchers are conducting preliminary tests of a coal-derived soil amendment that so far is producing results similar to another popular soil amendment, biochar.

April 7, 2022 — John Pierre, a professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will give the UW Faculty Senate Speaker Series talk Tuesday, April 12.

April 7, 2022 — There is perhaps nothing more evocative of the American West than herds of elk, mule deer or pronghorn moving freely across the landscape. And a new series of detailed maps reveals their migration pathways -- thanks to a team of state, federal and tribal scientists.

April 7, 2022 — The University of Wyoming College of Business invites the public to attend the 22nd annual John P. Ellbogen $50K Entrepreneurship Competition in person or virtually Friday and Saturday, April 22-23.

April 7, 2022 — A new exhibition at the University of Wyoming Art Museum will feature 11 sculptural representations of love.

April 6, 2022 — A new bulletin from University of Wyoming Extension provides information on how to combat an insect that damages an important forage grass seed crop for Wyoming farmers and ranchers.

April 6, 2022 — The first Sweetwater County Innovation Launchpad (SCIL) is accepting applications from entrepreneurs through Friday, May 20.

April 6, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Center on Aging (WyCOA) will host the Rocky Mountain Alzheimer’s Summit for health care professionals, direct care workers, older adults and caregivers of individuals with dementia Wednesday through Friday, May 18-20.

April 6, 2022 — The University of Wyoming College of Arts and Sciences will host the I.D.E.A.S. (Imagining the Development and Evolution of Arts and Sciences) Symposium from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, April 18, in the Wyoming Union Ballroom.

April 6, 2022 — University of Wyoming Extension recently released three bulletin publications in its “The Sustainable Diet Series” that focus on dietary diversity, biodiversity in the food system and food sovereignty.

April 6, 2022 — The University of Wyoming’s annual Staff Recognition Day is from 8-10 a.m. Monday, April 18, in the Marian H. Rochelle Gateway Center.

April 6, 2022 — Anastasiia Pereverten, a Ukrainian exchange student at the University of Wyoming, is doing her best to educate the UW and Wyoming communities about what is taking place in her home country. She is taking the lead to help organize several local events to raise awareness of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

April 5, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Foundation and UW Foundation President/CEO Ben Blalock announced today (Tuesday) that he will retire, effective June 30, following 26 years of service that has transformed philanthropy at UW. Blalock’s retirement includes his position as the university’s vice president for institutional advancement.

April 5, 2022 — Five finalists for the position of dean of the University of Wyoming College of Business have been identified, and they are scheduled to give public presentations at UW beginning this week.

April 4, 2022 — The University of Wyoming College of Business -- in collaboration with the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program -- will host the second annual Wyoming Collegiate Business Ethics Case Competition at 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 8.

April 4, 2022 — Budding teenage entrepreneurs have the opportunity to connect and gain knowledge during 2022 Rocky Mountain Youth Entrepreneur development weekends this summer.

April 4, 2022 — The University of Wyoming men’s rodeo squad was back on top of the standings when the Cowboys took their seventh Central Rocky Mountain Region (CRMR) team title Sunday at the Colorado State University (CSU) rodeo.

April 4, 2022 — Researchers, including one from the University of Wyoming, report a large decline in bird abundance in a tropical forest in Panama.

April 4, 2022 — The University of Wyoming is in the early stages of redesigning its general education program, and the committee charged with leading the effort is seeking public input.

April 1, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Department of Music will present the Brass Chamber Recital Monday, April 4, at 7 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall.

April 1, 2022 — Workshops about invasive grasses and weeds are scheduled in early May in Gillette, Sheridan and Sundance.

April 1, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Alumni Association’s (UWAA) student organization recently launched its first podcast.

April 1, 2022 — The Global Vegetation Project, started in 2020 by the University of Wyoming Biodiversity Institute, recently published K-12 educational materials on its website.

April 1, 2022 — The University of Wyoming’s Classics Program will host a virtual program featuring the “Uprooting Medea” tour at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 5.