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August 31, 2022 — The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO), a consortium of nine regional scientific agencies, has released a new 10-year plan to improve monitoring and hazards assessment of volcanic, hydrothermal and earthquake activity in the Yellowstone Plateau region.

August 31, 2022 — The University of Wyoming’s Sheridan Research and Extension Center will host an open panel discussion Tuesday, Sept. 6, on invasive grass management, led by the Institute for Managing Annual Grasses Invading Natural Ecosystems (IMAGINE).

August 30, 2022 — New blockchain businesses will compete in the 307 Startup Challenge Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the Wyoming Blockchain Stampede.

August 30, 2022 — Thomas Boothby, a University of Wyoming assistant professor of molecular biology, recently received a nearly $100,00 NASA grant to study the effects of long-term radiation on tardigrades and nematode worms in an effort to help better prepare astronauts for space flight.

August 30, 2022 — The Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network will host the Wyoming Small Business Economic Diversification Conference Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Best Western Downtown Casper Hotel, formerly the Clarion Inn, at 123 W. E St.

August 29, 2022 — Representatives of the University of Wyoming Press (UWyoP) will be on campus to meet with members of the UW community Wednesday, Sept. 14.

August 29, 2022 — Most University of Wyoming administrative offices will be closed, and classes will be dismissed Monday, Sept. 5, for Labor Day.

August 29, 2022 — Midmorning Tuesday, Aug. 30, don’t be surprised to hear some noise coming from War Memorial Stadium.

August 29, 2022 — “American Trombone,” featuring music from a trombonist and pianist duo, will be presented as part of the University of Wyoming Department of Music Faculty Recital Series Wednesday, Sept. 7.

August 29, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Police Department (UWPD) will hold a found property auction Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 4 p.m. at the UWPD north parking lot, located at 1426 E. Flint St.

August 29, 2022 — The University of Wyoming is proving its commitment to providing top-tier graduate education programs and research opportunities with the formation of the School of Graduate Education.

August 29, 2022 — Students will learn more about the University of Wyoming, UW alumni will connect with their alma mater, and members of the public will find out more about UW’s presence in their community during a “UW in Your Community” gathering Thursday, Sept. 8, on the Wind River Indian Reservation.

August 26, 2022 — The University of Wyoming’s Wyoming Wool Initiative’s 2022 limited-edition wool throw is now available for sale online.

August 26, 2022 — Cameron Wright, who has served as acting dean since 2019, has been appointed as the Carrell Family Dean of the University of Wyoming’s College of Engineering and Physical Sciences.

August 24, 2022 — Local families can make new friends from around the world by joining the Friendship Families of Laramie program offered in conjunction with the University of Wyoming’s International Students and Scholars office.

August 24, 2022 — Tara Righetti is the inaugural Occidental Chair in Energy and Environmental Policies, an endowed chair jointly administered by the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources (SER) and the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources.

August 24, 2022 — After a nearly three-year halt in programming, a special Harlow Speaker Series event will return Wednesday, Aug. 31, at the renovated University of Wyoming-National Park Service (UW-NPS) Research Station. The facility is located at the AMK Ranch in Grand Teton National Park.

August 24, 2022 — Jifa Tian, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, received a $5 million National Science Foundation (NSF) Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) grant designed to develop research and education capacities in this emerging field at UW through a collaboration with Purdue University, where QISE research and education programs are already well established.

August 24, 2022 — Registration is underway for the 2022 WyoHackathon, presented by the University of Wyoming Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation (CBDI) Sept. 9-23.

August 23, 2022 — Diego Caetano, a 2012 University of Wyoming alumnus from Brazil, opens the Department of Music’s fall season with a piano recital Monday, Aug. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall. The recital is free and open to the public.

August 23, 2022 — A University of Wyoming molecular biologist whose research on tiny creatures called tardigrades included a project on the International Space Station is now part of a new national institute that will explore how organisms survive extremely dry conditions for long periods.

August 23, 2022 — The University of Wyoming’s Strategic Planning Team and Council have completed a draft plan to guide the university in coming years, and they are seeking input from the UW community.

August 23, 2022 — The University of Wyoming’s ninth annual Big Event -- a student volunteer service project in the Laramie community -- will be Saturday, Oct. 8.

August 22, 2022 — Tabatha Spencer is known for her professionalism and her acute awareness for detail in all tasks assigned in her everyday duties at the University of Wyoming.

August 22, 2022 — University of Wyoming Institutional Communications is looking to expand its UW faculty expert list.

August 22, 2022 — University of Wyoming faculty members who have upcoming research papers that will be published in the following journals -- Nature, Science or the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences -- are encouraged to let UW Institutional Communications know well in advance.

August 22, 2022 — University of Wyoming Libraries recently awarded alternative textbook grants to eight faculty members and two graduate students to implement open educational resources (OER) in their classes for the academic year.

August 22, 2022 — University of Wyoming Libraries and The New York Times (NYT) have partnered to provide school-sponsored NYT memberships to all UW and Wyoming community college students, faculty and staff.

August 22, 2022 — Updates to UWYO Roundup, the University of Wyoming’s transit system, include extended hours and a new app now in effect.

August 22, 2022 — Bob Trumbull, the University of Wyoming Postal Services manager, recently received the Presidential Award from the National Association of College and University Mail Services (NACUMS) for his long-standing leadership and dedication to the position.

August 19, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management has received full accreditation for its Construction Management Program from the American Council for Construction Education (ACCE).

August 18, 2022 — A new documentary series highlights Wyoming ranching families that have gone to exceptional lengths to preserve Western ranching and steward big-game populations that depend on working lands.

August 18, 2022 — University of Wyoming Extension’s fall/winter online Master Gardener training will be offered Sept. 15, 2022-Feb. 16, 2023. The 16-week course, which includes breaks for holidays, features about 48 hours of gardening instruction led by subject matter experts in UW Extension.

August 18, 2022 — The University of Wyoming American Heritage Center (AHC), along with other entities, is sponsoring the Cowboy State tour of “A Sissy in Wyoming,” a playwright’s reading based on the remarkable life of Wyoming educator, Vietnam veteran, activist and cross-dresser Larry “Sissy” Goodwin, who died in 2020.

August 18, 2022 — University of Wyoming animal science Professor Peter Nathanielsz is the 2022 recipient of the Barker Medal of the International Society for the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. He will receive the award from the association in Vancouver, British Columbia, later this month.

August 17, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Art Museum will host Malaysian artist Anne Samat for an artist talk Thursday, Aug. 25, and a community weaving workshop Friday, Aug. 26.

August 17, 2022 — University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources master’s degree student Courtney Newman recently received the prestigious 2022 American Sheep Industry Association Sheep Heritage Foundation Scholarship.

August 17, 2022 — Representatives of the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER), Wood PLC and Atlas Carbon LLC will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2, to launch the site of a coal refinery field demonstration project near Gillette.

August 17, 2022 — Celebrating its fifth anniversary, the 2022 Wyoming Blockchain Stampede will be held Sept. 19-23 at the University of Wyoming Conference Center in Laramie. Registration for the free event is underway at www.wyohackathon.io.

August 16, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Energy Resources Council (ERC) will meet at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 26, at Laramie’s Hilton Garden Inn for the council’s regularly scheduled quarterly meeting.

August 15, 2022 — University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel will provide updates on key issues and initiatives and outline future plans during his “State of the University” address Thursday, Sept. 1.

August 15, 2022 — Two University of Wyoming researchers will receive Thomas Jefferson Fund grants to collaborate with French scientists on separate research projects that assess water storage capacity in mountain watersheds and enhance crop production worldwide to ensure future food security.

August 15, 2022 — The University of Wyoming American Heritage Center (AHC) recently hired a project archivist focused on a collaborative effort among the AHC, the Wyoming State Archives and the Wyoming State Historical Records Advisory Board (SHRAB).

August 15, 2022 — The University of Wyoming has cut the ribbon on the Tom A. Thorson Geology Field Camp, a venerable century-long tradition made new by a $1 million gift from family in honor of Tom Thorson, president of the Wyoming company Black Hills Bentonite LLC.

August 15, 2022 — University of Wyoming employees have a maximum of one hour of release time to vote in Tuesday’s Wyoming primary election, in accordance with state law and UW policy.

August 15, 2022 — Researchers at the University of Wyoming and seven other top universities have been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to lay the groundwork for models that more accurately predict the spread of infectious diseases.

August 15, 2022 — The University of Wyoming’s Dean of Students Office has released an updated Student Code of Conduct that goes into effect today (Monday).

August 12, 2022 — Kickoff of the 2022 Sheridan Start-Up Challenge is Monday, Aug. 15, with the opening of the application period. This will be the sixth consecutive year for Sheridan’s annual entrepreneur competition.

August 12, 2022 — Derrek Jerred has been selected as the new senior director of IMPACT 307, the University of Wyoming’s statewide network of innovation-driven business incubators committed to growing and strengthening Wyoming’s entrepreneurial community by providing resources and support for founders to thrive.

August 12, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees will consider UW’s supplemental budget request for the 2023 legislative session during the board’s regular teleconference meeting Wednesday, Aug. 17.

August 12, 2022 — A University of Wyoming faculty member is developing a study-abroad program that will bring UW undergraduate students together with members of the Pataxó Indigenous community in Brazil who are working to revitalize their endangered language.

August 12, 2022 — The University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium will be temporarily closed, at least for the next two weeks and perhaps beyond.

August 11, 2022 — Wyoming Republican primary candidate Harriet Hageman is leading incumbent Liz Cheney by nearly 30 points in the primary race for Wyoming’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a new survey by the University of Wyoming’s Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center (WYSAC).

August 10, 2022 — A number of elementary and middle school students built computer games using Scratch programming, worked with robots and learned Earth’s geology by completing a time grid and making candy-filled sandwiches to understand how rock layers compress.

August 9, 2022 — Laura De Lozier probably will stop short of brandishing a sword and wearing sandals in class while bellowing “Are you not entertained?” like Russell Crowe in the 2000 film “Gladiator.” But she hopes her fall course “Gladiators and Cinema” will more than excite University of Wyoming students with an interest in what are considered some of the world’s first entertainers.

August 9, 2022 — The excitement around the inaugural week of Saddle Up is building as the University of Wyoming prepares to welcome incoming students to campus for a brand-new experience starting Sunday, Aug. 14.

August 8, 2022 — Applications for the third year of the University of Wyoming’s Academic Writing Fellows (UWAWF) program are now being accepted.

August 8, 2022 — The Wyoming DataHub, a component of the Wyoming Innovation Partnership (WIP), recently announced summer grant awards to support innovative data-sharing projects at the University of Wyoming.

August 5, 2022 — This summer, 11 4-H students ages 7-15 met at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne to debrief their robotics projects -- with the top elected official of their state.

August 5, 2022 — Before her death, Diane Mott knew she wanted to do two things: to honor her parents and to do her part to protect Wyoming’s landscapes. So, she gave a major estate gift to establish the Harold and Jean Mott Fellowship in Migration and Conservation at the University of Wyoming.

August 5, 2022 — A team of University of Wyoming students was the first from Wyoming to be selected and participate in NASA’s 2022 Micro-g Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (NExT) engineering design challenge.

August 5, 2022 — A speech-language pathologist at the University of Wyoming’s Wyoming Institute for Disabilities has been awarded the 2022 Bright Star Distinguished Educator Award by the Wyoming Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities.

August 4, 2022 — A University of Wyoming doctoral student recently received a Student Research Grant at the 40th Conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS) in Liverpool, England.

August 4, 2022 — University of Wyoming geology Professor and National Geographic Explorer Ken Sims has published a new book on the application of isotopes to understanding earth system processes.

August 3, 2022 — A Laramie business that originated at the University of Wyoming has received a $1.2 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the U.S. Department of Energy that will be used to fund the continued development and commercialization of instrumentation platforms for the nondestructive manipulation and analysis of micro- and nano-sized materials.

August 3, 2022 — Laura Vietti and two University of Wyoming researchers recently accompanied some UW students to three fossil fish quarries near Kemmerer. Their mission: to gather ash samples in the fossil fish layers to discover how quickly the fossil lake filled up millions of years ago.

August 2, 2022 — The University of Wyoming has been gifted a large collection of animal mounts to be used for display and research purposes within UW’s Museum of Vertebrates.

August 2, 2022 — The University of Wyoming’s School of Pharmacy recently hosted its inaugural Legal Aspects in Pharmacy Conference, including a number of presenters highlighting how rules, regulations and laws impact the practice of pharmacy.

August 1, 2022 — The University of Wyoming College of Education and the UW Trustees Education Initiative were awarded a three-year, $1.2 million grant to improve postsecondary enrollment and completion among rural students.

August 1, 2022 — University of Wyoming College of Law student and Northern Arapaho member Alyson White Eagle-SoundingSides is working with law Professor Darrell Jackson and UW Art Museum Director Nicole Crawford to bring home from the British Museum a headdress that belonged to her great-great-grandfather, Northern Arapaho leader Chief Yellow Calf.

August 1, 2022 — An experienced human resources leader and administrator has been selected as the University of Wyoming’s associate vice president for human resources.

August 1, 2022 — For the seventh year, community scientists helped identify moose populations in the mountains outside of Laramie for Summer Moose Day. And the numbers were comparable to previous summer counts.