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New UW Scientist Helps Show That Responsible Logging Can Help Eastern Forests

April 2, 2025

Responsible harvesting and other small disturbances can help make forests in the eastern United States more resilient to climate change, according to research by a new University of Wyoming faculty member.

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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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Major Gift to UW Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Supports Department Head

A gift to the University of Wyoming from a retired UW professor and administrator will support the head of the Department of Chemical and Biomedical ...

Campus Announcements

Federal Funding for UW’s Manufacturing Works Renewed for Fiscal Year

The University of Wyoming’s Manufacturing Works program has received a reprieve from a loss of funding from the National Institute of Standards and T...

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Dale Named Interim Dean of UW College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Daniel “Danny” Dale, the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Professor of Astronomy and the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences associate...

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UW is One of Top 100 U.S. Universities With Most Patents

The University of Wyoming has once again made the list of the National Academy of Inventors’ (NAI) top 100 universities in the U.S. with the most pat...

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UW Extension Welcomes Hannah Rodgers as New Research Scientist

University of Wyoming Extension welcomes Hannah Rodgers as a research scientist in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.

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UW Board Chairman Appoints Shared Governance Committee

An 11-member committee composed of members of the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees and administrative, faculty, staff and student representati...

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UW Trustees Vote to Make School of Computing an Independent Unit

After “incubating” for more than three years in the University of Wyoming’s College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, UW’s new but well-establish...

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UW Science Initiative Brings Hands-On STEM Program to Torrington Preschoolers

Representatives of the University of Wyoming’s Science Initiative Roadshow recently collaborated with the Goshen County Public Library’s early litera...

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UW Launches Online Master’s Degree in Environment, Natural Resources and Society

The University of Wyoming’s Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources is expanding access to its interdisciplinary graduate offerings with the...

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UW Science Initiative Programs Connect High School and Community College in Computat...

Representatives of the University of Wyoming’s Science Initiative Roadshow recently led an outreach session in Rock Springs centered on coding in var...

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UW Extension Releases New Publication on Local Food Systems in Wyoming

If Wyoming residents spent just 5 percent of their grocery budget on local foods, local food production could contribute an additional $36.3 million ...

Events

UW Jazz Studies Hosts Bill O’Connell Trio April 21

The University of Wyoming Department of Music’s Jazz Studies program will host the Bill O’Connell Trio at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 21, in the Buchanan...

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Two UW Students to Present Research During Science Café in Lander April 25

Two University of Wyoming students will present their research to the public during a Science Café Friday, April 25, from 6-8 p.m.

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UW’s IMPACT 307 to Host Lab-Based Startup Webinar April 24

Lab-based professionals, researchers and entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to transform scientific innovation into successful business ventures.

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Annual Juried Student Exhibition Walkthrough April 29

The University of Wyoming Art Museum will host a public walkthrough of the 50th annual Juried Student Exhibition from 11 a.m.-noon Tuesday, April 29.

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UW’s Wyoming APEX Accelerator Hosting Vendor Outreach Event April 30

Small-business owners will have the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of government contracting Wednesday, April 30.

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UW Spring Convocation to Focus on R1 Status April 22

University of Wyoming faculty, staff and students are invited to UW’s Spring Convocation Tuesday, April 22, from 3:15-4:30 p.m. in the Wyoming Union ...

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UW Visual Arts Faculty Members to Host Visiting Artists Discussion April 24

Multimedia artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese will be the guests for a public discussion and conversation with University of Wyoming Department...

This Week at UW

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...

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UW Cowboys Clinch Seventh Straight Regional Title; Cowgirls in Second

Coming off another dominating performance last weekend, the University of Wyoming Cowboys will enter the annual Laramie River Rendezvous Rodeo as the...

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Wyoming Business Tips for March

An occasional look at issues facing Wyoming business owners and entrepreneurs from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network, a co...

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