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After saddening news of U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi's passing spread across Wyoming, University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel issued the following statement: “The University of Wyoming is deeply saddened to learn of the death of former U.S. Se...

A junior accounting major is the second winner of a $300 prize in a weekly drawing for University of Wyoming students who’ve reported being vaccinated for COVID-19. The $300 cash prizes, as well as other prizes, will go out weekly until the sixth week of the fall semester Sept. 27. ...

Laramie Main Street Alliance (LMSA) will be distributing more Cowboy Cash, in the form of downtown gift certificates, to University of Wyoming (UW) students, faculty, and staff this summer at the Downtown Laramie Farmers Market. In 2020, $40,000 worth of Cowboy Cash and $32,000 in downtown gift certificates circulated through downtown businesses...

A new CEO has been named to the federally qualified health center (FQHC) system that collaborates with the University of Wyoming’s Family Medicine Residency Programs. Thomas Smoll was selected to serve in the executive leadership role. Smoll, wh...

The University of Wyoming has begun planning for a new School of Computing, following action by the UW Board of Trustees Wednesday. Recently, the board approved the UW administration’s notice of intent to develop the new academic unit, which would infuse computation, and digital and data science across the university for the benefit of students, faculty, and staff. T...

Recently, 25 high school students from across Wyoming and one from Colorado worked in teams to determine whether planets near different-colored stars could actually be habitable. The activity was part of the Teton STEM Academy, which is a nine-day event that offers hands-on activities in the interdisciplinary sciences, including life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, and math, which is tak

In order to better serve Wyoming, the recent adjustments in the economy, and respond to the changing landscape of higher education, the University of Wyoming is pursuing a transformation of its academic programs to propel new and ongoing initiatives and to deal with budget cuts. ...

Recovery and the high rates of human-caused mortality among grizzly bears in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem are the topics of the second seminar of the University of Wyoming’s Harlow Summer Seminars program, which will be taking place on July 8 in Jackson. D...

The University of Wyoming is introducing a new master's program for students this fall following action by the Board of Trustees. The board voted at its May meeting to approve the new Master of Science degree in environment, natural resources, and society (ENRS), a program in UW’s Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources. ...

The University of Wyoming's Office of Research and Economic Development has provided funding for five collaborative projects aimed at providing benefits to UW and the state. The first UW Grand Challenges Initiative Planning projects address issues ranging from rural health to developing next-generation, secure, digital platforms that promote sustainable energy production, transport, and consumptio