In March, a proposal for a tourism undergraduate degree program will be discussed at the monthly UW Board of Trustees meeting. In a joint effort between the College of Business and the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, the Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism degree is a proposed interdisciplinary program for students that combines…
In the first meeting of Faculty Senate this year on Monday, Jan. 29, senators representing the educators of UW continued toward their goal of striking the right balance of power for governance of the university, primarily between faculty, the office of the president and the board of trustees. As 2017 drew to a close, the…
Cloud seeding is a form of weather modification, a way of changing the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds. A University of Wyoming researcher has demonstrated the direct observation of cloud seeding, from the growth of the ice crystals through the processes that occurs in the clouds, to the eventual fallout of…
The University of Wyoming welcomes the new Financial Aid Director Debra Hintz, from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, who began her tenure on Monday. “What I think in particular was exciting about Debra was the fact that she has more than 25 years’ experience in a manager role in financial aid,” Associate Vice Provost for Enrollment Management…
Tony Kushner’s “A Bright Room Called Day,” aims to examine Berlin in pre-WWII times, while making the plot points relevant to today. “Unlike a lot of stories involving Nazis, it’s not a tale about wartime heroics or brave national leaders; it’s just everyday people trying to cope, deal and understand,” Director Kevin Inouye said. The…
Professor Richard McGinity joined the University of Wyoming faculty in 2007 when the Dean of the College of Business invited him to teach Business Ethics to apply for the Bill Daniels Chair of Business Ethics. He got his undergraduate as a history major from Princeton and his MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1973…
Upon entering room 221 of the Classroom Building, a message on the white board reads ‘Welcome to Political Science Club’ while jokingly beginning the meeting with the comment you can’t spell political without lit! Potential members arrive and the officers begin introductions, introducing themselves, and then asking the attendees their name, their grade, their major…
University of Wyoming’s Information Technology (IT) is offering Zoom web conferencing for all the University faculty, staff and students starting this week. IT lab assistant, Akriti Subedi, said, “Zoom has been introduced for the provision of videos, phones and other conferencing services for the benefit of the students and teachers on campus.” Zoom, a private…
Josh Allen was named Most Outstanding Player for the North Team after completing 9 out of 13 of his passes for 158 yards and 2 touchdowns giving him a quarterback rating of 222.1. Following the game Allen said “Just Showing that I can come in to a system, learn it, play against really good competition…
As part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Days of Dialogue, the UW Art Museum is holding a Panel Discussion on David Bradley’s exhibition “This is Indian Country.” This event will take place today, Tuesday, Jan. 30, with an exhibition preview at 6:30 p.m. followed by the panel discussion at 7:00 p.m. “My personal intent…
Saturday, Jan. 27, the Wyoming Cowboys wrestling team (8-3) took on the Fresno State Bulldogs in the Dome of Doom. The Bulldogs are the Cowboys Big 12 division rivals. The matches started at 6pm and the first 200 students in attendance were greeted with free Qdoba burritos. The first match of the night featured Drake…
Sunday, Jan. 28, the University of Wyoming Cowgirls tennis team took on the Northern Colorado Bears, in their first home match since the Wyoming invite last October. With Conference play on its way this was an important match for the Cowgirls. This years team is quite young with only one senior in Magdalena Stencel, and…
