The University of Wyoming Student Chapter of Professional Land Managers is trying to amend racist language in covenants across Cheyenne that only permit Caucasians to live in certain neighborhoods. Currently, the project is focusing on the Arnor neighborhood with the intent to eventually cover more neighborhoods. These covenants, authored over half a century ago, were…
The Wyoming Game and Fish Department will be undergoing some changes thanks to several bills recently passed by the Wyoming Legislature that will have an immediate impact on both the public and the state’s wildlife populations. As a part of this legislation, the Game and Fish Department will be changing the way hunting and fishing…
According to a press release, the Wyoming Department of Health reported a 50 percent rise in gonorrhea rates from 2016 to 2017 and over the last five years cases quintupled by 529 percent with the highest rates found in Niobrara, Laramie and Fremont counties. The Wyoming Department of Health Communicable Disease Surveillance Program Manager Courtney…
The New Yorker staff writer and author David Grann visited campus yesterday to discuss his new book Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. The presentation featured original photographs of the events illustrated in the book that Grann compiled over five years of research. The book details a…
This past week I had a problem. One morning while riding my bike to campus, I ate shit. It was not my finest moment. Rather than admit to my lack of balance, I blamed the fall on my late 1980s, baby blue Trek. The bike had belonged to my mother and likely went a decade…
Mark Jenkins’ “World to Wyoming Series” returns for its ninth year, kicking off tonight, the writer and photographer will be showcasing his latest trip to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Jenkins’ presentation entitled “Camels, Climbing and St. Catherine: An Expedition to Egypt” begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Arts & Sciences Auditorium. As a Laramie native and…
A recent study conducted by the Chronicle for Higher Education found that UW has one of the highest percentages of older (age 25 and up) undergraduate students in the nation. The study, composed of data collected from 2015, ranks UW fifth in this category behind University of Alaska Fairbanks, Univeristy of Utah, University of New…
Last summer, National Geographic journalist, UW writer-in-residence and lifelong Laramie local, Mark Jenkins led a group of students deep into the Wind River Range and up Wyoming’s highest point, Gannett Peak, as a part of a six-credit course in environment and natural resources and Kinesiology. The expedition was a major success. After months of preparation…
In 2012, then master’s student, Dilnova Khasilova had an idea for a new kind of language program that would allow students to learn about different world cultures and their respective languages in an approachable, informal setting. “I had this baby idea about starting a language and culture program,” Khasilova said. “When we talk about language…
The University of Wyoming will provide a rare and exciting experience Tuesday by hosting the Peking Acrobats to showcase what the group calls an “evolving folk art form” that is deeply rooted in Chinese history and culture. The Peking Acrobats are an internationally known group of extremely gifted athletes whose stunts are sure to stun…
Food insecurity, or limited access to nutritious foods, is a concern that plagues college campuses across the nation, and at UW, the Haub School is working to alleviate that issue. Albany County holds a 17.6 percent food insecurity rate. This is the highest among rates in the state of Wyoming according to feedingamerica.org. The introduction…
Cybersecurity is not a new topic. It has been a valuable concern for decades, but cybersecurity is now the hot topic in both the tech community and in a wide-ranging field of disciplines. The recent Equifax hacks and the presidential election are two examples of the impact cybersecurity has on our lives, but people can…
