Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 following a months-long period of moving troops to the border of the two countries. The active warfare now happening in Ukraine follows a period in which Russia stationed roughly 200,000 troops along the border between the two countries. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service has said that since fighting began, more…
A coalition of truckers from across the United States is driving to Washington D.C. to protest the national emergency state related to the pandemic. The People’s Convoy, a grassroots coalition of truckers, have traveled from both coasts to Washington D.C. for a peaceful demonstration and protest to redact the Presidentially declared national emergency concerning COVID-19. …
Today marks the 20-year anniversary since the terrorist attacks that shook the nation on September 11, 2001. The attacks demolished the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center, caused substantial damage to the Pentagon and the crash of Flight 93 in rural Pennsylvania. With a death toll of nearly 3,000 people and over…
Suweksha Shrestha, a senior majoring in marketing and minoring in creative writing, was born and raised in Nepal. She migrated to India for two years of high school and then decided to pursue further education in the United States finding her way to the University of Wyoming. Shrestha said living in Laramie has been a…
The Study Abroad program is hosting a virtual fair from Sept. 14 to 18 with the purpose of allowing students to learn about the program, financial aid, and much more. “In addition to our wish that students begin planning for their future education abroad experiences, this fair is a way to demonstrate that Education Abroad…
New information and data for COVID-19 have been popping up daily as more information, and cases for the virus continue to rise. One of the many sources of information has come from the University of Wyoming’s very own Pejman Tahmasebi, an assistant professor in UW’s Department of Petroleum Engineering, who was the first-named author in…
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) announced April 1 that they would be recalling their over 70,000 missionaries from their postings worldwide due to the coronavirus pandemic. Over the last two weeks, the LDS Church had already taken steps to return missionaries that had been serving in foriegn countries without robust health…
Thao Nguyen, a master’s student in International Studies and Environmental and Natural Resources, has received a Fulbright grant. The grant will enable Nguyen to travel to Indonesia for ten months starting in September, to further her research comparing environmental management in two protected marine areas. “My interest in Indonesia is understanding their way of living,”…
On Thursday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the freeze on President Trump’s Travel Ban. During the time in which the ban was in effect, travelers from seven middle eastern countries were barred from entering the U.S. Two of those travelers were attempting to return to UW. Many of the students coming to…
Alec Schaffer aschaff3@uwyo.edu University of Wyoming students shared their stories and struggles as Latino students working with the U.S. immigration system at an event sponsored by the Albany County Democratic party. The main focus of the event was to examine the legal, political and humanitarian issues of the immigration and citizenship system in the U.S….
Holly Morgan hmorgan3@uwyo.edu With the Zika virus being declared a global public health emergency, the UW international program’s office has notified UW students studying abroad in “at risk” areas of the potential hazards. “The international programs office has contacted all students currently studying abroad in these regions, as well as those considering travel in the…
Caitlin Tan ctan@uwyo.edu Growing up in former East Germany and surviving WWII and the aftermath, Ilse Killian Tan never thought she would fall in love with the West, that being Wyoming. On a still German afternoon, an American jet pilot dropped a bomb on the high school Ilse Killian Tan and her sister were attending…
