A fundraising event for the people affected by the recent hurricanes in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, took place last weekend here in Laramie, Wyoming. On a chilly and rainy Sunday evening, Ellen Deegan, the president of the Chi Sigma Iota Honors Society, two other society members and a few volunteers were gathered at the…
A topic of significant discussion in society and politics over the past few years is hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. This is the practice of using highly pressurized water for the purpose of fracturing sub-surface rocks to get easier access to the fluids within the rock at incredibly fast rates. Using his research award…
This Saturday, Sept. 30, the University of Wyoming’s marching band, Western Thunder, will be hosting an annual “Band Day” for high school band students all over the region. The event will take place on the University’s football field where later in the day at 2:00 PM the Wyoming Cowboys will be hosting a home game….
This weekend when the Cowboys take the field against Texas State, take a moment to visit the newly established Veterans Memorial Plaza, now located right by the northeast corner of War Memorial Stadium. Soldiers of the past, present and future gathered on the brisk grey morning of Saturday, September 23, to recognize the service and sacrifices of Wyoming…
One Saturday a month, the Service Leadership and Community Engagement (SLCE) office puts on a community service event. The event is called “Service Saturdays.” Richard Raridon, project coordinator with the SLCE office, said that the events used to correspond with other national holidays. “In the past, our service days have been tied to national days of…
Issues were reported at the onset of the football season regarding the app required for student entry into UW athletics events. The app, titled Wild Bunch, scans a QR code at the gates for event admission. Assistant UW Athletics Director David Primus, said that while the number of students having issues percentage-wise seems small, the…
The UW Student Pharmacy survived budget cuts and will live on as a subset of the UW College of Pharmacy. It was announced last year that the pharmacy would be cut following the resignation of one of the pharmacy staff and the university’s fiscal crisis. According to an article published in the Branding Iron in…
Wyoming Public Radio (WPR) has won three regional Edward R. Murrow awards. The awards are for Best Hard News Story, Best Use of Sound and Best Series. The Edward R. Murrow awards go to the best broadcast stories of the year. This is the second year WPR has won three regional Murrow awards. “It’s an…
As of 2012, Wyoming ranks second in the nation per capita for youth under court order to a detention facility or other residential placement, and fourth in the nation for school referrals to law enforcement, according to information provided by Wyoming Afterschool Alliance Director, Linda Barton. To address these issues, the statewide summit on juvenile…
Three Albany County School District No. 1 employees who were in a lawsuit filed by a former Albany County resident have had the complaints against them dismissed in U.S District Court. In the lawsuit filed in February, ACSD No.1, Director of Transportation Jeff Lewis, former Director of Transportation Randy Wilkison and Teacher Susan Taucher were…
A graduate student won $15,000 at the University of Wyoming’s Start-Up Competition for his new Artificial Intelligence Software project. Levente Pap is a graduate student working on his PhD in Chemistry. He comes from Hungary where he received his Bachelor’s Degree. Pap then traveled to England on a scholarship to attend the University of Leeds…
A search committee, organized by provost Kate Miller, is being formed to find a new director for The Honors Program, which is in the process of transitioning to becoming the Honors College, to take over the position for next fall. Steven Barrett, associate dean for academic programs and professor in the College of Engineering and…
