The Wyoming Women of Influence award is an award given to exceptional women in the state of Wyoming. Mary Martin and Holly Krutka, who are both members of UW faculty, were honored this October. Martin, who works with the University of Wyoming Extension services, says that she “was really humbled” to receive the award, and…
On Saturday, Oct. 21 the Department of Visual Arts and the Wyoming Sculpture Society held their 20th annual Iron Pour. The event is an opportunity for Professor Ashley Hope Carlisle’s students to fundraise for the Sculpture Society and to get direct experience with iron pouring. Billi London-Gray, an art faculty member at UW attended the…
Wednesday, Oct. 18, Poke’s Pub & Gameroom hosted an Oktoberfest event for University of Wyoming staff, students and community members. The event, which ran from 3 p.m., when the pub opened, until 8 p.m. and showcased decoration, soft pretzels, and party garb themed around the event. Oktoberfest is a traditional German event held in late…
On Oct. 17th, 2023, an organization called Project Rebound, a program out of California State University, presented to the Criminal Justice and Sociology departments on its program. The program itself is dedicated to helping the formerly incarcerated get back on their feet and earn an education. Project Rebound was hosted by Dan Festco, an assistant…
The Branding Iron wishes to provide students with the results of the survey in order to allow the readership to review what is provided and make their own inferences about what the data may suggest. We do not claim to have an outright interpretation of the following data. On Oct. 4, 2023, the Associated Students…
Jack O’Neil has many roles that he plays throughout his day. He is known as a college athlete, a Paralympic swimmer, a journalism major, a son and a brother to two siblings. For O’Neil, he’s never seen his disability as a reason to complain. And if you really know O’Neil, you know that it also…
On Oct. 24, at 7:20 p.m. approximately 20 protestors got up and left the Speaker Louder with Riley Gaines event on UW campus. The protestors, whose numbers averaged 20-25, stood up, ripped up the posters provided at the event (which said phrases like ‘Cowgirls stand with Riley Gaines’ and ‘There are only two sexes’), and…
The University of Wyoming planetarium welcomed the community to join them in Prexy’s Pasture to witness the Annual Solar Eclipse, on Saturday, Oct. 14. Kaycee Conder, Jakcie Zalcman, and Caleb Eastlund, three students who were handing out eclipse glasses on behalf of the planetarium, clarified a few things about the eclipse. When asked how often…
On Thursday, Sept. 28, the Fifth Annual Martha Christensen Memorial Lecture Series took place. Anne Pringle, a professor at the University of Wisconsin came to Laramie and gave two presentations concerning the role that nonpathogenic, invasive fungi play in biodiversity. “Rethinking Baker’s Articulation of an ‘Ideal Weed’ with fungi: What Enables Non Pathogenic Fungi to…
On Tuesday, Sept. 26, the Associated Students of the University of Wyoming (ASUW) held their weekly senate meeting to discuss a funding request from the Indian Student Association (ISA) regarding an upcoming ‘Diwali Night’ event, two budget realignments, and Senate Bills #2897 and #2898 which surrounded the suspension of the College Council, and the proposed…
On Friday, Sept. 22, public notice via an email chain to the University of Wyoming Criminal Justice and Sociology programs announced the sudden passing of Dr. Kaitlyn Root. Dr. Kaitlyn Root was a Sociology Assistant Professional Lecturer teaching a variety of classes intersecting the studies of both sociology and criminal Justice, including topics such as:…
A week removed from a hard fought battle in Austin, Texas, the Wyoming Cowboys return to War Memorial to face off against the Appalachian State Mountaineers (App. St.). App. St. walks into Laramie with the same 2-1 record as the Pokes. With wins against the FCS squad Gardner-Webb and the 0-3 East Carolina Pirates, some…
