LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 5 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * Estate Gift Supports UW Teton STEM Academy A generous gift from the estate of the late Harry and Mary Ann Lawroski, of Wilson, is helping inspire and educate the next generation of scientists, engineers and leaders through the University of Wyoming's Teton STEM Academy. Established in 2018, the Teton STEM Academy was made possible by the Lawroskis' philanthropy. The academy is a summer living-learning prog  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 4 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Cheyenne Residency Administrator Receives National Award Pamela MacMillan, the residency coordinator at the University of Wyoming's Family Medicine Residency Program in Cheyenne, was part of a team that recently received the President's Award from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM). MacMillan and her colleagues on the STFM's Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) Task Force were recogn  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 4 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Extension Releases New Resource for Aging Well To better serve Wyoming communities with aging populations, University of Wyoming Extension recently launched a new website. Known as AGE, an acronym for Adapt, Grow, Empower, the site provides users with resources, information and support for aging with independence, dignity and safety. Older adults, family members, caregivers and community leaders all ca  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 6 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Graduate Student Prepares Listing for Wyoming Archaeological Site Added to National Register of Historic Places The Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) has announced a new listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). And a University of Wyoming graduate student prepared the National Register listing. The Daly Petroglyphs -- an archaeological site in the Powder River Basin in  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 6 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Researchers: Sharp-Tailed Grouse in South-Central Wyoming Potentially a Distinct Subspecies For decades, a population of grouse in south-central Wyoming and northwest Colorado has been identified as Columbian sharp-tailed grouse, the same subspecies that can be found in far western Wyoming near Jackson along with Idaho, northern Utah and parts of the Pacific Northwest. But new research led by University  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 6 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Student One of 79 Nationally to Receive DOE's Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program Award University of Wyoming Ph.D. student August Mikkelsen has landed in some distinct company. Mikkelsen, of Mill Creek, Wash., is one of 79 graduate students -- and the only one studying atmospheric science -- selected from 56 universities in 29 states for the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Scienc  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 5 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW's CERPA Releases White Paper on Rock Springs RMP The Center for Energy Regulation and Policy Analysis (CERPA) at the University of Wyoming's School of Energy Resources (SER) has published a new white paper examining the potential effects of the Bureau of Land Management's Rock Springs Resource Management Plan (RMP) on state revenues generated from energy development in Wyoming. The paper offers signific  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 6 (TNSrep) -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * Wyoming Outdoor Recreation Grants Generate Over $36 Million in Economic Activity Statewide A new report released this month by the Jay Kemmerer WORTH Institute and the Center for Business and Economic Analysis at the University of Wyoming reveals the impressive economic impact of the Wyoming Outdoor Recreation Grant Program. The program, which distributed more than $20 million in federal American   more