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UW Early Care and Education Center Marks 20 Years in Current Facility

The University of Wyoming Early Care and Education Center (ECEC) is marking 20 years in its current facility while continuing ...
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UW SER Advances Coal Refinery Field Demonstration Plant, Unlocking New Markets for Wyoming Coal

Researchers at the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) spent much of the fall semester overseeing the ...
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UW Researchers Release New Thermal Maturity Assessment Publication on Mowry Shale

Researchers at the University of Wyoming have published a new study conducting a thermal maturity assessment to better ...
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UW Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering Welcomes New Department Head

The University of Wyoming College of Engineering and Physical Sciences has named Soheil Saraji as the new head of the Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering.
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UW College of Law Dean Testifies Before U.S. Senate Subcommittee

Julie Hill, the dean and Wyoming Excellence Chair at the University of Wyoming’s College of Law, testified at the Senate Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection hearing in ...
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UW Nursing Students Lead Through Simulated Disaster Scenarios

The University of Wyoming's Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing recently implemented comprehensive disaster management ...
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UW Archaeology Professor Discovers Oldest Known Bead in the Americas

These images are of a tube-shaped bead made of bone that is about 12,940 years old. The bead was discovered at Wyoming’s La Prele Mammoth site by UW archaeology Professor Todd Surovell and his ...
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Researchers Find Broad Impacts from Political Polarization

Political polarization is having far-reaching impacts on American life, harming consumer welfare and creating challenges for people ranging from elected officials and policymakers to corporate ...
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More Than 200 Big-Game Migrations Now Mapped Across American West

Mule deer migrate near Soda Lake Wildlife Habitat Management Area in the Green River Basin of Wyoming in May 2019. State, tribal and federal partners have now mapped 218 big-game migrations in five ...
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Understanding the Corner Crossing Decision and the UIA

In March, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the right to corner cross to access federal public lands as long as a private landowner’s land is not physically touched. 1 This led to “range wars” ...
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Invasive Grasses Threaten Mule Deer but Strategic Action Can Turn the Tide, UW Research Suggests

Mule deer graze in sagebrush during the fall 2023 migration near the Prospect Mountains in western Wyoming. New UW research shows that cheatgrass and other invasive plants are threatening deer habitat ...
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UW-Led Study Traces Indigenous Population Shifts in North America Before Europeans

Bob Kelly, professor emeritus of archaeology at UW, excavates a site in Wyoming. Kelly led a new study showing that, if Europeans had arrived in North America a few hundred years earlier, they would ...