Graduate student Jack Alford studies wildlife populations in the arid, high-elevation landscapes of southern Wyoming. But his roots trace back to the humid, hurricane-prone Florida coast.
When Hurricane Milton swept across his home state in October 2024, Alford was thousands of miles away. But he quickly became involved in relief efforts from afar, working with a team of UW faculty and students to provide disaster-mapping services.
Under the guidance of Ramesh Sivanpillai, an instructional professor in the School of Computing and Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WyGISC), Alford and 31 fellow volunteers combed through thousands of images to identify damaged homes and structures in five Florida communities.
A sweeping University of Wyoming study of wild horses on federal lands across seven Western states has found that the animals have a high ability to gain nutrition from a variety of plants and, by so doing, maintain good body condition, even in winter.
Previous studies have shown that mountain lions tend to shy away from feeding sites that have been disturbed by human presence. However, a group of University of Wyoming researchers has turned that conventional notion on its head.
Three University of Wyoming doctoral students will present their research to the public during a Science Café Friday, Nov. 7, from 6-8 p.m.
University of Wyoming Libraries and the UW Natural Science Collections Partnership have joined forces to showcase the university’s diverse scientific collections in a new exhibition titled “The Natural Archive: Glimpses into the University of Wyoming’s Scientific Collections.”
On Friday, Nov. 14, the University of Wyoming Extension will host its 2025 Northwest Crop Symposium in Powell.
The 29th Range Beef Cow Symposium, an educational event for cattle producers in Wyoming and across the Intermountain West, will take place Monday, Nov. 10, through Tuesday, Nov. 11, in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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