Natural history museums are traditionally places of science, but the Museum of Vertebrates has a long record of working with artists to educate the public, foster relationships, and build understanding between people working in different fields.
“Museum work is not just science. It’s a little bit of history, art, detective work, and culture of the people that lived in the area,” says Beth Wommack, staff curator and collections manager of the Museum of Vertebrates. “People interested in science can come from anywhere.”
Participants in the Sheep Innovators Exchange will travel to New Zealand to explore the country’s renowned sheep industry.
The University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources hosts three museums of natural history: the Insect Museum, the Rocky Mountain Herbarium, and the Museum of Vertebrates.
The University of Wyoming Extension recently created a new program designed to inspire outdoor adventures and help families connect.
If you asked Brian Sebade to name all the plants growing in your field, pasture, or backyard, he could do it. If pressed, he’d probably nonchalantly rattle off their scientific names as well.
The University of Wyoming’s Wyoming IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) will enhance biomedical research infrastructure, research competitiveness, training, and workforce development with the assistance of a federal grant to develop a cloud-based genomics data learning module.
The inaugural cohort of the University of Wyoming’s Presidential Leadership Institute (PLI) has successfully completed the program.
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