For small businesses that specialize in bridal wear and clothing alteration services, Wyoming’s geography and rural character can create unique challenges. But that hasn’t prevented entrepreneurial graduates of the University of Wyoming’s Design, Merchandising and Textiles Program from succeeding in this niche industry.
A new perspective article in the journal Biological Conservation argues that virtual livestock fencing could reshape how ranchers and conservationists manage working lands.
The article was led by Drew Bennett, the Whitney MacMillan Professor of Practice in the University of Wyoming’s Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, and co-written by Haub School colleagues Temple Stoellinger and Jacob Hochard, and UW Department of Zoology and Physiology faculty members Jerod Merkle and Kurt Smith.
This year, the weather has been very challenging across most of Wyoming. Despite some recent welcome precipitation, many of our communities are still dealing with drought and/or water use restrictions. The tips below can help you make the most of the water you have.
Owen Funk, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wyoming in the Department of Molecular Biology, was recently awarded a highly competitive National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pathway to Independence Grant. The five-year grant from the NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) began March 2026.
April marked the Month of the Military Child, a month where military youth are recognized for their courage, sacrifices, and service to their communities, country, and their world. While navigating childhood and pre-adolescence can be challenging for all youth, military youth face additional challenges as their families serve. must they be recognized for their resilience and service. The University of Wyoming Extension recognizes and appreciates how much these youth do for their communities.
Research partners Sara Germain and Tucker Furniss aren’t in danger of missing the forest for the trees—or the trees for the forest. Instead, they’re interested in the connections between individual tree health and overall forest health.
The University of Wyoming’s Institute for Managing Annual Grasses Invading Natural Ecosystems (IMAGINE) has released two short films highlighting cheatgrass management efforts in Carbon and Sublette counties.
These films are the latest installments in an ongoing seven-part series highlighting collaborative efforts to “defend the core” from invasive annual grasses like cheatgrass, medusahead, and ventenata.
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