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.
The University of Wyoming will soon house one of the most advanced microscopes in the Mountain West, thanks to a nearly $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded to Eunsook Park, an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Biology.
Drea Hineman, a University of Wyoming student from Gillette, has earned regional recognition for her innovative space-farming research supported by NASA. As a Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium research fellow, Hineman studies sustainable food production in reduced-gravity environments—in other words, farming in space.
University of Wyoming Professor of Botany Camellia Moses Okpodu has joined the Association of College and University Biology Educators (ACUBE) Steering Committee.
STEM-ology, a monthly series of themed science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) events for all ages, continues this month at the University of Wyoming, with events including Toddler Tuesdays, Senior Science Fridays, and fun-filled family Science Saturdays.
This fall, the University of Wyoming Extension recognized administrative professionals in Park and Albany counties for their positivity, dedication, and professionalism.
The University of Wyoming Extension welcomes Amber Comer as the new 4-H livestock specialist for the state.
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