When Mary Martin took a job with the University of Wyoming Extension in 1975, she had recently turned 21, had never been to Wyoming, and didn’t know a soul in the state. She had just graduated from the University of North Dakota, which was about 90 miles from her hometown in Devils Lake, North Dakota.
The University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources (CALSNR) recognized outstanding alumni, valued partners and generous supporters at the 2026 Dean’s Legacy Dinner in Laramie Friday, Oct. 16. The annual event occurs during Agriculture Appreciation weekend, a celebration of UW’s connection to the agricultural community.
A research initiative at the University of Wyoming School of Energy Resources (SER) that explores novel uses for Wyoming coal has hit a tangible milestone: harvesting large carrots using coal char as a soil amendment.
The ongoing study, titled “Carrot yield enhancement using coal char as a soil amendment in Wyoming soil,” is evaluating how pyrolyzed coal (coal char) influences root crop production and soil physical properties in both greenhouse and field environments.
Autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis transform the body’s immune system from protector to attacker, often causing painful long-term symptoms.
As rheumatoid arthritis (RA) progresses, it leads to increasingly severe joint inflammation, which can result in permanent damage. Currently, there’s no cure for the disease.
Anderson, a University of Wyoming junior from Casper majoring in biology, has been on the hunt since 2025 for a tiny and rare insect, known as Grylloblattodea, or the ice crawler. One of the rarest orders of insects in the world, ice crawlers only have 35 described species. Many species are known only from single localities.
The Wyoming Herpetological Society is hosting its first-ever Wyoming Herpetological Symposium at the University of Wyoming.
The symposium will take place at the UW Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center auditorium from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. The Biodiversity Institute and the lab of Sean Giery, an associate research professor in UW’s Department of Zoology and Physiology, will sponsor the event.
University of Wyoming researchers discovered that mice that exercised lowered their risk for contracting Alzheimer’s disease, a finding that could prove promising in helping humans lower their risk of the disease that causes progressive cognitive decline.