In 2004, Katherine Rogers, a student from Rock Springs, entered UW as an undergraduate. During her freshman year, she developed an interest in the biomedical field.
Rogers told an adviser she wanted to wash dishes in a lab just to see what the scientific world was like. But rather than washing dishes, Rogers ended up participating in research funded by the American Cancer Society and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
A University of Wyoming Extension range specialist has partnered with producers in northwest Wyoming to test the use of GPS ear tags in tracking cattle movement and monitoring for predation events.
For families with young children, meals can be a battlefield. But what if it didn’t have to be a fight?
Grace Shearrer, assistant professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, is investigating common toddler eating behaviors, parental feeding approaches, and ways to dismantle mealtime tug-of-wars.
A new walk-in growth chamber at the University of Wyoming’s Plant Growth and Phenotyping Facility will allow UW researchers to advance photobiology, a rapidly growing subfield in plant science that explores how light quality influences plant growth, development, and resource-use efficiency.
Antimicrobial resistance, in which harmful microbes become resistant to treatments like antibiotics, is a growing problem around the world. But little is known about how this constantly evolving public health threat is impacting Wyoming livestock, pets, and wildlife.
A $1 million gift from Wyoming rancher and conservationist Bob Model to the University of Wyoming—doubled to $2 million with state matching—establishes the Boone and Crockett Club Professor of Working Lands Wildlife Conservation, which will address some of wildlife conservation’s most pressing challenges.
The University of Wyoming Extension will host its biennial Southeast Wyoming Beef Symposium and Trade Show on Tuesday, Nov. 17, in Lusk, Wyoming.