At an annual professional development conference in Sheridan earlier this month, the University of Wyoming Extension honored employees who go above and beyond to serve their communities.

Participants in the Sheep Innovators Exchange will travel to New Zealand to explore the country’s renowned sheep industry.

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.

A University of Wyoming graduate student has been honored for her research showing that, among other things, a rare aquatic beetle in central Wyoming is found in more streams than had been documented previously.

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 has released a new publication describing a problem with market-based conservation programs where companies pay landowners to meet certain conservation goals.

What if we developed perennial grain crops, which combine the environmental benefits of native plants with the agricultural needs of modern humans?

“You’re uncovering universal biology that will apply up and down the animal kingdom,” says Fay. “There’s fundamental cellular processes that are needed for molting.”

The University of Wyoming Extension welcomes Kristi Nagy back as the 4-H youth development educator for Laramie County.

How do diet and mental health influence one another? 

The University of Wyoming Extension will host its biennial Southeast Wyoming Beef Symposium and Trade Show Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Torrington.

Insects are often an afterthought in the discussion of conservation issues related to wind energy infrastructure.