Year: 2026

The University of Wyoming’s annual Ranch Management and Agricultural Leadership (RMAL) seminar series begins Thursday, Feb. 12, on UW’s Laramie campus.

The University of Wyoming Extension will host its WESTI Ag Day conference Tuesday, Feb. 3, in Worland.

A University of Wyoming faculty member wants to help college students become better writers of science by giving academics the tools necessary to do so.

The University of Wyoming Extension has published a new interview-based report identifying key changes, challenges, and opportunities encountered by ranchers in Wyoming’s Upper Wind River Basin.

University of Wyoming entomology professor Scott Shaw recently contributed to a comprehensive new book on Darwin wasps, a group of insects that have a vital role in agriculture.

For new and current 4-H volunteers, the University of Wyoming Extension will offer an in-person training opportunity in Buffalo Saturday, Jan. 31.

The University of Wyoming Extension welcomes Savannah May as the new 4-H youth development educator serving Sublette County.

Chase Markel, a University of Wyoming Ph.D. student from Wheatland, is harnessing artificial intelligence to transform how animal scientists study risk factors for congestive heart failure in cattle.

A University of Wyoming alumnus and a UW professor of statistics have published a study proposing the use of spatially balanced rotating panel designs as a time and cost-efficient way to monitor the ecological reclamation of oil and natural gas sites while increasing data quality. 

On Thursday, Jan. 22, the University of Wyoming Extension will host the Southwest Wyoming Ag Day in Kemmerer.

If you’ve ever stayed home sick, you’ve probably experienced the unpleasant temperature swings that accompany a fever. You may remember feeling chilled, then warming up as your fever spiked—a well-established process governed by the autonomic nervous system. But maybe you also wrapped up in a blanket to keep warm. The science behind this kind of behavioral response is less well understood.

Whitebark pines tend to grow slowly and live long, sometimes surviving for more than 1,000 years. But, as extreme weather events increase in both frequency and severity, whitebark pines have grown increasingly vulnerable to extinction. According to a new study led by UW researchers, this heightened risk is partly because many different white-bark pine populations are responding to environmental changes in sync.

Led by Donna Harris, assistant professor of plant breeding and genetics in the Department of Plant Sciences, a team of scientists is using drones to help speed the development of soybean and dry bean varieties.

In today’s world, we’re bombarded by thousands of cheap clothing options. It’s easy to pick up new clothes for the summer—and it’s easy to dispose of these items, too. But in associate professor Jennifer Harmon’s Introduction to Textile Science class, UW undergraduates learn that disposing of clothing and other textiles is not as simple as it seems.

How exactly do gametes come together and fuse to create new life? That’s what Jen Pinello, an assistant professor in UW’s molecular biology department, set out to investigate. Surprisingly, her research may also hold the key to preventing the infectious spread of deadly diseases, such as malaria.