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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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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. 

A traveling version of the University of Wyoming’s “The Natural Archive: Glimpses into the University of Wyoming’s Scientific Collections” exhibit will visit libraries across the state beginning in early October. The Wyoming State Library is coordinating the tour, which starts at the Goshen County Library in Torrington. Twenty-five main and branch libraries are hosting the exhibit, which will remain on the road through October 2028.

The former Aquatic Bug Day will emerge from the water and also include a look at terrestrial bug species this year. Wigglers and swimmers will share the stage with creepers, crawlers, and fliers during the renamed UW Bug Day from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 26, at LaPrele Park in Laramie.

Christopher Bastian has been selected as the inaugural Doug and Deniz Stark Ranch Management and Agricultural Leadership Professor at the University of Wyoming. Bastian joined UW in 1993 and currently serves as a teaching-research professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, where he has more than 30 years of service.

Just as a city cannot be understood by studying individual buildings without considering the roads connecting them, the brain cannot be fully comprehended by examining individual neurons without studying how they work together as a network. This is how Rongsong Liu, a professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Department of Zoology and Physiology, views the work she and other researchers conducted using graph theory to better understand autism spectral disorder (ASD) in mice.

A group of Wyoming farmers and ranchers will come together the morning of Sept. 24 doing something few producers ever get to do: communicating to the nation's central bank, in their own words, the challenges the agricultural industry is currently facing.

Throughout the summer, members of the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources have earned scholarships, grants, and other honors through their exceptional efforts. Read more about UW’s outstanding awardees below.

A new wildlife documentary gives an unprecedented view into how Yellowstone bison recovered from near-extinction and relearned to migrate. “What Bison See: Restoring Yellowstone’s Lost Migrations” features exclusive footage from the first high-definition camera collars deployed on bison in the national park.