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After Hurricane Milton decimated many parts of Florida in early October, Ramesh Sivanpillai received a familiar call.

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

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.

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

The interim dean of the University of Wyoming’s College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources has been named dean of the college.

When wild horse populations are allowed to grow beyond numbers set by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), sage grouse numbers suffer, according to newly published research led by University of Wyoming scientists.

In the feeder sector of the beef industry, the use of growth implants is one common method for improving gain and feed efficiency.

Ellen Currano, a professor in the University of Wyoming’s Department of Botany and Department of Geology and Geophysics, was recently named a Fellow by the Paleontological Society.

As the last of the hay is put up, and signs of fall are in the air, many sheep producers across the Western range will begin thinking about the next season in the sheep industry: culling ewes.

Members of the public will find out more about the University of Wyoming’s presence in Washakie County, and UW alumni will connect with their alma mater during a “UW in Your Community” gathering Monday, Oct. 21, in Worland.

University of Wyoming research regarding the impact of trout introductions in the high-elevation lakes of Wyoming’s Wind River Range is continuing with the support of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

More than 1,300 people attended the recent third annual University of Wyoming STEM Carnival to celebrate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Two University of Wyoming faculty members will study how to understand the microcircuit changes that occur in the brain’s prefrontal cortex during normal aging as well as disease progression in Alzheimer’s disease.