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UW Research Points to Bug Benefits From Changing Color of Wind Turbines
Anyone who has driven around Wyoming has likely noticed large wind turbines dotting the prairie landscape. And while the large white rotor blades may catch a motorist’s eye, they also could be attracting insects due to their light color.
To …

Denmark Museum Highlights UW Entomologist’s Naming of Shakira Wasp
Nine years ago, University of Wyoming entomologist Scott Shaw and colleague Eduardo Shimbori gained a moment of fame by naming several newly discovered South American insect species for celebrities — including a wasp for singer and musician Shakira (Aleiodes …

New Educator Joins UW Extension’s Campbell County Office
The University of Wyoming Extension welcomes Sara Olsen as a community vitality and health educator in Campbell County.
Olsen has experience in creating relationships with many kinds of people, and she is enthusiastic about inspiring everyone to focus more on …

Society for Glycobiology Honors UW’s Jarvis

GrowinG Internship Program Yields a Successful Second Season
After only its second year, the innovative GrowinG Internship Program is already growing in new ways.
The program is designed to prepare a new generation of farmers and ranchers for success. It gives prospective farmers and ranchers valuable on-the-ground experience …

UW Researchers Study Plant Recovery Following Mass Extinction of Dinosaurs

Resolving Conflicts Through Mediation
Are you looking for a constructive and peaceful way to resolve a conflict? Multiple organizations offer unbiased mediators specially trained to facilitate conversations between disputing parties to guide them toward finding mutually acceptable resolutions. Mediators do not impose solutions; instead, …

New 4-H Educator Joins UW Extension’s Uinta County Office
The University of Wyoming Extension welcomes Samantha Krieger as Uinta County’s 4-H youth development educator.
Krieger recently moved from Utah, where she worked as the Summit County 4-H coordinator. In her previous role, she introduced non-traditional programs, including First Lego …

Beyond the Prickles: Distinguish Native Thistles from Invasive Before Implementing Management

UW Professor Named Fellow of Western Agricultural Economics Association
Christopher Bastian, a professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, was recently appointed a fellow in the Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA).
The WAEA is an organization dedicated to promoting greater coordination, research and …

UW Researchers Find Evolutionary Adaptation in Trout of Wind Rivers
The lakes in Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains historically didn’t contain fish, but stocking of trout that began in the early 1900s has created an environment in which hundreds of those lakes now have strong fish populations — some carried on …

UW Extension to Offer Weeklong Geodesic Dome School in Laramie
For those interested in learning how to build a geodesic dome greenhouse, the University of Wyoming Extension will offer an intensive five-day class in Laramie Sept. 11–15.
Unlike previous workshops hosted by UW Extension, the geodome school covers each step …

Wyoming Wool Initiative Seeks Support for Second Annual Lamb-a-Year Program
After a successful first year, Wyoming Wool Initiative seeks donations for its second annual Lamb-a-Year program.
While steer-a-year programs are common across the U.S., the Lamb-a-Year program is one of the first of its kind. The program connects donors with …

UW’s Laughlin Author of New Book About Plant Strategies
How do plants make a living? Some plants are gamblers, while others are swindlers. Some plants are habitual spenders, while others are strugglers and miserly savers. Plants have evolved a spectacular array of solutions to the existential problems of survival …