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Pam Langer Receives Ellbogen Lifetime Teaching Award
Most educators don’t employ the performing arts to teach biochemistry.
But Pamela Langer, an associate professor in the UW Department of Molecular Biology, has always taken a unique approach to teaching and learning.
Langer is the 2023 recipient of …

UW Extension’s Communications Office Receives National Honors
The University of Wyoming Extension’s communications team earned national recognition from the Association for Communication Excellence (ACE) for work produced in 2022.
ACE is a professional organization for communicators, faculty, and administrators in colleges of agriculture and ag-related industries across

UW Receives Funding to Revamp Rocky Mountain Herbarium, Support Botany Students
Thanks to a new federal grant and a generous private donation, the University of Wyoming’s Rocky Mountain Herbarium will be able to update and expand its current facilities as well as support a graduate student in the botany department.…

Wyoming’s Cent$ible Nutrition Program Manager Elected to National Leadership Team
A member of the University of Wyoming Extension’s Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP) has been elected to a national professional association for nutrition education administrators.
CNP Manager Kali McCrackin Goodenough began her term on the seven-member leadership team of the Association …

UW Extension to Offer Geodome Workshop, Arbor Day Activities in Rawlins
The University of Wyoming Extension has partnered with the City of Rawlins to offer free Arbor Day events Friday and Saturday, June 2-3. Activities include a geodesic dome build at the Rawlins Urban Orchard and presentations on tree care, landscape …

UW and CWC Join New Regional Initiative to Bolster Local Food Systems
The University of Wyoming and Central Wyoming College recently received a $1.3 million USDA grant as part of a five-year regional initiative to strengthen local food systems.
The project, titled the Northwest and Rocky Mountain Regional Food Business Center, aims …

Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station Recognizes Outstanding Staff, Researchers
At an annual awards banquet earlier this month, the Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station (WAES) honored faculty and staff for exemplary performance and research accomplishments.
WAES is the research arm of the UW College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources. …

New 4-H Educator Joins UW Extension’s Sublette County Office
The University of Wyoming Extension welcomes Tiera Bevilacqua as the new 4-H educator for Sublette County.
Prior to joining UW Extension last month, Bevilacqua taught family and consumer sciences at De Pere High School in De Pere, Wisconsin. She served …

Grass-Cast: Add This Forage Forecast to Your Decision-Making Toolbox
It is a busy time with lambing and calving in full swing, and the grass is finally entering spring green-up. Even with the long list of spring chores, it is never too early to start thinking about summer grazing plans.…

UW College of Ag Celebrates Outstanding Faculty, Staff
Outstanding faculty and staff in the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources were recognized at the College’s annual awards banquet in Laramie earlier this month.
Award recipients included members of the Department of Ecosystem Science …

Ten Sleep Student Overcomes Adversity to Graduate from UW
So many times in Kinley Erickson’s young life, she doubted that she could ever finish school — not due to poor grades, but because of what life has thrown the Ten Sleep student’s way the last few years.
Erickson, who …

UW and Oklahoma State Researchers Call for Single Approach on Wild Horses
The federal government’s management of wild horses is doomed to fail without fundamental changes in policy and the law, according to a new paper led by researchers at the University of Wyoming and Oklahoma State University.
Because contrasting societal views …

Presidential Scholarly Achievement Awards Recognize Outstanding UW Faculty
University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel has recognized faculty members who demonstrate high achievement in scholarship with 2023 Presidential Scholarly Achievement Awards.
Started by Seidel in 2022, the awards include two tracks: one for tenured faculty and one for early-career …

UW Student Earns Prestigious Udall Scholarship After Life of Personal Challenges
Five years ago, Chelsea-Victoria Turner was battling drug and alcohol addiction while living on the streets of Cheyenne. It got worse. She ended up spending time in jail.
Today, the University of Wyoming junior is a 2023 Udall Scholar, …