Using fruit flies to understand the molecular basis of human disease and examining the early calf microbiome to improve feed efficiency in cattle are among stories highlighted in the research magazine Reflections from the University of Wyoming.
The magazine is …
Wyoming private and commercial pesticide applicator certification and recertification has changed with the effects of COVID-19.
Private applicators have multiple options to certify (or re-recertify). They can attend an in-person meeting, complete the take-home workbook or compete the 50-question exam, …
Five University of Wyoming Extension 4-H educators received national recognition during the National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals conference in October.
Crook County 4-H educator Sara Fleenor received the Excellence in Communication and Expressive Arts Award. This honor …
University of Wyoming scientists will use an $800,000 grant from the Wyoming Department of Public Health to test effluent from Wyoming communities for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
The testing could show disease trends and even predict outbreaks days …
There would be no live radio broadcasts or Wyoming television stations airing videos of standout performances last Saturday from Douglas.
There were no footballs, volleyballs or soccer balls. Youths in the University of Wyoming Extension’s 4-H Program scurrying to prepare …
Ditching laptops and donning rubber boots and coveralls, University of Wyoming students prep within five minutes for class.
This isn’t the standard dress for COVID-19 precautions but for class on the UW Meat Laboratory kill floor.
This is just one …
A University of Wyoming nutrition program is adding to its services by hurdling COVID-19 social distancing barriers and offering online nutrition classes to individuals through partner agencies.
The Cent$ible Nutrition Program halted in person classes earlier this year but recently …
The University of Wyoming Extension’s Cen$ible Nutrition Program is encouraging families to “go on a ghost hunt” this month.
“The idea is that people who want to participate will print the ghost image and put it up in one of …
A more than half-million-dollar grant awarded for a collaborative project between the University of Wyoming and Central Wyoming College (CWC) will focus on recruiting more Native American students in food, agriculture, natural resources and human (FANH) sciences.
The National Institute …
University of Wyoming College of Agriculture and Natural Resources facilities are being used as a basecamp and shelter for personnel battling the Mullen fire in the Medicine Bow National Forest west of Laramie.
The university is coordinating with other emergency …
All that carving, tossing, dropping and chucking this time of year could turn any toothy pumpkin smile upside down.
But that sense of humor never changes once pumpkins hit the big leagues – the heavyweights. Jerry Erschabeck of Torrington gave …
If you are a gardener, winter might not be your favorite time of the year. However, winter is a great time to start planning next summer’s garden. If you gardened this summer, now is a good …
Mutants and a superpower used by a University of Wyoming molecular biologist led to discovering certain genes implicated in cancer, genetic diseases and birth defects can serve as traffic cops directing complex transportation superhighways inside cells.
This discovery by scientists …
The University of Wyoming livestock judging team won all six team categories at the Casper College fall contest last weekend after six months with no contests due to COVID-19 concerns.
Ten teams competed from UW, Colorado State University, Casper College, …
The Riverbend Endowed Professor of Wildlife-Livestock Health position at the University of Wyoming has the potential to have an immense benefit on the state’s livestock and wildlife, said the faculty member appointed to the position.
Kerry Sondgeroth, an associate professor …
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