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A junior accounting major is the second winner of a $300 prize in a weekly drawing for University of Wyoming students who’ve reported being vaccinated for COVID-19.
The $300 cash prizes, as well as other prizes, will go out weekly until the sixth week of the fall semester Sept. 27.
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The University of Wyoming has begun planning for a new School of Computing, following action by the UW Board of Trustees Wednesday.
Recently, the board approved the UW administration’s notice of intent to develop the new academic unit, which would infuse computation, and digital and d…

Recently, 25 high school students from across Wyoming and one from Colorado worked in teams to determine whether planets near different-colored stars could actually be habitable.
The activity was part of the Teton STEM Academy, which is a nine-day event that offers hands-on activities in the interdis…

The University of Wyoming has a number of in-person activities planned to welcome first-time and transfer students as it prepares for a traditional fall 2021 semester.
First-year students living in the residence halls will move in Thursday, Aug...

A University of Wyoming program called IMPACT 307 will be hosting "START 307," a two-day business tutorial webinar event on June 28-29 from 4-6 pm.
David Bohling, director of IMPACT Laramie, will present the webinar.
Attendees will receive an introductory understanding of business informatio…

The moon will be in the spotlight this July at the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium.
A film and a special live talk for audiences will be featured each week.

Pat Reedy, a New Orleans musician, and his band, the Longtime Goners, will be performing on Wednesday, June 23, as part of the University of Wyoming's Summer Concert Series.
Reedy will be performing from 11:45 am to 1 pm at the Simpson Plaza...

The University of Wyoming will be moving to a new COVID-19 testing program beginning the week of July 5.
Each week, 3 percent of UW’s active employees, students enrolled in in-person classes and those living on campus will be randomly selected and receive emails to schedule their diag…

The University of Wyoming Department of Theatre and Dance’s 2021 Snowy Range Summer Theatre season is open with its first public theater production since spring 2020.
David Ives’ evening of one-act plays, titled “All in the Timing,” runs Jun…

A new study which was led by the University of Wyoming sheds light on the relationship of ecological trade-offs, as well as challenges the nature of this relationship.
Daniel Laughlin, an associate professor in the UW Department of Botany and director of the Global Vegetation Project, led the study, …