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Last week, 65 cadets in the UW Cowboy Battalion Senior Army ROTC Program participated in a training session with the Wyoming Army National Guard and its command aviation company, located in Cheyenne. The annual flight lab, according to a article, exposes UW鈥檚 cadets to the aviation branch and the capabilities of the aviation branch.
Saipan Tribune, , and published UW鈥檚 release on how tracking data indicate young white storks spend more time exploring new places, while older ones take a more direct route on their annual migrations. UW researchers -- led by Ellen Aikens, who has a joint faculty appointment with UW鈥檚 School of Computing and Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources -- had their study published by .
Irene Zepata-Moran, a UW doctoral student, led a study that was published in that looked into how to balance the needs of Mexico鈥檚 blue agave farmers with the needs of bats and biodiversity. published Zepata-Moran鈥檚 study for an article titled 鈥淐an bats and tequila coexist in Mexico?鈥�
featured an article that focused on recent industry claims of large rare earth element deposits in Wyoming that boast of a potential new mining industry worth billions of dollars. Included in the piece was UW鈥檚 School of Energy Resources鈥� continued research in examining the potential for rare earth elements in coal and coal ash.
UW College of Law Professor Sam Kalen, an environmental law expert, commented on a story on how a legal fight over East Coast fishing regulations could affect Wyoming. The broad case before the U.S. Supreme Court could challenge the rules issued by federal agencies -- potentially influencing everything from the management of grizzly bears and wolves to the regulations placed on oil and gas developers.
and covered 鈥淯W in Your Community鈥� events last week in Greybull, Cowley and Lovell. A UW contingent of administrators, faculty, staff and students presented programs at three high schools in the county, then hosted a community program in Lovell to tout UW鈥檚 work in the Big Horn Basin.
A UW contingent -- led by Bart Geerts, professor of atmospheric science; Jeff French, associate professor and department head of atmospheric science; and professor emeritus Jefferson Snider -- recently studied the possible effects of cold air outbreaks on arctic ice melt. published UW鈥檚 release.
featured UW鈥檚 鈥淔ight the Power: Black 14 Social Justice Summer Institute Exhibit and Reception鈥� that honored the legacy of the university's Black 14 football players. The event was part of UW鈥檚 Black History Month celebration.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough recently met with UW military veterans and emphasized that all Wyoming veterans should have access to the VA benefits that they have earned. covered his UW appearance.
featured Professor Ali Nejadmalayeri, a UW College of Business accounting and finance professor, who discussed, in a column, consumer usage of credit cards without Social Security requirements.
Urszula Norton, a professor of plant sciences in UW鈥檚 College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources, has received a Fulbright Scholarship to study soil contamination in agricultural systems. Norton will conduct research next January at Poland鈥檚 Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences. , ., and published UW鈥檚 release.
The Courier Tribune published UW鈥檚 release on hometown student Allie Midkiff, of Liberty, Mo., who received the Lyman and Margie McDonald Research Award for Quantitative Analysis in Wildlife. Midkiff is a statistics graduate student at UW.
Tulsa, Okla., based Williams recently received a $975,000 grant to study carbon capture and storage efforts in Wyoming. The grant -- to study development of a saline CO2 storage hub near Williams鈥� Echo Springs gas plant at Wamsutter -- is a collaboration between Williams and UW鈥檚 School of Energy Resources, according to .
published UW鈥檚 release reporting that Robert Macy has been selected as the university鈥檚 new director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI). The CEI is dedicated to coordinating, collaborating, promoting and strengthening entrepreneurial and innovation learning at UW.
UW graduate Gannon Guenther, of Glenrock, was sworn in last week as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sri Lanka, making him among 20 volunteers in that country since 1998. reported that Gannon will spend the next two years in Sri Lanka.
