Community Calendar

Join us for an evening with Journalist Jonathan Kay and learn about Canada's Unmarked-Graves Social Panic, Five Years Later. Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available.

You are invited to attend a networking event featuring small business owners in Laramie County. Hear pitches from local small business owners, share your passion with an audience, and get to know your neighbors!

If you would like to present your business, email Kenny Overby at koverby@uwyo.edu by September 1st. Please note, we will only have one business presentation per industry so sign-up early!

Let's talk responsible data center development. At this community forum, we’ll be there to answer questions, hear your concerns, discuss what responsible data center development looks like, and share how you can weigh in on proposed projects and ensure they benefit local communities

An RSVP is recommended, but not required.

Presentations by small grant recipients on their research on the effect of predators on Greater Sage-Grouse population dynamics and how bats respond to forestry management practices in the face of increased wildfire intensity.

Be a part of stewardship in Grand Teton National Park! Projects vary; work involves light to moderate physical activity. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Tools and protective equipment are provided. Times Vary.

The Slow Food Farm Stand is open every Thursday & Friday, 12–6pm at the Snake River Brewing lot in Jackson, (280 S Jackson St.) Shop fresh, seasonal produce from over 30 local and regional farmers all summer long through September.

Join us for the 27th annual George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology and Wyoming Archaeology Awareness Month lecture. This year's esteemed guest will be Dr. Steve L. Kuhn, Riecker Distinguished Professor at the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Dr. Kuhn will be lecturing on "Cyborgs in the Stone Age? Humanity's long road to technological dependence.

Please join us for this free, educational event. A catered reception follows the lecture in the Anthropology building foyer.

Mark your calendar to celebrate with Ucross at our biennial Wyoming gala. Join us for an evening of dinner, entertainment, a lively auction, and an awards ceremony. ​

​Details and ticketing information to follow. Visit ucross.org for the latest updates.

Join us for Pitch Day 2026— free and open to all! Reception to follow the main event.

Pitch Day features select Wyoming entrepreneurs showcasing their innovative and creative businesses to a panel of esteemed judges and a live audience. Cash prizes will be awarded in three categories. Pitch Day is an intensive program that provides multiple coaching sessions to finalists. The event celebrates both their months of work and the entrepreneurial community Silicon Couloir has built.

For details about our five incredible finalists and pre-registration please visit https://www.siliconcouloir.com/pitch-day

On a hot August day in 1891, Frank Melbourne toiled away inside a darkened stable in Cheyenne, Wyoming. His task? To make it rain. Wyoming and the Great Plains were suffering from a drought in the 1890s, arguably worse than the infamous dust bowl of the 1930s. To ease the suffering, people turned to anyone who promised the knowledge to make the skies open; including a self-proclaimed “Rain Wizard.” In the case of the August 1891 experiment, it worked! The Cheyenne Daily Leader reported “Cheyenne was enveloped in a capacious, energetic and altogether reliable rain storm [sic].” Melbourne next traveled to Idaho, Utah, and Kansas. Could he repeat his wizardry and make it rain, or was he really just a “humbug?”