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The UW Board of Trustees voted to extend an agreement with the Albany County School District to house the Lab School. This comes after the school district failed to sign a new contract with UW last year, saying they couldn’t settle on issues like security and staff costs.
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Wyoming is lucky to still have a newspaper in every county. But last year, the Casper Star Tribune stopped producing a daily newspaper, going to three a week. Now there are no more daily papers in the state, and that qualifies Wyoming as a news desert.
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Land-grant universities, like the University of Wyoming (UW), largely got their start on land taken from Native peoples – and many of these schools continue to benefit from those lands today. Recently, some have started free tuition waivers for Native students as a way to acknowledge this history. Members of the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes have been advocating for the same to happen at UW.
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The exhibition is on display at universities in over 20 countries.
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Six University of Wyoming sorority sisters are appealing a federal judge's ruling from August that a transgender student could join their sorority. Oral arguments for the appeal are set for Tuesday.
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A study released by the University of Wyoming’s Outdoor Recreation, Tourism and Hospitality Initiative (WORTH) estimates the growth of the state’s travel industry is projected to outpace all other industries by 2030. But the study also finds there’s a shortage of qualified workers to keep up with that expansion.
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As the spring sun warms the long frozen plains of Wyoming, the University of Wyoming (UW) football team has just wrapped up its spring camp, leaving fans eager and optimistic for the upcoming season.
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In their election last month, University of Wyoming (UW) students chose new leadership to represent them. Members of student government both past and present saw this election as a microcosm of the partisan debates and influences now descending on campus.
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An Italian Supreme Court case in the 90s sparked international outrage when a judge didn’t convict a perpetrator in an assault case – on the premise that the survivor’s jeans were too tight. That outrage turned into Denim Day, an annual day of action that raises awareness around sexual assault and pushes back against victim-blaming.On April 24, University of Wyoming (UW) community members are invited to wear denim to show their solidarity for survivors of sexual assault. April is also Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
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The panel will discuss UW’s new Statement of Principles.
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After a disappointing loss in the Mountain West Championship quarterfinals against Boise State, the Cowgirls were invited back to the Women’s National Invitational Tournament (WNIT).