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UW Athletics/John DurgeeA switch of quarterback was not enough as the Cowboys lost to Utah State 27-25 on Saturday evening. -
UW AthleticsAfter a strong pre-nationals meet, the Cowboys climb the ranks to 20th in the nation.
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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. -
The panel will discuss UW’s new Statement of Principles. -
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). -
On March 10, with a mix of nerves and excitement, sixty members of the University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra settled down for a long 10 hour flight to Germany and an extra connecting flight to France. They spent almost a week there, performing and exploring. -
Over the past year, the media organization Grist located and mapped more than 8 million acres of land taken from 123 Indigenous nations in the form of state-trust lands. Their Misplaced Trust series explores how these lands have produced billions of dollars for fourteen land-grant universities, including the University of Wyoming. Wyoming Public Radio’s Hannah Habermann spoke with Grist editor-at-large Tristan Ahtone and Grist spatial data analyst Maria Parazo Rose about the project. -
On a Wednesday evening, University of Wyoming (UW) students, faculty and community poured into the Arena-Auditorium on the UW Campus. Even though a couple hundred people were in this basketball arena it was eerily quiet and felt empty. They were there to attend the celebration of life memorial in honor of the three UW swimmers who passed away in a single vehicle crash on US Highway 287. -
While Indigenous people make up just three percent of Wyoming’s population, they continue to be the victims of homicides and go missing at disproportionately higher rates than white residents. New data shows that homicide rates have slightly decreased since 2019, but homicide rates for Native people are still five times higher than they are for white people in the state. -
UW Women’s basketball team loses last game but is set at third seed for the Mountain West TournamentTuesday night the Cowgirls faced off against San Diego State University (SDSU) in San Diego for their last game of the regular season. They hoped to come out with a win in order to have a chance at the number two seed for the Mountain West Tournament, but fell short. They lost in the last three minutes of the game with a final score of 55-58. -
The comic book creator had a long-standing relationship with the American Heritage Center -
Thursday afternoon five University of Wyoming (UW) swim team members were in a fatal single-vehicle crash, killing three and injuring two. According to the Colorado State Patrol, the incident took place on U.S. Highway 287 -- ten miles south of the Wyoming-Colorado border, when the car veered off the left shoulder of a southbound lane, rolling multiple times and ejecting two people.
