University of Wyoming

The University of Wyoming's only peer-reviewed scientific journal ''Rocky Mountain Geology'', is celebrating it's 50th anniversary this year. Editor and Geology Professor Art Snoke says the journal fills an important niche as a high-quality journal devoted to the region's unique geological features. The deadline to upload photos for the Wyoming Business Council Agribusiness Division 5 annual photo contest is Saturday. Amy Richards has a report. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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The state unemployment rate increased from 5.4% in June to 5.6% in July. Amy Richards has a report. The University of Wyoming is gearing up for the first day of classes on Monday, August 27th by offering the Summit Transitions Program designed especially for incoming students. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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Campbell County Economic Development and the University of Wyoming are moving forward with plans to build a new business incubator at the University of Wyoming. Business Reporter Sharon Fain has details. Effective immediately,  Wyoming elk hunters can have up to three elk licenses in select hunt areas across Wyoming. Amy Richards reports. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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The University of Wyoming and a state non-profit rural water organization have teamed up in an effort to make water safer to drink worldwide. Doug Randall reports.  A Virginia man was a repeat winner of  Saturday's National AARP Spelling Bee in Cheyenne. Deborah Smith has the details. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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The driver of an SUV involved in a crash with a covered wagon that injured three people and killed two horses has been charged. Kevin Koile has a report. Volunteers are needed to serve as jurors for mock trials which get underway Friday at the University of Wyoming College of Law

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Kenneth Sims, an Associate Professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Geology and Geophysics, has received a National Science Foundation Grant to study Mount Erebus in Antarctica. Amy Richards has a report. Solvay Chemicals has installed  a methane recovery facility at it's trona mine in Sweetwater County. Business Reporter Sharon Fain  has details. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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Google is announcing the Wyoming Get Your Business Online Program. Amy Richards has a report. A Wyoming PBS documentary filmed at the 2010 AARP National Spelling Bee in Cheyenne and a documentary produced by the University of Wyoming recently have won several awards. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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Bill Murphy of the USDA Risk Management Agency says that agency will have the necessary funding available to handle potential crop insurance claims related to the drought conditions much of the country is experiencing. A team of students, faculty, staff and administrators from the University of Wyoming joined similar teams from 32 institutions across the country in Washington D.C. recently to learn about ways to improve the health of their students by reducing risks associated with high-risk drinking. Amy Richards has a report. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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The National Science Foundation has chosen seven University of Wyoming Research projects that will use the National Center For Atmospheric Research (NCAR) supercomputing center in Cheyenne this fall. U-W Mathematics Professor Bryan Shader says the computational researchers are working on projects that are of great importance to Wyoming. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is seeking information about a poaching incident near Sierra Trading Post in Cheyenne last month in which a pronghorn antelope was illegally killed. Amy Richards has a report. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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