Molecular biology lecturer John Willford is one of 34 recipients of the Promoting Intellectual Engagement (PIE) award.
Molecular biology lecturer recognized for intellectually engaging students
Year: 2018
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant
Taylor Kraft, a master’s student in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, received an Ellbogen Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant award.
Mortar Board selects students for senior honor society
Mortar Board is a national honor society that recognizes college seniors for outstanding achievement in scholarship, leadership and service. It provides opportunities for continued leadership development, promotes service to colleges and universities, and encourages lifelong contributions to the global community.
130 undergraduates expected in commencement ceremony
More than 130 undergraduate and 25 graduate students in the college are expected to walk during spring commencement on Saturday, May 12, in the Arena Auditorium.
Calendar
May 12: Commencement May 14: Summer hours begin, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. May 28: Memorial Day, UW offices closed
Proposals Submitted
Bangoura, Berit, Kerry Sondgeroth, John Ritten, and Travis Smith: $499,516 to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) for “Impact of Coccidial Infections on Animal Health and Economy on Organic Dairy Farms.” Crane, Kelly: $28,636 to USDA NIFA for “The…
Changing Faces, Changing Places
Welcome Hamilton, Brittany: 4-H Youth Development Educator, Weston County Hitshew-Small, Amanda: Wind River Indian Reservation UW Extension, Natural Resources/4-H Youth Development Educator Lay, Michaela: Goshen County Extension, administrative assistant Philpott, Sabrina: Big Horn County Extension, office assistant, senior Farewell Whipple, Glen: Associate Dean/Director of UW…
New Videos from UW Extension
Spring Fertilizer Pesticide Absorption Rates Pine Needle Scale Planting a Lawn from Seed
Department of Molecular Biology Seminars
Fridays, 2:10-3 p.m., Animal Science/Molecular Biology building, room 103 – May 4: “Mechanotransduction through the LINC Complex,” Megan King, Yale School of Medicine
Department of Plant Sciences Seminars
Fridays, 1:10-2:00 p.m., Ag C building, room 2024 May 4: “Biodiversity in Agroecosystems: The Effects of Interseeding Cover Crop Mixtures on Plant Productivity and Ground Beetle Communities,” Sara Carabajal, MS defense
New Publications
Forage Kochia Establishment: Effects of Planting Time and Grass Mixtures Using No-Till to Minimize Extreme Weather Impacts
Why study bugs?
As students worked to identify insects under microscopes, we asked what brought them to the 14th Annual Entomology Short Course March 13-15.
Looking ahead – There may be a time you might print that burger
Jim Kinder from The Ohio State University was standing in front of a class in room 103 in the University of Wyoming’s Animal Science/Molecular Biology Building, its roof providing protection from any lightning strikes from heaven. The words “synthetic meat” had just come from his…
Sharma honored for advancing engineering related to resource systems
Plant sciences department Assistant Professor Vivek Sharma was named to the 2018 Class of New Faces of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering (ASABE).
Scenes from Wyoming Bee College
From the 5th Annual Wyoming Bee College March 17-18 in Cheyenne.