A University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service educator serving Sweetwater and Uinta counties will begin providing marketing expertise in other areas of the state.
Bridger Feuz will continue work as an educator but will dedicate 40 percent of his time to marketing, said Glen Whipple, associate dean and director of the UW CES. Continue reading
A former University of Wyoming postdoctoral fellow is one of 24 individuals named a 2007 MacArthur Fellow.
Cheryl Hayashi, who received a $500,000 award from the MacArthur Fellows Program, was a postdoctoral fellow in the UW College of Agriculture’s Department of Molecular Biology from 1996 to 2001. She researched spider silk in the laboratory of Professor Randy Lewis at UW, and that research has continued in her current job at the University of California, Riverside (UC-Riverside). Continue reading
By Alexandre Latchininsky, Extension entomologist, UW CES
Dry Wyoming weather can contribute to severe infestations of aphids and scale insects in ornamental trees and shrubs. Foliar treatments with broad-spectrum insecticides against these pests are often ineffective or provide just temporary relief. Continue reading
Consumers finding the bewildering amount of nutrition information hard to swallow can cut through the malarkey, add spice to their lives and take the mystery out of serving sizes with three new publications from the University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service (UW CES). Continue reading
The same hands that greeted NFL star Peyton Manning have also touched the lives of many families and the hearts of servicemen in Iraq.
She’s only 12, but Thermopolis quilter Laurel Leonhardt has stitched together a formidable community service record. A member of the Cowpokes 4-H Club in Hot Springs County, the daughter of Eacel and Dennis Leonhardt uses her considerable skills to help others. Continue reading