Category Archives: Education

Stan Lee: A Legacy of Learning

A-listers, cutting-edge CGI, chaos, quips, and post-credit scenes—that is 21st-century Marvel Entertainment in a nutshell. Churning out one blockbuster production after another, Marvel has established itself as a live-action media mogul persistently setting the pace for family action movies over … Continue reading

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Bringing AHC Archives to Life in the Field: Rediscovering Wyoming’s Geology through Doc Knight

Erin Stoesz, Wyoming State Science Fair Director and Assistant Lecturer in the UW Geology Department, recently completed an exciting project revising GEOL2080, which is UW’s general field geology course, with the support of a Teaching and Research Grant from the … Continue reading

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Remembering UW’s Preparatory School: A Historical Retrospect

The Preparatory School at UW was organized “for the benefit of students from counties not provided with complete high school courses.” The 1887-1898 University Catalogue also states, “As soon as the various towns of the state possess well equipped high … Continue reading

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