May 2, 2013

Italy offers a rare insight into the ancient past through archaeological excavation.  Villa del Vergigno, the 1st century BCE remains of a Roman villa in Tuscany, Italy, is hosting an archaeological field school from June 24 to July 28.  So far, 11 students from UW are attending along with students from Florida State and the University of Oklahoma. Due to a...

Apr 30, 2013

An article printed in last Wednesday’s Opinion section proposed that our two-party system is “the closest to a perfect representation that humans will ever achieve.”  This statement is couched in the assumption that our election process is without flaw, which it isn’t. Even though our current system for voting necessitates a two-party system, it can be...

Science has never been so cool. Dr. Amy Banic, assistant professor of computer science at UW, is researching 3D user interfaces and environments to help other scientists visualize and experience their data. Banic contends that scientists being able to see their data in three dimensions will facilitate breakthroughs in the same way two dimensional graphs...

Apr 25, 2013

Rotaract, a community service organization on-campus, puts together and contributes to a number of fundraisers and projects designed to help the community throughout the year. One of these is Storytime, a project they do in conjunction with the Albany County Library to sponsor and encourage reading to the children of Laramie. Storytime is focused on 4-8 year...

“Few names resonate in modern literature like that of David McCullough,” President Buchanan said as he introduced the eighth annual author series speaker on Tuesday. “The only private citizen to speak before a joint session of Congress and at the White House, we are happy to add UW to his long list of venues.” McCullough, originally a journalist, has...