After seven years of intensive research into the history of rodeo, a co-author of “Ethnic Minorities and Women in Rodeo,” a book about gender hierarchy and racism in rodeos, speaks about the making of her newest book. Tracey Patton, University of Wyoming director of African-American and diaspora… [more]

The two brothers from Dusty McQueen took a minute to stop and discuss the band while on the way to their rehearsal studio, a rented storage locker south of Laramie. Rhanden and Larson Lind said the band started in 2009, but took a different direction than first intended. The band spent the first few… [more]

I was just looking for sunglasses. What I found was a small portal in Laramie that took me back to the old west at a place known as Optical Fashions of Wyoming or The Spectacle Emporium. Through the shop are antiques dating back to the 18th and 19th centuries. Store owner, Steve Grabowski, stepped o… [more]

The University of Wyoming sent thirteen students to Guatemala for an Alternative Spring Break trip. The trip focused on volunteer work at an underprivileged school. The volunteers spent the first day wandering around the Guatemalan city of La Antigua and hiking the Pacaya Volcano. Over the next four… [more]

During a lecture at the University of Wyoming, a co-creator of the agenda-setting theory said he may have never created one of the most prominently used communication theories if not for a chance encounter. Donald Shaw, mass communication professor at the University of North Carolina, said his exper… [more]

Named after a Wyoming creek and utilizing a mandolin with an inlaid bucking horse and rider, Laramie-based bluegrass band, The Libby Creek Original, pays homage to its hometown while maintaining a healthy ambition for musical adventure. “The name implies this is home, but we don’t want to be jus… [more]

University of Wyoming student Christian Munck started working on a script almost three years ago. “It’s been very trial and error, what the audience gets to see is the fifth draft. I can’t even remember what the first draft looked like,” Munck said. It’s not every day that Laramie hosts a … [more]

The Branding Iron had the opportunity to have opinion editor David Demic be among the students of this semester’s National Model United Nations class, which travelled to New York City along with 5,000 students from around the world. From April 3 through April 7, the 10 University of Wyoming studen… [more]