LARAMIE, Wyo., April 20 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:

Four University of Wyoming graduate students have been awarded prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships.



Alex Kurtt, Collin Porter and Lena Wigger, all graduate students in the UW Department of Zoology and Physiology; and Josephine Walton, a UW master's student in molecular biology, will each receive one of the nation's most highly competitive awards for graduate studies. The fellowships are awarded to graduate students who are pursuing research-based degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).



TheNSF Graduate Research Fellowshipoffers, among other things, three years of financial support ...