University Of Wyoming

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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Feb. 22, 2017, photo, Milton Ontiveroz holds three pencil sharpeners - including his favorite, a nose-shaped sharpener, and given to him by his children - in his office at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyo. (Shannon Broderick/Laramie Daily Boomerang via AP)

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In this April 30, 2014 photo, University of Wyoming assistant professor of computer science Jeff Clune, right, points out various components of a test model robot to undergraduate student Tyler Hughes, left, and Laramie High School student Jingyu Li, at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Laramie, Wyo. (AP Photo/Laramie Daily Boomerang, Jeremy Martin)

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University of Wyoming computer science undergraduate Tyler Hughes, left, watches Ph.D student Roby Velez operate a test model robot in the Evolving Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in Laramie, Wyo. (AP Photo/Laramie Daily Boomerang, Jeremy Martin)

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University of Wyoming professor of civil and architectural engineering Michael Barker and his wife, Susan pose for a photo with their two Mediterranean miniature donkeys, Frodo and Edith in front of a windmill on their Windy Springs, Wyo., Ranch on March 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Laramie Daily Boomerang, Jeremy Martin)

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In this photo taken on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, University of Wyoming music professor Rod Garnett instructs students in Gamelan, or traditional Balinese music, in one of the University of Wyoming's Fraternity Mall trailers in Laramie, Wyo. (AP Photo/Laramie Boomerang, Peter Baumann)