LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 12 (TNSPer) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: More than 100 members of the University of Wyoming community have agreed to serve on groups charged with developing a university strategic plan to recommend to President Ed Seidel and the UW Board of Trustees later this spring. In addition to a 13-member Strategic Scenario Planning Team, five groups have been assembled to address specific pieces in the planning process. Their work, including soli  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 12 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2021: Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced more than $29 million in grant funding has been awarded to Chenango, Putnam, St. Lawrence, Ulster and Wyoming Counties to improve local emergency communication. This funding will support a variety of projects including the construction of new radio towers, securing and updating existing infrastructure, as well as upgrades to local 911 call cent  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 9 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Contributing decades of improvement to the quality of life within her community and across the state has earned a University of Wyoming Extension community development educator the Friend of Community Development Award. Mary Martin, based in Teton County, was first known in extension in 1975 as the county home economist; then as a county extension agent; and, now, by her current title as area community dev  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A new survey designed by University of Wyoming Extension and the Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP) to better understand how Wyomingites gather information is open for residents to share their experiences. "We are a rural state, so having accurate information about how populations in rural states engage with media and social media is hard to find from national groups," says Kali McCrackin Goodenoug  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2021: A manuscript containing culinary and medicinal recipes, poems and aphorisms from the 17th and 18th centuries has been analyzed in depth by a University of Wyoming scholar and colleagues from 10 other universities. UW Honors College Dean Peter Parolin, an associate professor in UW's Department of English, contributed an essay to an edition of the Early Modern Studies Journal focused  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 9 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Jean Garrison, a University of Wyoming professor of political science and international studies, is the recipient of the Seibold Professorship for 2021-22. The Seibold award -- given annually to UW College of Arts and Sciences faculty members who are focused on teaching -- will enable Garrison to spend the year curating elements of the Malcolm Wallop Civic Engagement Program, which she directs. The program  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 11 (TNSJou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Political polarization is having far-reaching impacts on American life, harming consumer welfare and creating challenges for people ranging from elected officials and policymakers to corporate executives and marketers. That's one of the conclusions of a new scholarly paper by researchers from the University of Wyoming and five other universities across the country. The paper appears in the Journa  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Feb. 10 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon issued an Executive Order to allow the Wyoming Department of Family Services to begin its preparations to administer the federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program. This allows the State to prepare its distribution plan for this program while providing the opportunity to work with the Legislature on details before launching the program. "The need for this program cannot be unders  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Feb. 10 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2021: Governor Mark Gordon signed the first two bills of the eight-day virtual legislative session today. The bills are pieces of legislation that Governor Gordon supported and that provide a boost to the state's energy, minerals and agricultural industries. The new laws direct the Wyoming Energy Authority to support efforts to expand the state's rare earth minerals industry and implement rec  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Feb. 10 -- The Wyoming Judicial Branch issued the following news: With the gradual reduction in COVID case numbers, Wyoming courts have picked up the pace of jury trials, with more scheduled for the coming months. "We have been able to keep doing the bulk of our work thanks to good technology that allowed us to conduct many proceedings remotely, and to court staff and county health personnel who made it possible for us to adopt the necessary precautions for in-person proceedi  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Feb. 13 -- The Wyoming Judicial Branch issued the following news: The Wyoming Supreme Court has selected Elisa M. Butler as State Court Administrator following a national search. Ms. Butler, a Sheridan College, University of Wyoming, and University of Wyoming College of Law honors graduate, will step into the Court Administrator role after serving the past several years as the Court's General Counsel. In that capacity, Ms. Butler has worked closely with Court administrative s  more