LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 2 (TNSPer) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: An award-winning professor in the College of Business' Department of Economics is the newest endowed chair at the University of Wyoming. David Finnoff has been named the Wyoming Excellence Chair in Economics, under the program established by the Wyoming Legislature, and also has been named a McMurry Fellow, under a McMurry Foundation Business Dean's Excellence Fund program created through a 2008   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 3 (TNSEve) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: "Dark Waters and Murky Models: Perspectives on the Peopling of the Americas from Page-Ladson" is the topic of the 23rd annual George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology Lecture Friday, Sept. 24, at the University of Wyoming. Jessi Halligan, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at Florida State University, will give the Wyoming Archaeology Awareness Month-sponso  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 27 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming College of Education recently honored five faculty members and a staff member for their outstanding accomplishments. Each year, the college recognizes select faculty, staff and graduate students by presenting awards and a $750 stipend to each recipient. The faculty and staff awards are selected by the dean and two associate deans from a pool of nominations. Other awards   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 4 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: * * * UW Fraternities, Sororities Receive National Awards The fraternity and sorority community at the University of Wyoming recently received national awards for the 2020-21 academic year. The UW Collegiate Panhellenic Council (CPH) received the College Panhellenic Excellence Award from the National Panhellenic Conference. UW CPH is among 14 Panhellenic Councils in the nation to receive the aw  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 31 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2021: A total of 70 University of Wyoming students and employees have tested positive for COVID-19 in UW's one-time testing program to start the fall semester, with the test positivity rate remaining consistent at just over 1 percent. Also remaining consistent through a second week of testing -- for those who weren't tested during the initial Aug. 18-22 testing window -- is the finding  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 31 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: To support scholarly output at the University of Wyoming, UW Libraries has launched the Digital Scholarship Center (DSC). As a new service of UW Libraries, the DSC, located in Room 302 of Coe Library, provides technology and training for work on digital projects by UW community members. The purpose of the center is to extend traditional methods of research and teaching using new media and digital  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 1 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A University of Wyoming student from Lander and five of his friends will have dinner with UW President Ed Seidel and his partner, Gabrielle Allen, after the student won a weekly drawing for UW students who've reported being vaccinated for COVID-19. Artemis Langford, who's working toward a secondary education degree in social studies, won the presidential dinner prize after her name was drawn from  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 3 (TNSGra) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Ana Clara Bobadilla says the opioid epidemic in the United States is associated with an equally dangerous public health threat -- the combined use of multiple drugs. For example, from 2010-16, fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, accounted for most of the increase in cocaine-related overdose deaths. "Although polysubstance use has been consistently observed in the clinic, preclinical research h  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 2 (TNSGra) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Sept. 1, 2021: Karen Mruk is focused on spinal cord regeneration and is studying how a zebrafish regenerates to learn more about how that information can apply to humans. To help her conduct this research, the University of Wyoming assistant professor of pharmaceutical science recently received a two-year, $362,494 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH Exploratory/Develop  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 31 (TNSEve) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Students will learn more about the University of Wyoming, UW alumni will connect with their alma mater, and members of the public will find out more about UW's presence in Johnson County during a "The World Needs More Cowboys" celebration Monday, Sept. 13, in Buffalo. The public is invited to the event from 5-7 p.m. at the Cowboy Carousel Center. Free appetizers and beverages will be served. In a  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Aug. 31 (TNSEve) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Students will learn more about the University of Wyoming, UW alumni will connect with their alma mater, and members of the public will find out more about UW's presence in their community during a "The World Needs More Cowboys" celebration Tuesday, Sept. 14, in Sheridan. The public is invited to the event from 5-6:30 p.m. at the WYO Theater. Free appetizers and soft beverages will be served outdo  more