LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 4 (TNSEve) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2021: A National Cancer Institute (NCI) researcher whose work is directly relevant to messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine development is scheduled to present a University of Wyoming seminar Friday, Nov. 12. Jordan Meier is a senior investigator and head of the Epigenetics and Metabolism Section within the Chemical Biology Laboratory in the Center for Cancer Research of the NCI. His presentation  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Nov. 2 -- The Wyoming Judicial Branch issued the following news: Governor Mark Gordon has appointed Joey Darrah to be a Circuit Court Judge for the Fifth Judicial District serving Park County, Wyoming. Darrah's appointment fills the vacancy left by the retirement of Judge Bruce B. Waters. Darrah has operated Darrah Law Office P.C. in Powell since 2011 and was a partner at the firm, which was previously known as Darrah and Darrah P.C. and Darrah, Darrah and Brown, P.C. He has  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 6 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: Attorney General John M. Formella announces that the State of New Hampshire has joined with the states of Missouri, Arizona, Nebraska, Montana, Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska, and Wyoming, along with several private businesses and organizations, to file a lawsuit challenging the new OSHA vaccine mandate for private employers with more than 100 employees. A Petiti  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Nov. 2 (TNSOps) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: Through the generosity of two South Dakota State University alumni, the university has established its first endowed faculty position in the College of Education and Human Sciences. The Tate Profilet and Mary DeJong Family Endowed Director of Early Childhood Education was formalized at an Oct. 22 investiture ceremony, paving the way for a new era of the early childhood education program at Stat  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 5 (TNSRep) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2021: The acting director of the University of Wyoming's Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI), Lon Whitman, is a contributor to an important and anticipated publication on carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery projects in the nation. Advanced Resources International has published the U.S. CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Survey for end-of-year 2020. The purpose of this updated survey is to pr  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 4 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 3, 2021: More than 200 people attended the recent Wyoming ESL Parent Institute, which served as a resource for English as a second language (ESL) students and their parents, in addition to educators and policymakers who want to support ESL families in their school districts. The inaugural Wyoming ESL Parent Institute, held at Gillette College, was an outcome of research conducted by Jenna S  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 5 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2021: The University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy has established an advisory board for its continuing education program. In addition to overseeing multitiered programs within the school's main continuing education program, the advisory board will advance the school's mission to develop, conduct and evaluate educational programs to meet the continuing professional development needs, to  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Oct. 27 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Wyoming Attorney General Bridget Hill and 20 Attorneys General from across the country wrote to President Biden challenging his Administration's evolving mandatory vaccination requirement for federal contractors. The Attorneys General noted that the mandate stands on shaky legal ground, is supported by inconsistent federal directives, and requires compliance on an unworkable timeline in the midst of   more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Nov. 6 -- The Wyoming Judicial Branch issued the following news: Governor Mark Gordon has appointed James Michael Causey to be a District Court Judge for the Sixth Judicial District serving Campbell, Crook, and Weston Counties. Causey's appointment fills the vacancy left by the retirement of Judge John R. Perry. Causey has served as the Executive Director of the Wyoming Board of Parole since 2018. He previously spent 14 years with the Wyoming Attorney General's Office, servi  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Nov. 4 -- The Wyoming Judicial Branch issued the following news: On behalf of the Judicial Nominating Commission, Wyoming Supreme Court Chief Justice Kate M. Fox, who serves as Chairman, announced today that the Commission has completed its consideration of all who have expressed interest in the position of Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Pursuant to Article 5, Sec. 4 of the Wyoming Constitution, the Judicial Nominating Commission submitted three nominees for the posit  more