LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 9 (TNSPer) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2021: An expert in computational biology, biophysics and big-data analyses in high-performance computing environments has been chosen as the director of the University of Wyoming's Advanced Research Computing Center (ARCC). Liudmila Sergeevna Mainzer, currently a technical program manager at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urban  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 9 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2021: A Diversity Hub webpage that will host valuable information to connect the campus and offer resources has been developed by the University of Wyoming's Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and its partners. The UW Diversity Hub serves as a place for all diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice efforts, programs, events and services that are housed centrally for the UW c  more

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 11 -- 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, Nebraska, Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, Wyoming, Alaska, South Dakota and North Dakota to file a lawsuit against the federal government for imposing a vaccine mandate on all workers at healthcare facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding. In connection with the   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 9 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2021: The University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences continues its advancement of interprofessional education, recognizing the need to provide students from multiple disciplines a broad perspective of the complexities of patient care in the age of COVID-19. A team of educators consisting of Dr. Yvette Haeberle, clinical curriculum director of the Wyoming-WWAMI Medical Education Pro  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 10 (TNSPro) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 8, 2021: * * * 4-H Educator Uses UW MakeHERspace Program to Help Girls Flex STEM Expertise A Carbon County 4-H educator is using MakeHERspace workshops to erase that girls' bland sugar-and-spice stereotype and replace it with accomplish and aspire. Trained through the MakeHER Scholar Program at the University of Wyoming, Emily Haver, a UW Extension educator based in Rawlins, was a member  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 11 (TNSJou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: A former dean and faculty members of the University of Wyoming's Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, along with members of the Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND), have been honored for their work on an article published in The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. Article contributors are Mary Burman, who served as dean of the nursing school from 2008 until her retirem  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 12 (TNSPar) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 11, 2021: * * * UW SER's Collaboration Proposal With Baker Hughes Selected for DOE Funding The University of Wyoming will receive funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as a subawardee in a collaborative grant proposal with Baker Hughes Energy Transition LLC to develop innovative solutions and uses for coal waste. The joint proposal is among seven projects nationwide recently s  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Nov. 9 -- The Wyoming Department of Education issued the following news release: The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) is promulgating changes to Chapter 39 for Driver Education Program Approval. These changes are now open to public comment through December 24, 2021. Chapter 39 Rules were last updated on March 31, 2007. Updates are necessary to address changes in program requirements and modern infrastructure development in Wyoming, such as roundabouts. The proposed ch  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Nov. 5 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon is announcing the next steps his administration is taking to stop President Biden's unconstitutional vaccine mandates. Wyoming as part of an eleven-state coalition filed its lawsuit this morning to halt the emergency temporary standard issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration which mandates vaccines on employees of private Wyoming businesses with over 100 employee  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Nov. 13 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon has signed HB1002 - Federal COVID vaccine mandates-prohibition and remedies-2. The ultimate product of the Special Session convened by the Wyoming Legislature last month, the bill supports the Governor's continued actions that were already underway, while also appropriating some additional funds to aid in those endeavors. The Governor noted that he had already committed to challen  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Nov. 11 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2021: Governor Mark Gordon announced that Wyoming is continuing its challenge of unconstitutional federal vaccine mandates. Today's action follows on other legal challenges over the past two weeks. Wyoming and a coalition of 10 states filed suit against the Biden Administration's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) rule, which seeks to impose a vaccine mandate on healthcare work  more