LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 20 (TNSPer) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2021: Stephen Tse, founder and CEO of Harmony One, a fast and open blockchain for decentralized applications, is the latest global industry leader to be appointed to serve on the University of Wyoming Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation (CBDI) Advisory Board. Tse will join other advisory board members at the board's first meeting in January, says Steven Lupien, UW CBDI directo  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 19 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2021: Masks will continue to be required inside most University of Wyoming buildings where 6-foot social distancing isn't possible, following action by the UW Board of Trustees. The board voted today (Thursday) to extend the mask policy, as Albany County remains in the Wyoming Department of Health's "high transmission levels" category for COVID-19. As of Monday, there were 32 active ca  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Nov. 16 -- 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 District Court Judge in the Ninth Judicial District. Pursuant to Article 5, Sec. 4 of the Wyoming Constitution, the Judicial Nominating Commission submitted three nomin  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Nov. 17 -- The Wyoming Judicial Branch issued the following news on Nov. 16, 2021: Wyoming Supreme Court Chief Justice Kate M. Fox, who acts as Chairman of the Judicial Nominating Commission, announced today that District Court Judge Thomas W. Rumpke, Sixth Judicial District, tendered his resignation, effective March 2, 2022. The Judicial Nominating Commission will accept expressions of interest from qualified persons to fill the vacancy through Tuesday, December 7, 2021. Th  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 20 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2021: The University of Wyoming's Board of Trustees has delayed its comprehensive review of the performance of President Ed Seidel to next year as a result of highly unusual conditions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The president's initial three-year contract, which began July 1, 2020, called for the comprehensive evaluation to take place near the end of 2021. The board voted Thursd  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 17 (TNSPar) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2021: * * * UW, CaaMTech Team Up to Study Psychedelics as Treatments for Addiction The University of Wyoming's School of Pharmacy and CaaMTech, a Washington state-based company that engineers psychedelic drugs, recently formed a collaboration in which UW researchers will evaluate CaaMTech's proprietary compounds in addiction models as well as aim to demonstrate their anti-addictive pr  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 20 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2021: A major reorganization of the University of Wyoming's academic programs will proceed as outlined by the university's administration, following votes of support Thursday (Nov. 18) by UW's Board of Trustees. After months of development informed by thorough review and feedback from internal and external stakeholders, the board approved plans setting in motion changes that will posit  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 18 (TNSGra) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Nov. 17, 2021: Two federal grants have been awarded to the University of Wyoming's Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC) program, housed in the office of Student Educational Opportunity, to help encourage higher education. The U.S. Department of Education awarded five-year TRIO grants totaling $852,000 annually. UW's EOC program was selected among 289 proposals submitted in the grant competitio  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Nov. 17 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2021: Governor Mark Gordon has released a balanced budget for the next two fiscal years. In his budget proposal the Governor calls for saving excess revenues to guard against future revenue challenges. He also notes that future revenues are forecast to decline because Wyoming's leading industries continue to be targeted by the Biden Administration. He has also proposed a small number of stra  more