SEATTLE, Washington, Jan. 12 (TNSJou) -- The University of Washington issued the following news release: Some wildlife are stuck in their ways. Like humans, wild animals often return to the same places to eat, walk on the same paths to travel and use the same places to raise their young. A team led by researchers at the University of Washington and the University of Wyoming has reviewed the scientific literature and found that, while this "consistent" behavior may be beneficial when environme  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 13 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: University of Wyoming students, staff and faculty from across campus are invited to join a new diabetes prevention program -- offered through the UW College of Health Sciences -- aimed at preventing Type 2 diabetes. Guided by a trained lifestyle coach, groups of participants learn the skills needed to make lasting changes, such as losing a modest amount of weight, being more physically active and  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 15 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Researchers at the University of Wyoming and the Buffalo Bill Center of the West have joined international colleagues in Wales in a new project aimed at developing digital tools to analyze historical book illustrations to gain a more thorough understanding of history. Using a nearly $500,000 grant from the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities and the United Kingdom's Arts and Humanities Res  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 14 (TNSPro) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: The University of Wyoming's commitment to raise its performance in computing and technology, both to improve students' education and better serve the state and nation, has taken a major step forward with the creation of a new School of Computing. UW's Board of Trustees voted today (Thursday) to authorize the launch of the new academic unit. Reporting to the provost, it initially   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 11 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A $5,000 technology grant will help purchase updated software for Green Dot -- the University of Wyoming's bystander intervention program. Michelle DiPasquale, violence prevention coordinator in the Dean of Students Office, submitted a successful grant to Turning, an education technology company, for new software that will help the program's educators and trainers develop engaging practices to im  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 15 (TNSRep) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming's Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute (EORI) has published a new Wyoming Pipeline Corridor Initiative (WPCI) mapping application, offering users access to information on Wyoming's carbon dioxide industrial facilities, WPCI corridor routes, active pipelines, and CO2 usage and storage sites. WPCI is an innovative project for Wyoming that will help expand Wyoming's robust infra  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 12 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: An assistant professor in the University of Wyoming Honors College has been selected by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a 2022 Creative Writing Fellowship of $25,000. Nina McConigley is one of 35 writers receiving the award, selected through an anonymous process and judged on the basis of artistic excellence of the work samples they provided. These fellowships are highly comp  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 12 (TNSJou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2022: Some wildlife are stuck in their ways. Like humans, wild animals often return to the same places to eat, walk on the same paths to travel and use the same places to raise their young. A team of researchers led by scientists from the University of Wyoming and the University of Washington has reviewed the scientific literature and found that, while this "consistent" behavior may be  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Jan. 11 -- The Wyoming Department of Education issued the following news release: The Wyoming Department of Education seeks public comment on the proposed Chapter 10 Rules, which include the proposed 2021 Science Performance Standards and the proposed 2021 Math Performance Standards. Performance standards are a subset of the content standards that all students are expected to learn and be assessed on, and specify the degree of understanding for that particular standard. Per  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Jan. 13 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Fulfilling a promise made in September, Governor Mark Gordon has officially petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to remove the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) population of grizzly bears from the Endangered Species List. The petition, filed with the support of Idaho and Montana, affirms that grizzly bears, by all measures, have been fully-recovered since 2003. "This is an extraordin  more