LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 29 (TNSPer) -- The University of Wyoming Alumni Association issued the following news release: A University of Wyoming alumnus and former student-athlete who has held various positions with the university has been named the new executive director of the UW Alumni Association (UWAA). Jack Tennant succeeds Keener Fry, who is retiring after a decade leading the UWAA. "The national search for this critical position provided a highly qualified candidate pool. The search comm  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 25 (TNSPer) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Shelley Jewell, the education abroad director for the University of Wyoming's Global Engagement Office, has been selected by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) to serve as an inaugural Gilman Advisor Ambassador. For the next two years, Jewell will promote the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program that is offered at colleges and universit  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Jan. 28 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon has appointed Brian Schroeder to be Wyoming's Superintendent of Public Instruction. Schroeder replaces Superintendent Jillian Balow who resigned January 16 to become Superintendent of Public Instruction at the Virginia Department of Education. Under state statute the Governor is required to select one of three candidates submitted to him by the Republican Party Central Com  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Jan. 29 (TNSPar) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Arkansas is part of the new Four-State FAST Collaborative formed to help small companies compete for National Science Foundation seed funding for innovative technologies. In the effort, the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center, based at UA Little Rock, joins three other recipients of Federal and State Technology Partnership Program grants: * Montana Innovation Partnership powe  more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 28 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2022: New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the conviction of optician Thomas Foote, 59, of Wyoming County, for defrauding New York state by submitting false Medicaid claims for optician services that he claimed were for nursing home residents, but were never provided. Today's conviction concludes an investigation by the Office of the Attorney General's (OAG) Medi  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Jan. 26 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2022: * * * Rep. Karen Boback (R-Lackawanna/Luzerne/Wyoming), chairman of the House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee, on Monday led a voting meeting at which six pieces of legislation to benefit Pennsylvania's military members, veterans and emergency responders were unanimously approved. The proposals included House Resolution 129, sponsored by Rep. Tracy  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 25 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: University of Wyoming Libraries will participate in a study to better understand the educational need for streaming media and improve related services and infrastructure. Over the next year, UW Libraries will partner with Ithaka S+R, a nonprofit research and consulting group, and a cohort of other academic libraries to assess streaming media usage; solicit faculty member feedback; assess institut  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 26 (TNSJou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2022: Urbanization is decreasing wildlife habitat and connectivity worldwide, including for mountain lions in California. Mountain lion or puma populations along that state's central and southern coastal habitats have experienced rapid fragmentation from development, leading to a call for demographic and genetic management. University of Wyoming scientists led research that focuses on   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 27 (TNSJou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Researchers in the University of Wyoming's School of Energy Resources (SER) have published a collaborative study on the potential for domestic critical mineral (CM) and rare earth element (REE) production from unconventional sources in the United States. Recently released in the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews journal, the study provides a geologic assessment of CM and REE occurrences in  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 25 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2022: Two University of Wyoming anthropology professors recently received a five-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to conduct archaeological research in the northern Peruvian Andes focused on understanding the origins and development of economic inequality in emerging complex societies. Associate Professor Jason Toohey and Professor Melissa Murphy received the NSF grant wort  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 27 (TNSPer) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A longtime state legislator from Rawlins has been appointed to the state's Enhanced Oil Recovery Commission, which oversees the University of Wyoming's Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute. Rep. Donald Burkhart Jr., R-Rawlins, succeeds outgoing commission member Rep. Mike Greear, R-Worland. Burkhart has represented House District 15 in Carbon County since January 2011. He holds a B.S. in physics from  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 26 (TNSOps) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A University of Wyoming startup company focused on developing a gout probiotic has been accepted into IndieBio's newest San Francisco cohort. Unlocked Labs Inc., housed in IMPACT 307's business incubator, is a consumer probiotic company that unlocks silent genes within the microbiome to regain the power for the human body to reduce toxins naturally. Unlocked Labs, formerly known as Theraneutrics   more