LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 23 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: It is only fitting that University of Wyoming Department of Psychology Professor Matt Gray receive the Laramigo Award for Community Engagement. The new award recognizes the contributions of UW faculty and staff members to the university and Laramie communities. The award, created by anonymous donors, offers a stipend to a UW employee and a Laramie-based nonprofit organization of the recipient's   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 20 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Dulcinea Groff, a University of Wyoming postdoctoral research associate, has been named the recipient of the William Skinner Cooper Award by the Ecological Society of America (ESA). Groff will be recognized for her paper titled "Seabird Establishment During Regional Cooling Drove a Terrestrial Ecosystem Shift 5,000 Years Ago" that appeared in the Oct. 23, 2020, issue of Science Advances. The Co  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 20 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A team from Eastern Wyoming College (EWC) recently won the second annual Wyoming Collegiate Business Ethics Case Competition (WCBECC) hosted by the University of Wyoming College of Business' Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program. Seven Wyoming community colleges were invited to compete. EWC team members were Ryan Swan, of Casper; Matthew Veen, of Littleton, Colo.; and team captain Jonathan Pi  more

WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania, April 22 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on April 21, 2022: The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced today a total of $632,897 in environmental grant funds have been awarded to 63 projects, 50 of which engage youth and adults living or working within environmental justice areas. Grants were awarded to schools, institutions, conservation districts, and environmental and communi  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 20 (TNSfund) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Adam Blackler, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming's Department of History, recently received a grant to co-host the Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute (TASI) to discuss reparations in Germany. Blackler will co-lead a two-week seminar titled "Reparations: A Global German Affair" July 18-29 with interdisciplinary faculty at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities' (UMTC) Center for   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 19 (TNSRep) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Research conducted by a University of Wyoming scientist has gained new international attention regarding mitigation of climate change by capturing and storing carbon. Four research papers by Haibo Zhai, the Roy and Caryl Cline Chair of Engineering, Environment and Natural Resources and an associate professor in UW's Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management, a  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 21 (TNSJou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on April 20, 2022: A new analysis of archaeological sites in the Americas challenges relatively new theories that the earliest human inhabitants of North America arrived before the migration of people from Asia across the Bering Strait. Conducted by University of Wyoming Professor Todd Surovell and colleagues from UW and five other institutions, the analysis suggests that misinterpretation of arc  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, April 21 (TNStalk) -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following statement: * * * Governor Gordon has responded to an announcement by the Biden Administration that it will amend the regulations for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The changes will slow down infrastructure projects and will negatively impact states' economies and industries. The Governor's statement follows: "There is not a better example of federal overreach than President Biden's revisi  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, April 21 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Gordon's Health Task Force and the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) have been working on ideas for improvements to the delivery of health care in Wyoming. A major focus in the early months is on emergency medical services (EMS). The Legislature supported proposals brought forward to help stabilize the system and to pilot projects that regionalize the service to reduce costs and provide addi  more