LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 13 (TNSconf) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Students will learn more about the University of Wyoming, UW alumni will connect with their alma mater, and members of the public will find out more about UW's presence in Carbon County during a "UW in Your Community" gathering Wednesday, Oct. 26, in Rawlins. The public is invited to the event from 5-7 p.m. at the Jeffrey Memorial Community Center. Free appetizers will be served, and there will   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 14 -- The Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary issued the following news: Pennsylvania protected 2,046 acres on 24 farms in 10 counties from future development, investing nearly $7.5 million in state, county, local and nonprofit dollars to ensure that prime farmland is not lost to development. Pennsylvania has now protected 6,118 farms and 616,713 acres in 58 counties from future commercial, industrial or residential development. The newly preserved farms are in Be  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: For 50 years, Rocky Mountain Power has supported the University of Wyoming. In total, Rocky Mountain Power has given over $1 million to UW programs, supporting hundreds of students and faculty from all areas of UW. "The Rocky Mountain Power Foundation aims to support impactful organizations -- like the University of Wyoming -- that perform critical work in our region," says Abbie Rice, Rocky Moun  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 11 (TNSfund) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Six Sweetwater County startup companies won $37,500 in funding at the first Sweetwater County Innovation Launchpad (SCIL) Pitch Night Sept. 27 at the Broadway Theater in Rock Springs. SCIL is a competition for local entrepreneurs that provides valuable mentorship from the University of Wyoming's IMPACT 307 and local professionals. It is administered by IMPACT Sweetwater, a collaboration between  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 13 (TNSper) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Mike Burns has been named as the new Timothy M. Miles Director of the Center for Professional Selling in the University of Wyoming College of Business. He joins marketing Professor Mark Leach, the Mendicino Family Chair in Sales and Salesmanship, and Molly Burchett, an assistant professor of marketing, at the center. "I am very thankful for the opportunity to join the team at the College of Busi  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 11 (TNSpro) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: University of Wyoming Libraries recently launched a Peer Research Mentor (PRM) program to better support UW students in their academic success. The purpose of the program is to have students help other students with their research. PRMs help other students find peer-reviewed articles and background information and narrow search topics. "We're excited about the PRM program because it will enhance  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Michael Cheadle, a professor in the University of Wyoming's Department of Geology and Geophysics, spent two weeks in September teaching young female scientists in India about geology and granites. Cheadle was one of a dozen professors from around the world invited to teach an 11-day workshop to 23 Indian college graduate and postdoctoral students -- 19 women, four men -- who came from various uni  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A University of Wyoming professor has received a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant to study how forests in the Rocky Mountains of North America recover naturally -- with the help of wetlands -- after disturbances such as drought, insect outbreaks and wildfires. Ye Zhang, in UW's Department of Geology and Geophysics, recently received a $1 million DOE grant for her project titled "Groundwater-  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2022: Insects today are causing unprecedented levels of damage to plants, even as insect numbers decline, according to new research led by University of Wyoming scientists. The first-of-its-kind study compares insect herbivore damage of modern-era plants with that of fossilized leaves from as far back as the Late Cretaceous period, nearly 67 million years ago. The findings appear today  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Oct. 15 (TNSrpt) -- The Wyoming Department of Education issued the following news release: Wyoming's graduating class of 2022 had an average composite score of 19.2 on the ACT according to The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2022. This is ACT's annual report on the progress of U.S. high school graduates relative to college readiness. "We are very proud of Wyoming's class of 2022," said Deputy Superintendent Chad Auer. "This group of students, along with their teacher  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Oct. 12 -- The Wyoming Department of Education issued the following news release: Chapter 26 Rules, Institutional School Accreditation, will be repealed and removed from the Wyoming Department of Education's (WDE) list of rules. This rule set originated in 1993 and is out of date and no longer relevant. The relevant aspects of institutional school accreditation were included in the Chapter 6 rules in 2021, but the Chapter 26 rules were not rescinded at that time. The WDE see  more