ALBANY, New York, Feb. 4 (TNSsre) -- The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment issued the following notice inviting comments (Case No. 17-F-0282) on Feb. 3, 2023: * * * Application of Alle-Catt Wind Energy LLC for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need Pursuant to Article 10 for a Proposed Wind Energy Project, Located in Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Wyoming Counties, New York, in the Towns of Arcade, Centerville, Farmersville, Freedom, and R  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming's School of Energy Resources (SER) has selected three proposed research projects to receive funding for nuclear-related research at UW. Recognizing that uranium production and nuclear energy are an important component of Wyoming's energy past, present and future, SER is actively encouraging UW researchers to pursue projects and submit proposals under these topics to cont  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 26 (TNSper) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Corey Tarwater has been named the Robert Berry Distinguished Chair in Ecology at the University of Wyoming. Her appointment was effective earlier this month. She replaces Craig Benkman, who has held the chair since 2004. "This chair position is an exciting next step for me and for ornithology at the University of Wyoming," says Tarwater, an associate professor in the UW Department of Zoology and   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 25 (TNSper) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The John P. Ellbogen Foundation has provided $500,000, which has been matched dollar for dollar by the University of Wyoming Foundation, to establish the John P. Ellbogen Foundation Professorship in Early Childhood Education. "The Ellbogen Foundation is thrilled to strengthen UW's expertise and capacity to prepare and support excellent early childhood educators," says Becca Steinhoff, the John P.  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 4 (TNSpar) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming has joined with other public and private partners to further advance an innovative, growing industry with roots at the university. UW's new Controlled Environment Agriculture Center will conduct research and develop a workforce for the vertical farming company Plenty Inc., which is expanding its Wyoming operation with a $20 million grant from the state. One of Plenty's co  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Human society needs to develop a more diverse array of potential responses to major disruptions such as pandemics, natural disasters and trade breakdowns, according to a new paper by an international group of scientists and economists that includes a University of Wyoming professor. Jason Shogren, the Stroock Chair of Natural Resource Conservation and Management in the UW Department of Economics,  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 4 (TNSgov) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming will receive $10.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a research and development project advancing the wide-scale deployment of carbon management technologies to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution. Researchers in the UW School of Energy Resources (SER) Center for Economic Geology Research (CEGR) will lead the HERO Basalt CarbonSAFE (Hermiston Oregon C  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Unlocked Labs, an innovative startup company incubated at IMPACT 307 Laramie and a client of the University of Wyoming's Wyoming Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (WyCEI), has been selected to participate in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) I-Corps market research program grant. This immersive, entrepreneurial training program facilitates the transformation of inventions into thrivin  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 27 (TNSper) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: At its regular business meeting today (Friday), the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees approved a new contract for President Ed Seidel through June 30, 2026. His current contract was set to expire June 30, 2023. "Over the past several months, the board has discussed and taken to heart feedback received from constituents regarding President Seidel's tenure," board Chairman John McKinley says.  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 4 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Receding glaciers in the northern Antarctic Peninsula are uncovering and reexposing black moss that provides radiocarbon kill dates for the vegetation, a key clue to understanding the timing of past glacier advances in that region. A University of Wyoming researcher led a study that determined the black moss kill dates coincide with evidence of glacier advances from other studies that found such e  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Longtime University of Wyoming Department of Molecular Biology faculty member Don Jarvis has been selected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society. Jarvis received the honor for "distinguished contributions to the field of glycobiology, particularly in genetic engineering of insect cell lines to produce authentic  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A University of Wyoming researcher has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society. Dan Wall, a professor in UW's Department of Molecular Biology, is being honored for "elucidating the mechanisms of kin recognition in social microbes," according to his award letter from AAAS. "We are being recognized for wor  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Feb. 3 -- The Wyoming Department of Education issued the following news release: The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) and the Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board (PTSB) has announced its Retention and Recruitment Task Force; the mission of the task force will be to develop recommendations for state policymakers, district-level, and school-level staff to increase efforts to positively impact the education workforce. The task force is composed of 25 members: thr  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Feb. 1 (TNSres) -- The Wyoming Department of Education issued the following news release: Wyoming's graduation rates have remained statistically strong - above 80 percent since 2015-16. The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) announced today that high school graduation rates were 81.8 percent in 2021-22, a decrease of .6 percent from 2020-21's 82.4 percent, which was the highest rate reported in a nine-year span. "Wyoming's resolve in keeping schools open during the COVID-  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Feb. 4 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2023: In January of 2022, the State of Wyoming, under Governor Mark Gordon's leadership, petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) grizzly bear population. Today, the Service has completed its initial review of that petition and found that the grizzly bear in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem may warrant removal from the list of endangered   more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Jan. 26 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, posted the following news release: Wyoming has joined a 25-state coalition in a lawsuit over a Department of Labor rule which would affect the retirement accounts of millions of people. The rule would allow 401(k) managers to direct their clients' money to ESG (Environmental Social Governance) investments rather than fiduciary standards. This is contrary to the laws outlined in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)  more