LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 8 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: In science, Bergmann's Rule is a well-known ecological pattern that has been studied for 175-plus years. In essence, the rule says that, as one moves toward higher latitudes, animals get larger, a concept long thought because the larger size of an animal helps conserve its body heat. Jesse Alston, a former University of Wyoming doctoral student in the Program in Ecology, put that rule to the test   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: * * * Elk, like buffalo, once roamed widely across the Great Plains. Killed off in Nebraska by the 1880s, the majestic animals began a gradual return to the Cornhusker State after a 1960s repopulation in eastern Wyoming. * * * Now, University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientist John Benson is leading a comprehensive study of Nebraska's elk population. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commi  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 7 (TNSconf) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Famous WorldCom whistleblower, accountant, author and business ethics leader Cynthia Cooper will speak Wednesday, Feb. 22, at noon in the University of Wyoming College of Business' Scarlett Auditorium. The talk is free and open to the public. Cooper was named Time magazine's Person of the Year for her role in unraveling the fraud at WorldCom and is an internationally recognized motivational spea  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 7 (TNSpar) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: University of Wyoming Extension and the Wyoming Outdoor Recreation, Tourism and Hospitality (WORTH) Initiative welcome Hailey Moss as the state's first WORTH Initiative extension educator. Moss' position is the product of an exciting new partnership between UW's Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, home to the WORTH Initiative, and UW Extension. The WORTH Initiative supports economic  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 7 (TNSfund) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: University of Wyoming Libraries recently awarded alternative textbook grants to six faculty members to implement open educational resources (OER) in their classes this spring. The open textbooks resulting from the grants are projected to save UW students more than $26,000 per semester. "Every semester, we see the impact that the alternative textbook grants have on cost savings for our undergradu  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 10 (TNSrpt) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A new study by University of Wyoming economists Anne Alexander and Chian Jones Ritten shows Wyoming's gender wage gap persists, to the detriment of the state's families and economy. Their report, "The Wage Gap in Wyoming in 2022: How Gender, Race and Ethnicity Affect Pay Equity," was released recently by the Wyoming Women's Foundation in partnership with the Equality State Policy Center and the W  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The western bumblebee was once common in western North America, but increasing temperatures, drought and pesticide use have contributed to a 57 percent decline in the occurrence of this species in its historical range, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)-led study involving a University of Wyoming scientist. Using data from 1998-2020, scientists determined that increasing summer temp  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Briana Doering, a University of Wyoming assistant professor of archaeology, has been honored for her research regarding the circumstances surrounding the migration of Dene/Athabascan people from Alaska and the Yukon to as far south as Arizona some 1,500 years ago. Doering received the Tubingen Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology Prize from Germany's University of Tubingen. The distinction hono  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Isadora Helfgott, the University of Wyoming's vice provost for global engagement, has been selected to participate as a fellow in the U.S.-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) University Connections Initiative (UCI). UCI is a White House initiative announced during the U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit in May 2022. It is administered through the U.S. Department of State's Increase and Diversify  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees recently approved the move of the Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WyGISC) to UW's new School of Computing. The move was jointly initiated by WyGISC and the School of Computing, following months of strategic planning and feedback from both departments. The board unanimously approved the move, allowing both units to work together to positio  more