LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 15 (TNSper) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on June 14, 2023: The University of Wyoming's Board of Trustees has taken action regarding leadership of UW's College of Arts and Sciences and UW Libraries. Scott Turpen, who has been the College of Arts and Sciences' interim dean for nearly one year, will no longer have the "interim" tag as of July 1. And Cass Kvenild, an associate dean of UW Libraries, will become interim dean of the libraries   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 15 (TNSper) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A 16-member committee has been appointed to search for the next dean of the University of Wyoming College of Law. Dean Klint Alexander, who has led the College of Law since 2015, has announced he will return to the faculty at the end of the 2023-24 academic year. "We appreciate Dean Alexander's leadership over the past decade," UW Provost and Executive Vice President Kevin Carman says. "We have   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: In the early 1960s, geologists conceived of an idea to reach Earth's mantle via Project MoHole, an effort to drill through Earth's crust to obtain samples of the Mohorovicic discontinuity, or Moho -- the boundary between the crust and the mantle. At the time, it was seen as exciting as the possibility of American astronauts eventually walking on the moon. Fast forward over 60 years, and the achie  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 17 (TNSper) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network has hired Kenny Overby as its regional director for Laramie and Goshen counties. Overby will provide business advising, leadership, training, vision and oversight for the southeast region of the Wyoming SBDC Network. The Wyoming SBDC Network is hosted by the University of Wyoming with state funds from the Wyoming Business Council and f  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, June 15 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to the State of Wyoming's sage-grouse core area protection map. The initial revisions were developed and are being proposed by the Sage-grouse Implementation Team (SGIT) subcommittee. The original sage-grouse core area protection strategy and map were developed in 2008, revised in 2015 and again in 2019. The core area map encompasses   more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, June 16 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on June 15, 2023: On Thursday morning, Governor Mark Gordon provided testimony to the House Committee on Natural Resources regarding the Bureau of Land Management's Conservation and Landscape Health proposed rule and in favor of a bill to withdraw that rule. Making Wyoming's case that the proposed rule oversteps the federal agency's authority while undermining the important role that states play in deve  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, June 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network podcast recently featured two Wyoming small-business owners in recent episodes. The podcast features small-business success stories, educational topics from experts and interviews with staff and leadership. Episodes are released twice per month. The Wyoming SBDC Network offers business expertise to help Wyoming residents think about, la  more