HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 17 -- Pennsylvania Auditor General Timothy DeFoor issued the following news release on July 16, 2024: Auditor General Timothy DeFoor today announced the release of audit reports for 36 volunteer firefighters' relief associations (VFRAs) in Allegheny, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Columbia, Crawford, Dauphin, Erie, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Lackawanna, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer Montgomery, Northampton, Potter, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Warren, Westmoreland and Wyom  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, July 15 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: The discovery of a hybrid population of poplar trees in western Wyoming has provided insight into how natural hybridization informs the evolution of many plant species, according to a team led by Penn State researchers. They also said their discovery suggests that genetic exchange between species may be critical for adaptation to environmental change. The research which described a novel lineage   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 16 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A former dean and professor of the University of Wyoming's Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing has been posthumously awarded the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) 2024 State Award for Excellence. Mary Burman, who died in September 2023, was named at this year's awards ceremony at the AANP National Conference in Nashville June 25-30. The award, presented annually to nurse practitioners and t  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, July 19 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: Governor Gordon announced today that the Wyoming Energy Authority (WEA) selected Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck (Brownstein) to support the State's coal litigation efforts. The firm, which includes former U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, will assist Wyoming's fight against the latest round of rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency concerning coal-fired powe  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 17 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The interim director of the University of Wyoming's Literacy Research Center and Clinic (LRCC) has been selected as the center's executive director. Kim Gustafson, who has been interim director since July 2022, will begin her new role Aug. 1. "Dr. Gustafson has excelled in collaborating with partners at UW, public schools across the state, government organizations and policymakers to implement the LRCC's  more

DECORAH, Iowa, July 18 -- Luther College issued the following news: This year, Luther College's Dorian Summer Music Camps hosted more than 600 middle and high school students throughout June. These campers took part in a variety of music and other programs during their time on Luther's campus. Campers came from the Midwest, Southwest, Southeast and more. Campers represented a total of 18 states including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Miss  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 18 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Rachel Sailor How the American West was depicted by early European paintings and then actually shown in its reality by early-day photographers is the topic of the weekly Harlow Summer Seminar Series at the renovated University of Wyoming-National Park Service (UW-NPS) Research Station Thursday, July 25. The facility is located at the AMK Ranch in Grand Teton National Park. Rachel Sailor, a UW professor  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, July 18 -- The Wyoming Department of Education issued the following news release: Superintendent Megan Degenfelder and the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) have launched the 307 Principal Leadership Academy in collaboration with the University of Wyoming (UW) College of Education and with the support of secondary and elementary principal associations. The academy will provide support and training for principals in the early years of their career, which in turn will impro  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 19 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming will welcome parents, grandparents, siblings and other family members to its annual Family Weekend Oct. 10-13. This special event offers families a chance to experience campus life and participate in a variety of activities designed to create lasting memories. Weekend highlights include: Thursday, Oct. 10 5:30-7 p.m.: "Oktoberfest" at Pokes Pub in the Wyoming Union with Wind  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 19 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Ten creative startup efforts around Wyoming, ranging from film production and music to literary and visual arts, have been selected to receive $25,000 each in the inaugural Wyoming Innovation Partnership (WIP)-funded Creative Economy Start Up Challenge. University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel announced the winners of the competition Thursday at UW's Neltje Center for Excellence in Creativity and the Art  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 15 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: University of Wyoming Extension recently launched a new podcast dedicated to sharing agriculture and natural resources information, titled "From the Cowboy State." Makayla Getz, Park County agriculture and natural resources educator, is host and creator of the new podcast. Each episode is an interview with other UW Extension agriculture and natural resources educators from across the state. "I have a lot  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 16 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: After the University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium closed for three weeks due to technical issues, the venue has reopened and will pick up its July schedule. Additionally, the planetarium will have a limited run of programs in early August before it closes for previously planned renovations. "We are excited to announce that our technical issues have been resolved, and we are getting ready to re  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 15 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Microbes face many physical, chemical and biological challenges from their environments. In response, cells adapt. But whether they do so cooperatively is poorly understood. A University of Wyoming professor led a research team on campus that studied how myxobacteria known as social predators that kill and consume other microbes that form social groups can cooperate with one another. "We showed that myxo  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 18 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming's School of Energy Resources (SER) is set to be the recipient of a $745,632 award from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to conduct interdisciplinary research exploring the legal, social and environmental justice considerations associated with the buildout of a domestic U.S. supply chain for critical minerals and rare earth elements. Focusing on opportunities and challenges arising   more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 15 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel will announce the winners of the Investing in Wyoming's Creative Economy Start Up Challenge Thursday, July 18, at UW's Neltje Center for Excellence in Creativity and the Arts. Ten creative startup efforts will be awarded $25,000 each to support their arts-focused enterprises. Last fall, the Neltje Center, along with community college partners Sheridan College and  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 18 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Four University of Wyoming graduates will be honored by the UW Alumni Association (UWAA) and the Office of the President for their professional achievements and support of the university during Homecoming Sept. 23-28, sponsored by UniWyo Credit Union. Mary Behrens, John Easterbrook and Randall Luthi are the recipients of the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award, and Clayton Hartman is the 2024 Medallion Servic  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 19 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Noting the University of Wyoming's ties with K-12 school districts across the state, the UW Board of Trustees has voted in support of the university administration's offer to Albany County School District 1 of a one-year extension of a memorandum of understanding for the district's UW Laboratory School to operate on the university campus. This comes after the district took no action on a proposed extensio  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 17 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Jeff Hamerlinck, University of Wyoming School of Computing associate director and senior research scientist, has become president of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS). Hamerlinck's one-year term as UCGIS president began July 1, after he served as president-elect the previous 12 months. During his term, he will preside over the UCGIS 30th Anniversary Symposium June 23-27,  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 16 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Wyoming Dementia Together (WDT), a statewide nonprofit caregiver network offered through the University of Wyoming's Wyoming Center on Aging (WyCOA), will offer a variety of informative discussions focused on dementia care through December. Legal issues, financial considerations, behavioral changes and family advocacy in the health care system are among the 11 topics to be covered by WDT during the second  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 16 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Nearly 25 educators representing the University of Wyoming, some of the state's community colleges and one Wyoming high school recently attended a symposium in Cheyenne to further nurture relationships through a UW-led program. The Wyoming Inclusive Excellence Initiative aims to strengthen relationships between community colleges and UW to create STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) lea  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, July 17 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Four innovative projects that aim to use technology to help Wyoming wildlife have received seed funding from the University of Wyoming's new WyldTech Center for Wildlife, Technology and Computing. WyldTech, a new center in UW's Science Institute, is dedicated to using cutting-edge technologies, big data and computational advances to conserve Wyoming wildlife. The inaugural 2024 seed grant competition aims  more