LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 19 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming's Sheridan Research and Extension Center has received a key gift from EOG Resources Inc. to advance research on reclamation and to combat invasive plant and grass species in northeast Wyoming. The gift part of the UW School of Energy Resources' (SER) mission to support the energy industry was doubled by state matching funds through SER. This long-term project is under developmen  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 16 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Part 3 of two Wyoming widowers discussing the care they provided for their spouses with dementia will be available beginning Tuesday, Dec. 17,on "Once Again," the YouTube channel program hosted by the University of Wyoming's Wyoming Center on Aging (WyCOA). From the first days after the diagnosis to being bedside when their wives died and all of the days in between, Scott Veatch, of Casper, and Kent Shurt  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 16 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The Firearms Research Center (FRC), housed in the University of Wyoming College of Law, has received a $25,000 donation from the Gretchen Swanson Family Foundation. "The Gretchen Swanson Family Foundation is proud to partner with the Firearms Research Center and its efforts to educate and provide valuable resources to students, staff and the community at large," says Laura Bucholz, president of the Gretch  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 19 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The Firearms Research Center (FRC) at the University of Wyoming College of Law recently received a generous gift from Joseph Olson, a professor emeritus of law at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn. "I am proud to support the Firearms Research Center and its efforts to elevate the conversation surrounding firearms in America," Olson says. "Through this gift, the FRC will continue to be a valuable, nonpa  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 16 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Most University of Wyoming business and administrative offices will be closed Tuesday, Dec. 24-Wednesday, Jan. 1, for the Christmas and New Year's holidays as well as winter closure. Normal business hours will resume Thursday, Jan. 2. Coe Library will close at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 23, and it will reopen at 8 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2. The Geology Library will close at noon Monday, Dec. 23, and it will reop  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 17 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: UW Ph.D. student Rebekah Rafferty, of Solvang, Calif., has been selected as a Muley Fanatic Fellow. She is the current project leader of the long-running Wyoming Range Mule Deer Project, which started in 2013. (James Hobbs Photo) A University of Wyoming Ph.D. student has been selected as the second-ever Muley Fanatic Fellow. Rebekah Rafferty, of Solvang, Calif., is the current project leader of the long  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 18 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Members of the inaugural class of the UW Leadership Academy, here accompanied by academy organizers, recently completed their experience by making presentations about challenges facing Wyoming's key industries. (UW Photo) The inaugural University of Wyoming Leadership Academy has come to a successful conclusion, with participating students delivering final presentations addressing key industries and cha  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 19 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The eighth annual Own It! Celebration for women who make a difference in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at the University of Wyoming is transitioning from a traditional awards ceremony to a networking event. The Own It! Celebration, formerly known as the Own It! Awards, is scheduled Thursday, Feb. 20, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the Engineering and Education Research Building atrium/lo  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 16 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Bree Doering, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming's Department of Anthropology, has been selected as the first President's Distinguished Scholar. Doering is a highly accomplished scholar in the fields of anthropology and archaeology. She is published in several top-tier journals, including the Journal of Field Archaeology, PaleoAmerica, Current Anthropology and American Antiquity. Doering  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 16 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Mark Guiberson, professor and director of UW's Division of Communication Disorders, receives the Editor's Award alongside Kyliah Ferris, a Northern Arapaho tribal member and UW alumna, while attending this year's American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention in Seattle. (Cameron Weishoff Photo) Mark Guiberson, professor and director of the University of Wyoming's Division of Communication Diso  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Dec. 18 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Dec. 16, 2024: Governor Gordon submitted his appeal of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) response to his Governor's Consistency Review on the Rock Springs Resource Management Plan (RMP) Revision. This is the final National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) input from the State of Wyoming before the BLM makes their final changes and signs a Record of Decision (ROD). Governor Gordon issued the follow  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Dec. 19 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Dec. 18, 2024: The Wyoming Governor's Office announced that Wyoming's allocation of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds are now fully committed, making it unlikely that any of those funds will be returned to the Federal government. Wyoming received nearly $1.1 billion from the federal ARPA of 2021. Of that amount, approximately $584 million was used to replace revenue lost as a result of the e  more