LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 25 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * 'Star of the Magi' Program Highlights UW Planetarium Schedule During December * The University of Wyoming Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium will host a Christmas-themed program, "Star of the Magi," twice during December. "We invite everyone, including the general public, UW students, faculty, staff and K-12 students to come to a planetarium show this December," says Max Gilbraith, the planetarium's director.  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Nov. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming posted the following news release on Nov. 24, 2025: * * * Activity in the U.S. Attorney's Office Recent Sentencings Drug Trafficking Shaleen Ungricht, 47, from Rock Springs, Wyoming, was sentenced to 140 months' imprisonment with four years of supervised release to follow for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents, the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) identified U  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Congresswoman Hageman Co-Leads the Commercial Motor Vehicle English Proficiency Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (R-WY) joined Congressman Dave Taylor (R-OH) and Congressman Greg Steube (R-FL) in introducing the Commercial Motor Vehicle English Proficiency Act, legislation that strengthens federal safety standards for commercial driver licensing by requiring all compo  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 24 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Large beetle collection donation helps spawn 'Goliaths' exhibit * In early 2024, MJ Paulsen received a phone call. Michael Ritterbrown was sorting through his late mother's possessions in Wyoming and wasn't sure what to do with her extensive natural history collection, for which she'd left no instructions. Nova Young was an excellent amateur botanist, but her late husband Ron Young collected scarab be  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * The Heart of the Boat: Inside the Auxiliary Division of the USS Wyoming * Deep below the surface, in the steel belly of the Ohio-class USS Wyoming submarine, there is a place where wrenches never stop turning, pipes never fully sleep and the heartbeat of the ship is kept alive by a small band of mechanics who call themselves "A-Gangers." To the untrained eye, the work might look like grease, noise and endles  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 25 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Math and Statistics Professor Wins Award for Novel Cancer Treatment Therapy Proposal * Konstantinos Mamis, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Mathematics and Statistics, was part of a team that won the 13th Integrated Mathematical Oncology (IMO) Workshop at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla. The annual, highly interdisciplinary event brings together clinicians, ex  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 24 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * UW Ph.D. Student Wins Best Paper Award at IEEE CARS Symposium * Sajjad Shah, a University of Wyoming Ph.D. student studying computer science, won the best paper award at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Cyber Awareness and Research Symposium, which took place at the University of North Dakota at the end of October. Shah's paper, titled "Discrete Gaussian Integer Aggregation and Trus  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 25 -- The University of Wyoming posted the following news: * * * Wyoming Fulbright Association Chapter to Hold Statewide Event in Laramie * The newly formed Wyoming Chapter of the Fulbright Association will host an inaugural statewide gathering Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 6 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn at 2229 Grand Ave. in Laramie. Recent Fulbrighters, including UW faculty members and students, will share their stories of international learning in Costa Rica, Israel, Pol  more