LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming College of Law issued the following news: Students in the Defender Aid Clinic at the UW College of Law have launched a new podcast, "Justice Talks in Wyoming." The mission of the podcast is to educate the public about serious issues within the United States criminal justice system, in the hopes of influencing positive change. As one of the only entities on campus that routinely works in the trenches of the criminal justice system,  more PR

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Oct. 2 -- Gov. Tom Wolf, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Oct. 1: The Wolf Administration today announced that it is joining with six other states - Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, Oklahoma and Wyoming - in signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) expressing a commitment to establish and implement a regional CO2 transport infrastructure plan by collaborating and leveraging resources across the participating states. "My administration is co more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 1 (TNSBud) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: President Ed Seidel has granted an hour of release time for University of Wyoming employees to participate in virtual and limited in-person listening sessions hosted by UW's Budget Reduction Working Group (BRWG). The sessions are intended to gather input from members of the campus community as the BRWG develops recommendations for the president, who has been charged by the UW Board of Trustees wit more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 29 (TNSGra) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming's American Heritage Center (AHC) has received $180,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to help supply primary sources to middle and high school students competing in Wyoming History Day. The funding, from the federal CARES Act, is for museums and libraries to spend over two years. Competition for IMLS CARES Act dollars was stiff; there were more more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 2 (TNSGra) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The Wyoming Digital Newspaper Project, led by University of Wyoming Libraries, has added its first batch of historical newspapers to the Chronicling America database. The Northern Wyoming Herald and Garland Irrigation Era, published from 1911-1924, as well as a portion of the Cheyenne Daily Leader, widely recognized as Wyoming's first newspaper, recently became available for anyone to view via the more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 1 (TNSCon) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: University of Wyoming undergraduate students interested in international volunteer service will soon have an opportunity to earn a certificate from the Peace Corps. The Peace Corps recently named UW a partner university in the Peace Corps Prep program. This diversity-focused program enhances students' undergraduate experiences by preparing them for international development fieldwork and potential more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 3 (TNSGra) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming has received a five-year, $8 million grant from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to establish a network of stations to monitor snowpack and soil moisture throughout the plains areas of the Upper Missouri River Basin. The goal is to help predict and prevent future flooding in these areas. The grant announcement was made Sept. 28 by the U.S. Department of Defense. The grant more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 3 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Mutants and a superpower used by a University of Wyoming molecular biologist led to discovering certain genes implicated in cancer, genetic diseases and birth defects can serve as traffic cops directing complex transportation superhighways inside cells. This discovery by scientists working in the laboratory of David Fay in the Department of Molecular Biology led to his lab receiving a $2.7 million more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 30 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: David Bodily is this year's recipient of the Wyoming Nurses Association's (WNA) Inspiring Our Future Nurses Award, given annually to a WNA member nursing instructor who has been a positive influence on the future nurses of Wyoming. Bodily, an associate lecturer in the University of Wyoming's Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, is program director for the school's online Bachelor of Science in Nurs more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Michael Cheadle recently had the opportunity to view a large volcano up close. The novelty is that it was underwater. Cheadle, a University of Wyoming associate professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, was invited to be part of a research expedition that explored part of the seafloor of the Indian Ocean. Cheadle served as a geologist aboard a new German research vessel, called the R/ more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 2 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 1: Gov. Jim Justice and leaders of the West Virginia Department of Transportation held a grand opening ceremony today to officially open the new section of the Coalfields Expressway (WV 121) from Slab Fork in Raleigh County to Mullens in Wyoming County. "This highway will bring so much opportunity, so much goodness and opportunity, to West Virginia it's unbelievable," said Gov. Jus more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Oct. 1 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Governor Mark Gordon has worked with the Wyoming Department of Health to ease restrictions on restaurants in the state while continuing efforts to keep the public safe. This comes in new public health orders. The changes to Health Order No. 1 no longer require restaurants to space out seating in booths and increases the permitted number of persons at a table from 6 to 8 persons. Larger tables are permi more PR