LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 19 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Nicole Crawford, longtime curator of collections at the University of Wyoming Art Museum, has been appointed as interim director of the museum to succeed Marianne Wardle. Crawford joined the UW Art Museum in 2009 as the curator of collections and moved into the role of assistant director and chief curator in 2018. She leads the curatorial team to oversee, plan, manage and implement the exhibition schedule more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 21 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Feb. 19: A scientist and administrator who has spent much of her career advancing carbon capture has been selected to lead the University of Wyoming's School of Energy Resources (SER). Holly Krutka, currently the vice president for coal generation and emissions technologies with Peabody, will succeed Mark Northam as SER's executive director. Northam is retiring after nearly 13 years at the helm of SER a more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 19 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release on Feb. 18: Chris Haller is the new Timothy M. Miles Director of the Center for Professional Selling in the University of Wyoming College of Business. He joins marketing Professor Mark Leach, the Mendicino Family Chair in Sales and Salesmanship and academic director, at the center. Haller begins his duties Wednesday, Feb. 19. "I am thrilled to join the amazing team at the College of Business," Haller says more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 22 [TNSgrants] -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming Division of Social Work has been awarded $55,000 by the National Council for Behavioral Health (NCBH) to prepare students to lead the charge against the opioid epidemic in Wyoming and the United States. The grant funding also directs $48,000 toward student stipends. "Our objectives for implementing this grant are to refine and expand existing addiction-related course more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Feb. 22 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A University of Wyoming doctoral student's video showing the spinning motion of microtubules in an artificial cell won national honors and is featured this week on the National Institutes of Health director's blog. Abdullah Bashar Sami, from Bangladesh, working in the laboratory of Jay Gatlin, an associate professor in the Department of Molecular Biology, made the video to characterize forces generated by more PR

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia, Feb. 21 -- West Virginia University issued the following story: Wyoming County is nestled between the steep mountains of southern West Virginia with equally steep economic struggles. When Arnold Simonse kept seeing the same families every month at the Itmann food pantry, he knew he had to find a way to give these people more. And, with the help of West Virginia University Extension Service and nearly 500 chickens, more than 30 Wyoming County families now have a nutri more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Feb. 19 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release on Feb. 18: Governor Mark Gordon has joined Legislative Leadership in their support for two bi-partisan bills that would allow the State of Wyoming to evaluate a significant land purchase that could bring new income to the state, while benefiting public access for hunting and outdoor recreation, wildlife and other economic interests. "Wyoming faces big challenges in the years to come -- challenges that more PR

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Feb. 17 -- Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release, dated Feb. 14: Governor Mark Gordon signed his Migration Corridor Executive Order at a public ceremony in the Capitol, the culmination of an approach that supports conservation, protects landowner rights and accommodates multiple-use opportunities. "This Executive Order speaks to what Wyoming is," Governor Gordon said. "We can come together on difficult issues, we can solve problems together, and we c more PR