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2 weeks ago | 
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Jeff Victor
In July, members of the public will be allowed to carry concealed firearms onto school grounds as long as they have a valid permit. The Legislature repealed gun-free zones earlier this year, paving the way for the legal bearing of arms in schools and on college campuses that had previously banned the practice. School boards can't limit this right, but they can add handgun and scenario-based training requirements for their teachers, other staff and volunteers.
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2 weeks ago | 
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Jeff Victor
The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees voted on May 15 to cancel five degrees, including bachelor's degrees in African American and Diaspora Studies and Gender and Women's Studies. It will also restructure the department that houses them. The programs were identified as "low-producing," meaning they weren't graduating enough majors. Gender and Women's Studies produced 17 graduates in the last five years. African American and Diaspora Studies produced three.
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3 weeks ago | 
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Jeff Victor
The University of Wyoming has to prepare for "the worst case scenario" when it comes to the Trump administration's steep cuts to research funding, according to university leaders who presented to the UW Board of Trustees this week. One potentially radical change is the administration's desire to cap "indirect costs" on research grants to 15%.
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3 weeks ago | 
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Jeff Victor
This story is part of our Quick Hits series. This series will bring you breaking news and short updates from throughout the state. More than 1,700 University of Wyoming (UW) students will cross the stage this weekend to cap off their journeys through higher education. Across a series of ceremonies planned for Saturday, UW will award 1,267 bachelor's degrees and 424 graduate degrees. More than 80 other students will receive degrees from the College of Law and the School of Pharmacy.
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3 weeks ago | 
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Jeff Victor
Six members of a University of Wyoming sorority have one month to submit an appeal in the lawsuit they brought to kick a trans woman out of their sorority.
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4 weeks ago | 
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Jeff Victor
The University of Wyoming is preparing its instructors to comply with a new state law targeting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). That law will take effect before UW students return in the fall. It prohibits university instructors from teaching that one racial, religious or other demographic group is inherently inferior to any other. The bill's sponsors aimed to rein in what they called biased university instruction.
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4 weeks ago | 
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Hanna Merzbach |Indira Khera |Jeff Victor |Jenna McMurtry
Today on the show, two conservative women started with similar beliefs about abortion. Then they got pregnant, and their beliefs shifted. We hear from a non-profit that tracks federal election spending. They found Wyoming’s D.C. hopefuls get almost all of their campaign funding from out of state. And we’ll join a conversation exploring some of our misguided stereotypes about rural America. Those stories and more...
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4 weeks ago | 
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Jeff Victor
International students at the University of Wyoming (UW) face mounting uncertainty about their future in the United States. The Trump administration is battling courts over its hardline immigration policies and has authorized federal immigration agents to enter “sensitive” areas like churches and college campuses. At UW, six students saw their visa records deleted without warning, then reinstated.
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1 month ago | 
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Jeff Victor
The University of Wyoming (UW) has more than 600 international students this semester. But many of those students say they fear for their ability to stay. The federal government started deleting student visa records in March without notifying universities, before abruptly reinstating those records in April. Six UW students were affected.
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1 month ago | 
wyomingpublicmedia.org | Jeff Victor
Four-year degree programs in Gender and Women's Studies, and African and Diaspora Studies, are at the chopping block at the University of Wyoming (UW). UW will decide this month whether to cut those degree programs, as well as three others identified for elimination through the university's regular annual review process.
