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The University of Wyoming has cut ties with a project that landed it on a list of 45 universities under federal investigation for allegedly engaging in race-exclusionary practices in their graduate programs, the school announced Friday. The announcement came hours after the U.S. Department of Education said it had launched the investigations “amid allegations that these institutions have violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act …. by partnering with ‘The Ph.D. Project.’” The federal agency described the project as “an organization that purpor...
They packed the pews tight at Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church, those without seats standing wherever they could find space. Mourners took off work and school, many traveling across Wyoming to gather on a calm, sunny October morning in Rock Springs. The service started late in order to make room for everyone. This was the funeral of Dawson Fantin, an 18-year-old graduate of Rock Springs High School who'd only recently left his hometown to start college at the University of Wyoming on a...
For Sunshine Week - the nationwide celebration of public records and transparency - WyoFile checks in on a pillar of open government. The Wyoming State Archives, established in 1951, preserves and shares records documenting Wyoming's history and governmental operations. "We keep records as a means of transparency," State Archivist Sara Davis said. "We keep records for people to access those records." Journalists might use them to examine government officials' past decisions, like reporting that...
