April 7, 2006

U. of Wyoming Presidential Search Takes an Unexpected Turn; East Africa Gets First Female President of a Public University

By PIPER FOGG and WACHIRA KIGOTHO

LAST MAN STANDING: Despite having been initially shut out of the search for a new president at the University of Wyoming, Thomas Buchanan is now not just the front-runner. He's the only runner.

Mr. Buchanan — who has been interim president since Philip Dubois resigned in June to become chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte — was not initially considered for the permanent job. But after support for Mr. Buchanan, 54, flooded in last month from