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Laramie, WY 82071

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Email: economics@uwyo.edu

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News May 2022

WalletHub published a question-and-answer column with UW College of Business Professor Emeritus Sherrill Shaffer about free credit cards that offer no annual fees, monthly fees or one-time membership fees. 
 
The Casper Star-Tribune interviewed UW economist Rob Godby for an article titled “Russian escalation today could increase future demand for US natural gas.” Godby commented on implications from Russia cutting off natural gas exports to Poland and Bulgaria.

Wyoming Public Radio also interviewed Godby for a piece that focused on how Wyoming businesses are dealing with higher fuel prices and inflation.
 
Scott Beaulier is the new UW College of Business dean. Since 2016, he held the same position at North Dakota State University’s College of Business, according to AM 1100 The Flag and WDAY radio stations, both in Fargo, N.D. 
 
WHYY, a Philadelphia PBS station, interviewed Christelle Khalaf, associate director of UW’s Center for Business and Economic Analysis, about a program that trains young Philadelphians to install solar panels. Khalaf studies the economic development potential of renewable energy. 
 
Forbes interviewed Charles Mason, a UW energy economist, about Samsung and two other Korean conglomerates that have signed an agreement with a U.S.-based company to build small-scale modular nuclear reactors in Asia as demand for clean energy grows globally 
 
KUNC carried a Mountain West News Bureau story that focused on how Wyoming businesses are learning to cope with current higher fuel prices and inflation. UW economist Rob Godby was interviewed for the piece. Cowboy State Daily also interviewed Godby for a similar article. 
 
Yahoo! Finance published an article that mentioned a UW Center for Business and Economic Analysis report estimating that the CK Gold Project near Curt Gowdy State Park would create an estimated 2,600 direct and indirect jobs throughout the lifespan of the project. Mining Weekly published a similar article. 

Laramie Live and 101.9 KING FM noted that two new deans have been hired at UW: Scott Beaulier in the College of Business and Jacob Warren in the College of Health Sciences. 

Sherrill Shaffer, UW’s Guthrie Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Banking and Financial Services, provided advice in a pair of MoneyGeek columns titled “How can balance transfers impact your credit score in the short and long term?” and “What are some options a person could take to avoid using a cash advance on a credit card?” 

Laramie Live and County 10 published UW’s release noting that UW’s College of Business and Wyoming Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in collaboration with Central Wyoming College, will offer the Entrepreneur Essentials (e2) course. The e2 program seeks to help Wyoming business owners launch their businesses from the idea stage into fruition, with the end goal of businesses selling their products or services successfully. 

HuffPost quoted Christelle Khalaf, associate director of UW’s Center for Business and Economic Analysis, in an article about a possible recession in the U.S. Khalaf said it was worth considering that policies implemented during the pandemic to support families may not have been anticipated to cause inflation 
 
In an article picked up by The Leader-Telegram, in Eau Claire, Wis., several economists, including UW’s Anne Alexander, discussed inflation, rising gas prices and baby formula shortages that are causing consumer stress across the country.
 
UW economist Rob Godby commented on a WyoFile piece about how developers are poised to double Wyoming’s wind energy capacity, replacing coal as the state’s top source of electrical generation. 
 

 
Contact Us

Department of Economics

College of Business Department 3985

Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: 307-766-3124

Fax: 307-766-4028

Email: economics@uwyo.edu

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