UW in the News

State, national and international media frequently feature the University of Wyoming and members of its community in stories. Here is a summary of some of the recent coverage:

USA Today featured an article on the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative that is part of a nationwide, Indigenous-led movement to restore wild buffalo to their natural habitat. Among those interviewed was Albert Mason, an Eastern Shoshone tribal member and a UW graduate student, who is studying the ecological benefits of bison restoration on land impacted by large-scale cattle grazing.

UW economist Rob Godby was interviewed by Public News Service for an article that focused on how changes in Wyoming’s coal production may lead to changes in the tax structure. He said there is no easy substitute for the coal industry’s contributions to the tax base, especially since much of the coal is exported and Wyoming benefits from taxing its importers.

The “Moneyweb Crypto” podcast featured Bradley Rettler, a UW associate professor of philosophy, who is co-author of a new book called “Resistance Money.” Rettler explained how bitcoin has proven itself as an instrument of freedom against political and economic oppression.

UW’s American Heritage Center (AHC) is reaching out to current and former Union Pacific workers and their families to contribute stories for the “Life Between the Rails: An Oral History of the Union Pacific Railroad” project. Saratoga’s Bigfoot99 Radio interviewed Tana Libolt, a project assistant for the AHC’s oral history project on the Union Pacific Railroad.

Cowboy State Daily reported that UW law Professor George Mocsary co-wrote a brief in the case of Smith and Wesson v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos. In the brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, Mocsary says the Mexican government’s lawsuit against American gun manufacturers is an illegal attempt to financially devastate the nation’s firearms industry and erode Americans’ Second Amendment rights.

Tri-State Livestock News published UW’s release noting that the Department of Veterinary Sciences in the College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources has three new faculty members who have diverse experience in immunology, epidemiology and wildlife pathology.