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:

WyoFile published a pair of election-year media releases from UW’s School of Politics, Public Affairs and International Studies in partnership with the Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center. One survey featured state residents’ views on abortion headined “Wyoming abortion views hold steady as lawmakers pursue more restrictions,” and the other was titled “Wyomingites believe vote counts will be reliable.” The Wyoming Tribune Eagle published another UW survey headlined “Wyo. residents have mixed views on national and state economies.” Cowboy State Daily published a story on part of the UW election-year survey titled “Polls Say Trump Will Win Big In Wyoming; Barrasso & Hageman As Popular As Ever.”

UW economics Assistant Professor Matt Burgess was quoted in an NBC story titled “Already in political crosshairs, fates of NOAA and FEMA hang in the election balance.” Burgess commented on the pros and cons of privatizing weather forecasting.

UW College of Law Professor Jason Robison and some law students, along with Wyoming Indian High School and St. Stephens Indian School students, recently participated in a daylong field trip focused on hydrology and acknowledging Indigenous connections to the land in Laramie County. Wyoming Public Radio reported that the program focused on connecting to treaty history and water management.

The UK Post Observer reported that the first-ever Wyoming agriculture technology startup ecosystem and firearms trade and investment mission to the United Kingdom and Italy took place earlier this fall. The mission was the culmination of a multitude of economic development efforts within three targeted industries. UW representatives were among the Wyoming contingent. 

UW’s Center of Innovation for Flow Through Porous Media, headed by Professor Mohammed Piri in the High Bay Research Facility, was featured in a Cowboy State Daily article focusing on research that extracts more oil from “tight rocks.” ThermoFisher Scientific, an applied science research company, has invested $40 million in the research project, with the state of Wyoming matching that amount. OK Energy Today and Laramie Boomerang published similar articles.

The Wyoming Tribune Eagle published UW’s release noting that UW’s 10th annual Giving Day set records with 11,202 donors who gave more than $4.1 million, making it the most successful Giving Day in school history. The 2024 total of $4,175,132 represents significant increases from 2023’s results of 8,978 donors and $3,605,192 raised. The Casper Star-Tribune (CS-T) published a similar article.

UW Professor Brian Mealor and a colleague were interviewed by Intermountain West Joint Transfer (IWJT) to discuss technical transfer -- a collective problem-solving process -- that seeks to bridge the information gap between scientists and land managers. Mealor, director of UW’s Sheridan Research and Extension Center, and Andrew Olsen, an IWJT science to implementation coordinator, are authors of a publication titled “Crossing the Chasm: Using Technical Transfer to Bridge Science Production and Management Action.”

Nature’s Infrastructure, a nationwide podcast, also interviewed Mealor and Tim Kramer, Wyoming state coordinator for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Partners Program, for a segment titled “Catalyzing a Network of Support for Sagebrush Ecosystem Restoration.” Mealor also is director of the Institute for Managing Annual Grasses Invading Natural Ecosystems.

UW’s School of Energy Resources published its first “Consolidated Review of Energy in Wyoming” report that provides regular insights on the state’s energy landscape. According to UW’s media release, published by Cap City, the monthly report offers a summary of Wyoming’s major energy sectors, including crude oil, natural gas, coal, uranium, wind and soda ash, as well as employment trends and tax collections. Coal Zoom also published UW’s announcement.

WyoToday Media published UW’s release announcing that graduate student Audrey Lindsteadt is the winner of the 2024 Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Student Award for her beetle research in central Wyoming. The CS-T published a similar article.

A groundbreaking research project proposed by UW Professor Bart Geerts secured National Science Foundation funding through the Colorado-Wyoming Climate Resilience Engine (CO-WY Engine). The one-year, $300,000 project will be o study weather extremes and water security.  County 17 and Oil City News published UW’s release.

Cap City News and Wyoming Tribune Eagle published UW’s release announcing the Express Transfer Agreement, a collaborative effort between the university and Laramie County Community College (LCCC) to help LCCC students -- in select majors -- complete their bachelor’s degrees efficiently.

UW’s Division of Kinesiology and Health, part of the College of Health Sciences, recently hosted the third annual Wyoming Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Healthy Kids Roundup. The Powell Tribune published UW’s release.

Northern Ag Network reported that UW Extension is a partner for the Wyoming Agricultural Stress Symposium later this month in Casper. The Cheyenne Post noted that UW Extension has a new publication describing a problem with market-based conservation programs where companies pay landowners to meet certain conservation goals.