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:
UW Extension educator Callie Surber and Corrine Knapp, an associate professor in the
Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, recently released a report identifying
key changes, challenges and opportunities encountered by ranchers in Wyoming’s Upper
Wind River Basin. The report was the basis for an extensive article in Cowboy State Daily.
UW Professor Bryan Shuman’s research shows that large fires are burning more frequently
in southern Wyoming and northern Colorado than at any time in the last few thousand
years. His work is featured in an Inside Climate News article republished by Wyoming Public Media.
Banking law expert Julie Hill, dean of UW’s College of Law, is quoted in a Marketplace article about Ford and General Motors receiving approval to launch their own banks.
Hill says the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. hasn’t always been enthusiastic about
industrial banks, but the current administration has shown it’s more likely to approve
them.
In a Financial Times article, UW political economist Matt Burgess notes that the future of liberal democracies
worldwide may depend on economic growth. He says developed democracies proliferated
over the past two centuries during an unprecedented era of economic growth, which
may be ending.
In a Wyoming Tribune Eagle article about a new legislative push to make ivermectin available without a prescription
in Wyoming, UW School of Pharmacy Dean Kem Krueger says manufacturers may simply opt
not to serve a single state like Wyoming if the state’s labeling requirements conflict
with the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
It’s not out of the question that Wyoming could see an outbreak of invasive rats similar
to what’s happening in Idaho’s Treasure Valley, says rodent expert John Koprowski,
dean of UW’s Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources. He’s quoted in a Cowboy State Daily article, noting that the animals can reproduce rapidly under the right conditions.
In another Cowboy State Daily article, Koprowski notes that pine martens play a key role in the forest ecosystems
of the West.
The Powell Tribune featured WWAMI Medical Education Program student Jordan Moore as well as the second-year WWAMI students set to begin their clerkship rotations in clinical spaces alongside physicians and
patients in the region.
The Wyoming Tribune Eagle published UW’s release about the Malcolm Wallop Civic Engagement Program’s launch
of a set of modules in its WyoLearn catalog that provides information on local museums
found across Wyoming.
Sheridan Media published UW’s release about a significant gift from the estate of the late John
Hines, a former state legislator from Gillette, that will support UW students and
programs.
The Laramie Boomerang published UW’s release about a new, embedded clinical faculty position created by UW’s Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing and Ivinson Memorial Hospital.
