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 Interim Provost Anne Alexander, an economist, is quoted in a Cowboy State Daily article about high inflation and high interest rates, tied to the Federal Reserve’s annual economic summit in Jackson Hole. She says Wyoming’s low unemployment rate can obscure the fact that many Wyoming communities face worker shortages, limited and expensive housing, an aging labor force and very thin labor markets.
UW Assistant Professor Ryan Williamson was interviewed by Wyoming Public Media about the state primary election results. He says it was somewhat surprising to see the number of losses suffered by the Freedom Caucus.
Jacob Hochard, UW’s Knobloch Associate Professor of Conservation Economics, says Wyomingites’ views on data centers are likely mostly about whether they can trust that there will be tangible protections and benefits in their communities. He’s quoted in a WyoFile article examining the impact of the data center debate in the state’s primary election results.
In a Cowboy State Daily article about Wyoming people supporting President Trump at the highest level in the nation, retired UW Professor Jim King says the numbers come as no surprise. He notes that the president’s policies have always been popular in the state.
Nevada’s lawsuit seeking to block the U.S. Department of Interior’s Colorado River operating guidelines comes as no surprise, UW College of Law Professor Jason Robison told CNN. He noted that other lower basin states and tribal nations may well also launch their own lawsuits against the plan to require water cuts of roughly 20 percent by Arizona, California and Nevada over the next two years.
Max Gilbraith, coordinator of UW’s Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium, says those who missed last week’s 96 percent lunar eclipse in Wyoming should have plenty of opportunities to see others, according to Cowboy State Daily. The next lunar eclipse should be visible over Wyoming Feb. 20, 2027, but that will be a penumbral eclipse, where the moon passes through the lightest part of Earth’s shadow and will be barely noticeable from the Earth’s surface.
A new film about Yellowstone National Park bison migration by UW’s Wyoming Migration Initiative has drawn attention from the Billings Gazette, the Missoulian and the Sheridan Press.
In a Jackson Hole News & Guide article about a political action committee formed to influence voters in Teton County, UW Associate Professor Ryan Williamson says PAC contributors are not as immediately identifiable as people who contribute directly to candidates’ campaigns.
The Sheridan Press published UW’s release about the inaugural Wyoming Maternal Health Summit, which will be hosted by UW’s Rural Health Institute this week.
Six inmates at the Wyoming Women’s Center in Lusk received their UW diplomas Aug. 20. The ceremony was covered by WyoFile, the Casper Star-Tribune and the Wyoming Tribune Eagle.
The University of Wyoming has earned its Research Level 1 (R1) status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, placing Wyoming's only four-year university with the top research universities in the United States.