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:

The University of Wyoming sent staff, students, the marching band and mascot Pistol Pete to Buffalo, N.Y., for a weeklong promotional and community tour tied to its partnership with the Buffalo Bills and famed alumnus Josh Allen. Buffalo Toronto Public Media and WGRZ-TV in Buffalo covered various aspects of the UW visit. The Buffalo News ran a YouTube video of UW President Shane Reeves and Pistol Pete participating in the Buffalo Bills’ tailgate ritual of jumping on and smashing tables.

The Wyoming Tribune Eagle ran a story about area winners at the recent National FFA Convention, which took place Oct. 21-24 in Indianapolis. Brody Medina, a UW student from Cheyenne majoring in ranch management and agricultural leadership, was named national champion in the Agriscience Fair's Food Products and Processing, Division 5, and in the Agricultural Proficiency Awards, Agricultural Communications - Entrepreneurship/Placement.

Laura de Sousa Oliveira, a UW associate professor of chemistry, is quoted in a Cowboy State Daily story about how artificial intelligence (AI) is speeding up Wyoming’s next-generation nuclear plants. de Sousa Oliveira is leading a project pairing AI with Idaho National Laboratory’s software to map out how heat moves through nuclear fuel. 

Cowboy State Daily also published a story about FBI Director Kash Patel meeting with Congresswoman Harriet Hageman and Wyoming law enforcement leaders for a roundtable at UW’s War Memorial Stadium Oct. 28. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle also ran a story on the subject.

A $4.12 million grant to UW’s College of Education that will allow 120 Wyoming K-12 educators to earn English as a second language teaching endorsements continues to receive media coverage. The Gillette News Record ran a story on the subject.

HortiDaily published UW’s press release about the university’s Plant Growth and Phenotype Facility adding a Conviron walk-in chamber that will allow researchers to advance photobiology. Photobiology is a rapidly growing subfield in plant science that explores how light quality influences plant growth, development and resource-use efficiency.

High Plains Journal published a story about UW researchers who identified a gap -- soil carbon sequestration -- in existing studies of livestock methane emissions. The research was published in the New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research.

A WyoFile article about $205 million in federal healthcare dollars allocated to Wyoming mentions UW will receive $6.2 million of that amount for graduate medical education. Oil City News and Cap City News ran WyoFile’s story on the subject.

WyoFile also ran a story about the UW Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center’s 2026 election survey, which takes the state’s pulse on a wide swath of political and policy issues. The Sheridan Press also ran a story about the election survey.

The Buffalo Bulletin ran UW’s release about the UW Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center’s survey that shows almost all Wyoming residents oppose the sale of public lands and most residents oppose AI data centers.

The Newcastle News Letter Journal ran a story about the UW Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center’s surveys on abortion, AI data centers and election security.

The Wyoming Tribune Eagle published a story about researchers from UW’s Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center who have been chosen to study immigration policy in Teton County.

Environmental+Energy Leader wrote a story about UW’s School of Energy Resources equipping its Visualization Center with advanced drone-based spectral imaging technology. This investment is part of a broader strategy to enhance research on Wyoming’s critical mineral reserves, particularly those found in coal seams and waste streams.

Environmental+Energy Leader also published a story about the Department of Energy selecting nine projects to modernize existing coal infrastructure, including a UW study that frames bottom ash handling not as a waste management problem but as an untapped entry point for critical mineral recovery and future carbon capture deployment.

UW undergraduate researcher Will Anderson’s discovery of the rare insects Grylloblattodea, or ice crawlers, in rock glaciers of Yellowstone National Park received further coverage on Wyoming News Now.

The Douglas Budget ran UW’s press release about UW’s College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources’ recent 2026 Dean’s Legacy Dinner that recognized outstanding alumni, valued partners and generous supporters in Laramie.

The Pine Bluffs Post published UW’s press release about UW Extension hosting its biennial Southeast Wyoming Beef Symposium and Trade Show in Lusk Nov. 17.

Boise State Public Radio posted a story on its website about UW’s research using coal char as a soil byproduct to grow bigger carrots.