SER 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 articles where the School of Energy Resources or its scholars are making the news.

SER in the news 2026


January

A joint press release with American Rare Earths was shared through Business Insider, Stock Titan, Yahoo!Finance, Junior Mining Network, Mining.com, Mining.com.au, Tipranks, and Geomechanics discussing the collaborative project between its subsidiary Wyoming Rare Ltd. and the School of Energy Resources to investigate tailings and byproducts from the Halleck Creek rare earths project. The project is funded as a STAR Project award under UW's NSF-funded ART program.

UW environmental engineering Professor Jonathan Brant is quoted in an Inside Climate News article about a planned data center near Cheyenne, described as potentially the largest data center in the country. Brant says even closed-loop cooling systems like that planned for the facility will see water losses.

The coal-to-products field demonstration plant, under construction by UW’s School of Energy Resources near Gillette, was the topic of a Cowboy State Daily article. The facility will be capable of processing 8-10 tons of coal per day, producing intermediate materials that can be manufactured into asphalt products, building materials, agricultural soil amendments and nuclear-grade graphite.

 

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