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:

UW President Ed Seidel appears on the "Heterodox Out Loud" podcast with Heterodox Academy President John Tomasi, speaking about UW's Free Expression, Intellectual Freedom and Constructive Dialogue Initiative.

UW's Wyoming Migration Initiative is undertaking a study that aims to identify ways to improve wildlife migration across Interstate 80 in southern Wyoming, according to WyoFile. The project should help the Wyoming Department of Transportation prioritize where to invest its dollars to help deer, antelope and elk.

UW research showing that bumble bees are able to cool themselves with their own wingbeats was covered by Science, Chosun Biz and Phys Org, among other national and international outlets.

UW College of Law Professor George Mocsary helped write a National Rifle Association brief in a case to be considered by the U.S. Supreme Court this week, according to the American Bar Association Journal. He and some other legal scholars contend that marijuana users shouldn't necessarily be barred for life from possessing firearms.

Oil City News picked up UW's release about UW-Casper's Scott Seville receiving the prestigious 2026 W. Fred Taylor Ph.D. Award for outstanding contributions to the National Institutes of Health's IDeA Program.

UW's release about a UW-led project to improve Wyoming highway safety was picked up by The Sheridan Press. The pilot project, which also involves Range and the Wyoming Department of Transportation, will deploy Distributed Acoustic Sensing in tandem with artificial intelligence-based computer vision to monitor a section of U.S. Highway 85 just north of Cheyenne.

Wyoming Public Media covered the UW Art Museum's "Where the Heck is Yucca Fountain?" exhibition. Boston-based artists Helen Popinchalk and Andy Bablo will be on campus this week for a panel discussion, a lunchtime conversation and an art-making workshop. The exhibition is on display through Saturday, May 23.

Max Gilbraith, the coordinator of UW's Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium, is the primary source for a Cowboy State Daily article about the only total lunar eclipse of 2026 this week.