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 biennial election-year survey conducted by UW's Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center received attention from outlets including the Casper Star-Tribune and the Sheridan Press.

UW political science Associate Professor Ryan Williamson was quoted in a Jackson Hole News&Guide article and a Wyoming Public Media piece about the Constitution Party becoming a major party in Wyoming because of the performance of gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Bextel in the general election. If the general election results are certified this week by the Wyoming State Canvassing Board, the biggest change for the Constitution Party will be how it picks its candidates, he says.

Williamson also is quoted in a WyoFile article about the general election, noting that Wyoming voters gave Republican candidates for federal office smaller margins of victory than they did two years ago.

And, in a Cowboy State Daily article, Williamson says midterm election backlash against the president is "a very common phenomenon."

Cowboy State Daily published an article about Bextel's belief that the moon landings were hoaxes. In that piece, Max Gilbraith, coordinator of UW's Harry C. Vaughan Planetarium, and Professor Chip Kobulnicky point to scientific proof that the landings actually happened.

The Wyoming Tribune Eagle published UW's release about perceptions of the university among Wyomingites, as expressed in the biennial election-year survey conducted by the Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center.

Research by UW neuroscientists Yun Li and Mingming Yang showing that exercise could help slow cognitive decline from Alzheimer's disease was highlighted by Your Wyoming Link.

In a Cowboy State Daily article about Wyoming ranch families being priced out of their legacy operations, UW agricultural economist John Hewlett says the number of farms and ranches in Wyoming declined by 12 percent between 2017 and 2022, while the amount of land classified as farmland declined by just 1 percent during that same period. That means Wyoming lost a significant number of farms and ranches without losing a comparable amount of agricultural land.

UW Chief Information Security Officer Matt Kelly is quoted extensively in a Cowboy State Daily article that explores how just about everything in people's everyday lives can be hacked. In the AI era, it is becoming easier to find vulnerabilities and exploit them, Kelly said.

The Stan Lee collection in UW's American Heritage Center was the subject of a Cowboy State Daily feature.

According to a UW analysis cited in the Gillette News Record, a proposed data center on Campbell County's Spaeth Ranch would create more than 800 jobs during construction and more than 100 permanent jobs once completed.

The pairing of a giant bull moose and a moose calf in Grand Teton National Park is unusual, UW Professor Kevin Monteith told Cowboy State Daily. But having an adult to protect and guide it probably increases the moose calf's odds of survival as winter approaches, he said.

The Powell Tribune picked up UW's release about grant-funded work by the School of Energy Resources to explore transformative bioprocessing and artificial intelligence-driven frameworks for sustainable critical mineral recovery.

UW undergraduate researcher Will Anderson continues to receive international attention for his discovery of rare ice crawlers in rocky glaciers of Yellowstone National Park. The latest outlets to report on his finding include earth.com, Yahoo News and Italy's Montagna.tv.

Cowboy State Daily also published an article about UW research into tiger salamanders that don't develop into land dwellers in Laramie's LaBonte Lake.

A new report from UW's Jay Kemmerer Wyoming Outdoor Recreation, Tourism and Hospitality (WORTH) Institute found strong support for tourism in Albany County. UW's release about the survey was picked up by the Laramie Boomerang.

In a Cowboy State Daily article about people who enjoy jumping into icy waters, UW Assistant Professor Ward Dobbs says the body's immediate reaction to icy water is a powerful stress response.

The Laramie Boomerang picked up UW's release about the recent public open house at UW's Wyoming Infrared Observatory on Jelm Mountain, as well as a release about Ph.D. student Jehad Hedel receiving the Best Paper Award at the 10th International Conference on Power Energy Systems and Applications.