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 Casper Star-Tribune highlighted 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. The Wyoming Educators Learning through Credentialing and Outreach for Multilingual Education, or WELCOME Project, also will allow 40 educators to pursue master's degrees in the field.

A $6 million grant to UW from the National Science Foundation to support research aimed at using microorganisms to process rare earth elements was highlighted by Wyoming Public Media.

Sheridan Media published UW's release about UW and Idaho National Laboratory researchers being selected to receive $906,382 in federal funding to develop artificial intelligence-enabled models aimed at improving heat transport predictions in nuclear fuel.

UW's Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center was selected by Teton County to conduct an assessment of immigration enforcement practices by The Teton County Sheriff's Office, according to Buckrail and the Jackson Hole News & Guide.

UW undergraduate researcher Will Anderson's discovery of the rare insect Grylloblattodea, or ice crawlers, in rock glaciers of Yellowstone National Park continues to receive media coverage. The Cody Enterprise picked up UW's release, and the Jackson Hole News&Guide and Buckrail published their own stories on the subject.

Your Wyoming Link and Oil City News covered a joint concert of UW's Jazz Combo and Natrona County High School's Big Band last week in Casper.

UW's release about the 30th entering class of the WWAMI Medical Education Program was picked up by the Sheridan Press.

County 17 published a portion of UW's release about the recent College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources Dean's Legacy Dinner. Two people with ties to Gillette and Campbell County were honored.

Wyoming News Now published UW's release about the university's 12th annual Giving Day.