Jeff Victor
Independent ContributorJeff is an independent contributor to Wyoming Public Media, as well as the owner and editor of the Laramie Reporter, a free online news source providing in-depth and investigative coverage of local events and trends. His work has also appeared in the Laramie Boomerang and WyoFile.
Interning as a science reporter with WPM during the summer of 2019, Jeff was promoted to a part-time position at WPM while finishing his master’s degree at University of Wyoming. In a former life as a Laramie Boomerang reporter, he was awarded six Pacemakers for his coverage of the university and Laramie culture. In his free time, Jeff laments the loss of his left kidney, drowning that sorrow with books about science, mead made locally, and far too many podcasts. His cat, Ramona, is far more interesting.
He specializes in political and science reporting, and enjoys afflicting the comfortable.
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Seidel and the University of Wyoming faced political challenges, enrollment struggles and leadership controversies, but they also reached new heights in research, fundraising and, according to Seidel, free speech on campus. -
The Wyoming Department of Education’s rules will determine how schools implement a new law codifying literacy education and dyslexia support. -
A supreme court order reversing a lower court’s pause allowed the Wyoming Department of Education to re-launch the embattled program. -
Former University of Wyoming President Ed Seidel ended his six-year stint in the leadership role this week. Shane Reeves became UW’s 29th president July 1. -
Lawmakers passed a bevy of bills to change and fund education, health and incentivize National Guard and wildland fire positions, among other things. -
After updating how public schools are funded earlier this year, a legislative committee must now tackle an unintended consequence of that update, while addressing a few of the thorny topics it set aside last year. -
Declining enrollment and other factors left UW $15 million short. On Wednesday, the trustees approved a budget reducing college spending by 2%, among other cost-saving changes. -
Albany County School District No. 1 is looking to crack down on deepfakes, especially those that are sexually explicit. The move comes as a new state law adds criminal penalties for the making or sharing of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes. -
From AI to PE, the education committee gathered information and feedback about various topics.
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University of Wyoming leaders could recommend cutting programs or positions as they work to comply with legislative demands. -
A five-day jury trial found the lawyer who represented some Kappa Kappa Gamma members who sought to exclude a transgender sister from their chapter did not abuse the legal process during a years-long lawsuit that made national headlines. -
The University of Wyoming will also allocate state monies for merit- and market-based raises on top of the standard raise.
