EarthMonth@OU is OU’s annual celebration of Earth Month. It consists of a series of campus and public events focused on local and global environmental concerns sponsored by members of the University of Oklahoma’s Environmental Portfolio and others.
This year, EarthMonth@OU will host a series of lectures featuring experts from around the country, including talks that address the history of environmental movements, approaches to SuperFund sites, and the intersections of Christianity, climate and culture.
April 1-2, 2019
Join us for a public lecture and panel discussion with Dr. Adam Rome, a professor of Environmental History at the University at Buffalo. He will lecture about “Lessons from the First Earth Day: The Past & Future of the Environmental Movement” in the Oklahoma Memorial Union on April 1st at 5:00 p.m. On April 2nd, there will be a student brown bag discussion from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in room 408 of Dale Hall Tower.
April 9, 2019
Dr. Linda Figueroa, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, will present her lecture “Superfund Status and Progress” in the Beaird Lounge of the Oklahoma Memorial Union at 5:00 p.m. on April 9th. There will also be a panel discussion featuring representatives from Waste Management Inc., the Department of Environmental Quality, and the Midwest City Public Works Authority.
April 16, 2019
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, professor atmospheric scientist and Director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University, will present her lecture “Christians, Climate and Our Culture in the U.S.” in the Forum Room of the Thurman J. White Forum Building at 5:00 p.m. on April 16th.
Telesis, a journal produced by students in the University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture, has earned first place in the 2026 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals for its seventh volume, “Unfold.” This marks the fourth time the publication has earned recognition for excellence in student architectural journalism. It shares the honor with student journals from Columbia University, University of Michigan, and Cal Poly.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture congratulates Thinh "Henry" Duong, a master's student in the Division of Interior Design, for earning first place in the 2026 Robert Bruce Thompson Annual Student Light Fixture Design Competition.
Gibbs College of Architecture Institute for Quality Communities (IQC) Director and Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Design (PLAD) faculty member Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., recently published a new book, Collective Yearning: Black Women Artists from the Zimmerli Art Museum.
