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2026

Research

October 01, 2026

OU-led project aims to recover critical minerals from existing oil and gas wells

A graphic that reads "OU awarded $6M for Shale 2.0."

Impact

September 30, 2026

OU Extends Path to Higher Education for More Oklahoma Families Than Ever

OU President Joseph Harroz, Jr. on a stage.

Research

September 29, 2026

University of Oklahoma hosts symposium on energy, national security

Two men sitting on a stage. The man in the foreground is holding a microphone and speaking.

Campus & Community

September 02, 2026

OU team receives NSF award to support talented STEM students with financial need

A group of adults stand together and smile in front of a building labeled Gallogly Hall.

Campus & Community

August 23, 2026

OU’s historic momentum continues with largest freshman class in state and university history for sixth straight year

Photo of the OU Class of 2030.

Research

August 21, 2026

OU researchers selected for Department of Energy Genesis Mission

A man bending over technology in a lab.

Impact

August 19, 2026

OU students design solar energy plan for Sulphur Veterans Home

A close up image of a solar panel.

Research

July 02, 2026

OU Paleontologists Make "One in a Million" Discovery of Soft Tissue Preserved in 450-Million-Year-Old Fossil

Image of a dendrocrinus simcoensis - crinoid soft tissue fossil.

Campus & Community

June 10, 2026

More Than 12,000 Students Named to OU’s Spring 2026 Honor Roll

Graphic reading: 12,000+ students named to OU's spring 2026 honor roll.

Campus & Community

May 28, 2026

OU’s Petroleum Engineering Programs Rank Among the Best in the Nation

A graphic that reads "#4 Undergraduate | #6 graduate, petroleum engineering programs in the country."

Research

May 08, 2026

USDOT Awards $10 Million to OU-Led Autonomous Freight Movement Project

A man in a suit and a man in a buttoned dress shirt stand outside.

Campus & Community

May 06, 2026

OU doctoral graduate completes education journey years in the making

Image reading: May 2026 Graduate, April Moreno-Ward, Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy, University of Oklahoma.

Campus & Community

May 06, 2026

OU Students Honored for Achieving Perfect Grade-point Average

Photo of eight 4.0 medallions on a table.

Campus & Community

January 29, 2026

OU Anounces Fall 2025 Honor Roll

An image of four students standing in the snow with the words "12,400+ students earn honor roll recognition for fall 2025."

Research

January 08, 2026

OU Undergraduate Publishes New Research on Ancient Fossils Housed in the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

photo of a fossil specimen surveyed and catalogued by Colby Higdon.

2025

Campus & Community

November 21, 2025

Sixteen OU Students Named Outstanding Senior Award Recipients

OU's Outstanding Seniors pose for group photo along with President Joseph Harroz Jr. and Dean of Student Dr. David Surratt.

Campus & Community

October 01, 2025

At OU’s Bartell Field Camp, an Education in Rocks – and Ourselves

A drone shot of Bartell Field Camp.

Campus & Community

September 25, 2025

University of Oklahoma Hosts Enhanced Oil Recovery and Carbon Management Symposium Featuring Industry and Academic Experts

John Antonio and Vicki Hollub speaking during a fireside chat.

Research

September 08, 2025

OU Researcher Earns NSF CAREER Award to Engineer Better EV Batteries

Campus & Community

August 22, 2025

Engineering Students Demonstrate Prosthetic Limb Prototype for Peebly the Goose

Summer Bridge took place from July 5-Aug. 1, gathering 54 students from 11 states and over 30 towns. Photo by Nolin McClaskey and Isaac Schweigert.

Campus & Community

August 05, 2025

Carpenter Receives O'Brien Presidential Professorship

John Antoni, Brett Carpenter, and Matthew Pranted stand in front of a banner reading 'Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy.'

Research

July 23, 2025

Oklahoma Geoscientist Working to Improve Forecasting for Devastating Earthquakes

Junle Jiang.

Campus and Community

July 22, 2025

Irani Center for Energy Solutions Welcomes New Director, Prue Smith Dean Sergent Recognized for Years of Leadership and Innovation

Dean Sergent and Prue Smith.

Campus & Community

July 02, 2025

The University of Oklahoma Selects Williams for Higher Education’s Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award

OU and Williams representatives.

July 02, 2025

Sustainable Energy Systems: Mewbourne College offers a new certificate to enhance any OU student's qualifications.

SES Director Heather Bedle against a mountainous backdrop.

Research

June 05, 2025

Recovering From Disaster: OU Professor Awarded Junior Faculty Fellowship to Study Life After Mass Extinctions

Photo of David Wright, Ph.D.

Campus & Community

March 24, 2025

OU Launches Sustainable Energy Systems Program, Names Inaugural Director

Heather Bedle against a rocky landscape.

Campus & Community

March 24, 2025

OU Graduate Students Named Winners of 3-Minute Thesis Competition

From left, Ashley Hawk, Zainab Iyiola, OU Graduate College Dean Randall Hewes and Rana Ajeeb.

Campus & Community

January 08, 2025

Baird Awarded 2024 Distinguished Service Award

John Antonio, Nicole Baird and Mark Schumacher standing together after Baird received her award.

2024

Research

December 09, 2024

OU Hosts Grand Unveiling for First-of-its-Kind Microscope

Carol Silva, interim VPRP, Ann West, COBRE director, Andrew Madden, SRNML director, and Meghan Bomgaars, director of OVPRP planning an research facilities

Campus & Community

November 26, 2024

Sustainable Energy Systems Program has New Home in Williams Suite

Those in attendance outside the new suite clap following the ribbon cutting.

Research

November 20, 2024

Eight New Proposals Awarded Strategic Equipment Investment Program Funding

Research

November 20, 2024

New study finds decrease in earthquakes, varied pressure in Arbuckle Group

Benjamin Allen.

Research

November 06, 2024

University of Oklahoma to Lead Oklahoma Carbon Hub

A graphic reading "largest grant in college history establishes OK Carbon Hub".

Campus & Community

August 16, 2024

Williams Gift Will Support Engineering, Energy, Business at OU

Alan Armstrong meets with University of Oklahoma summer interns.

May 15, 2024

University of Oklahoma Selects Antonio as Dean of Mewbourne College

John Antonio, Ph.D..

April 10, 2024

Nine Sooners Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

April 03, 2024

OU Giving Day 2024 Sets New University Fundraising Record

President Joe Harroz taking a selfie with two students on the South Oval of the Norman campus.

March 25, 2024

OU to Offer Interdisciplinary Sustainable Energy Systems Certificate Program

Students walking on the OU Scholars Walk, with trees, buildings, and a blue sky in the background.

March 20, 2024

OU-Led Study Receives Best Paper Award From Unconventional Resources Conference

Son Dang.

March 04, 2024

OU Students Take First Place in National Geothermal Collegiate Competition

Team geotribe.

February 13, 2024

The OU Sustainability Forum brings together academics and industry leaders from around the world

January 26, 2024

More Than 9,800 Students Named to OU’s Fall 2023 Honor Roll

University of Oklahoma campus, view down the South Oval toward Bizzell Memorial Library.

January 09, 2024

University of Oklahoma Deep Dust Project Works to Unravel Earth's Climate Past in Oklahoma's Anadarko Basin

Anadarko Basin, Deep Dust Project.

2023

November 28, 2023

OU Receives Gifts to Launch New Sustainable Energy Systems Program

OU Mewbourne College Receives Gifts for New SES Program

July 25, 2023

OU Consortium Launches Updated Machine-Learning Algorithms to Assist in Analyzing Seismic Data and Imaging Geological Features Far Below Our Feet

Portrait of Heather Bedle.

July 06, 2023

OU Geosciences Professor Megan Elwood Madden Elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Portrait of Megan Elwood Madden.

June 14, 2023

OU Geoscience Faculty and Alumni Receive Prestigious Honors from SEG and AAPG

Picture of Sarkey's Energy Center.

June 13, 2023

OU Alumnus and CEO Grows Innovative Internship Program

Ken Waits speaking as a panelist for the Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Sciences.

2022

October 12, 2022

University Announces Major Gift from Jonny and Brenda Jones

Jacobson Hall pictured on OU's historic North Oval.

June 23, 2022

Remembering the Life and Legacy of Curtis Mewbourne

May 23, 2022

OU Geothermal Team Wins First Place in National Department of Energy Competition

March 22, 2022

OU Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy to Partner With ESG Data Company Project Canary to Launch Energy ESG Certificate Program

January 24, 2022

OU Researchers Receive Department of Energy Grant to Pioneer Demonstration and Repurposing of Retired Oil Wells into Geothermal Wells

2021

November 11, 2021

OU Student Team Named a Winner of Global Elon Musk-Sponsored Carbon Removal Competition

August 09, 2021

Mewbourne College Welcomes New Executive Director of the Irani Center for Energy Solutions

April 28, 2021

University of Oklahoma Geologist’s Study of California Fault Lines May Reveal More About Earthquakes in Oklahoma

February 08, 2021

Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Students at OU Win International PetroBowl Competition and Becomes First University to Hold Four Wins

2020

August 11, 2020

OU Researcher Receives Part of $28 Million Grant to Increase Geothermal Energy Production in the United States

May 22, 2020

Innovative Program Creates Opportunity for OU Students Whose Summer Internships Were Canceled

April 02, 2020

University of Oklahoma to Host Climate Education Virtual Teach-In

February 19, 2020

OU Petroleum Engineering Student Team Takes Home North American PetroBowl® Title and Prepares for International Championship

January 28, 2020

Energy Executive David Ferris to Lead the Ronnie K. Irani Center for Energy Solutions at OU’s Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy

2019

December 23, 2019

OU Geoscientists Document the Role of Atmospheric Dust on Marine Ecosystems 300 Million Years Ago

November 04, 2019

University of Oklahoma Geoscientist Hopes to Make Induced Earthquakes Predictable

September 18, 2019

OU Study on Earthquake Activity in Oklahoma Reveals the Susceptibility of Oklahoma’s Rocks to Wastewater Injection-Related Earthquakes

July 22, 2019

University of Oklahoma Petroleum Engineering Students Win International Drilling Competition

2018

June 27, 2018

Assistant professor Siddharth Misra Receives Department of Energy Award to Study Fractures in Subsurface Rocks

April 30, 2018

Oklahoma Researchers Tapped to Study Antarctic Glacier and Its Impact on Rising Sea Levels