NEWS
September 22, 2026
The University of Oklahoma today announced an historic $150 million gift from Harold Hamm, the largest single gift in university history, to lift the health of Oklahoma by advancing health education, research and discovery, strengthening the state’s health care workforce and accelerating the pursuit of breakthroughs against Oklahoma’s critical public health challenges.
Joshua Landis, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, said the deal ended the Kurdish hope of retaining a large measure of autonomy and would benefit Turkey.
While optimism is the belief that the future will be better, hope is the belief “that we have the power to make it so,” said Chan Hellman, the director of The Hope Research Center at the University of Oklahoma.
“Cremation is very rare among ancient and modern hunter-gatherers, at least partially because pyres require a huge amount of labor, time, and fuel to transform a body into fragmented and calcined bone and ash,” said lead author Jessica Cerezo-Román.
These sorts of studies, combining historical sources with climate records, can help researchers better understand what drives the emergence and transmission of disease, says Kyle Harper, a historian at the University of Oklahoma.
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September 23, 2026
The University of Oklahoma announced an historic $150 million gift from Harold Hamm, the largest single gift in university history, to lift the health of Oklahoma.
September 23, 2026
OU ROTC cadets joined local first responders for the annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium to honor the lives lost and the courage and sacrifice of those who answered the call 25 years ago.
August 31, 2026
The OU family returned to campus for the first week of classes, bringing new energy and excitement to the start of the University of Oklahoma’s fall 2026 semester.
