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OU Board of Regents Approve FY25 Budget: Sustaining Affordability, Advancing Academic Excellence

June 21, 2024

The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents met in Ardmore today to approve a number of items, including a budget for fiscal year 2025 that keeps tuition affordable and invests in strategic priorities, ensuring the university is well-positioned to sustain its upward momentum for years to come.

OU Experts are making headlines


Hank Jenkins-Smith joins CBS News to examine why the U.S. is falling behind China when it comes to nuclear power development.

Jesse Richards contributed to The Telegraph's coverage of Ozempic and a decreased desire for alcohol.

Xuguang Wang spoke with Marketplace Morning Report about hurricane forecasting and the Consortium for Advanced Data Assimilation Research and Education.

Scripps News covered a study led by Yang Hong that found Native Americans in Oklahoma have approximately five times increased risk of heavy rainfall by the end of the century.

RESEARCH


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Bin Wang Receives Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

June 26, 2024

Bin Wang, a professor in the School of Sustainable Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering at the University of Oklahoma, has received a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

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OU Researchers Discover Genetic Collaboration in Harmful Algae

June 18, 2024

A breakthrough study of freshwater harmful algal communities led by Dave Hambright, a Regents’ Professor of Biology, has discovered that complementary genes in bacteria and algae living in the same algal colonies coordinate the use and movement of nutrients within the colony. This research, funded by the National Science Foundation, has been published in the journal Microbiome.

CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY


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Campus & Community

OU Announces July 1 SEC Celebration Events

June 04, 2024

The University of Oklahoma and OU Athletics Department are excited to announce plans for a series of special, free public events celebrating the Sooners' historic move to the Southeastern Conference that will officially take place Monday, July 1.

Campus flowers in front of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.
Campus & Community

OU Board of Regents Approve FY25 Budget: Sustaining Affordability, Advancing Academic Excellence

June 21, 2024

The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents met in Ardmore today to approve a number of items, including a budget for fiscal year 2025 that keeps tuition affordable and invests in strategic priorities, ensuring the university is well-positioned to sustain its upward momentum for years to come.

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OU Commencement Weekend

May 15, 2024

From May 9-12, the University of Oklahoma celebrated graduates from the Class of 2024.

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OU Tulsa Commencement Ceremony

May 08, 2024

OU-Tulsa celebrated and honored its graduates at the 2024 OU-Tulsa Commencement Ceremony on Tuesday, May 7, at the Reynolds Center on the University of Tulsa campus.

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Party at the Palace

May 07, 2024

The University of Oklahoma held its inaugural Party at the Palace to celebrate the graduating class of 2024, including the university's first-ever drone show. The Party at the Palace is a university-wide event for all graduating students that features food, games, and more.

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