2019

January

• Young Planets Orbiting Red Dwarfs May Lack Ingredients for Life
• OU Postdoctoral Researcher Wins Society for Freshwater Science Hynes Award
• OU & Smithsonian Address Challenges of Curating Ancient Biomolecules

February

• OU Researcher Developing New Approach for Early Intervention of Lupus
• OU Astrophysicist Modeling the Early Stages of Solar Systems
• OU Study Finds Insects Crave Salt and Search Grasslands for the Limiting Nutrient

March

• OU Leading $2.3 Million NOAA Grant to Build Resilience to Weather and Climate Extremes in South Central U.S. Communities
• OU Neuroscientists Find Brain Pathway Supporting an Intersection of Taste and Pain
• Citizen Science Programs Provide Valuable Data on Intermittent Rivers in Southwestern United States
• OU Study Finds Climate Warming Accelerates Tallgrass Prairie Biodiversity

April

• OU Engineers Discover Novel Role of Water in Production of Renewable Fuels
• SBIR Road Tour - Small technology firms and innovators, America's largest seed fun is coming to Oklahoma City.

May

• OU Study on Explosive Volcanism as Driver of Earth’s Ice Age Provides Lessons for Today’s Rising CO2 Levels
• OU-Led Study Expands Understanding of Bacterial Communities for Global Next-Generation Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Systems

June

• OU Physicists Shed Light on Novel Mott State Observed in Twisted Graphene Bilayers at the 'Magic Angle'
• OU Study Explores ‘Rainbow Wave’ and Identity Gaps in LGBTQ Liberal Political Perspectives

July

• OU’s Radar Team Developing Automated Calibration System for Driverless Automobiles
• OU Research Team Developing New Methodology and Smart Wellbore Materials for Geothermal Drilling
• A case study in happy extremophiles: The touchy science behind achieving a pure, thriving culture of methanotrophs
• OU-led study shows improved estimates of tropical forest area and loss in the Brazilian Amazon in 2000-2017

August

• OU Professor Recipient of DOE Early Career Research Program Funding
• OU Microbiologists Provide Framework for Assessing Ecological Diversity

September

• OU Touts New Degree Program, Executive Hires and Increased Research Opportunities
• OU Researcher Creating Novel Device for Early Detection of Oral Cancer

November

• Ann West appointed Associate Vice President
• Randy Hewes appointed Senior Associate Vice President

December

• OU Awarded $2.5 Million Research Grant to Understand and Predict the Bird Flu
• OU Research Group Confirm Planet-mass Objects in Extragalactic Systems
• OU Awarded a $4.5 Million Grant for Climate Study
• OU Study Uses Genetics and Menthol to Examine How the Skin Senses Irritation
• OU K20 Center’s Real-World Simulation Game Receives Students’ Choice Award at International Competition
• OU Geoscientists Document the Role of Atmospheric Dust on Marine Ecosystems 300 Million Years Ago