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2021 News Archive
January
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Support Possible Through Proposed Legislation
Mellon Grant Awarded to OU’s Native American Studies Initiative
OU to Lead AI-enabled Sustainable Agriculture Planning Grant
Data Science Institute Sponsors Three Science-Based AI Projects
Innovation Hub Prototyping Services
February
OU Names Inaugural Director of Its Center for Quantum Research and Technology
OU ‘Big Idea Challenge’ Funds Five Projects to Explore Solutions to Global Grand Challenges
VPRP Office of Corporate Partnerships and Regional Economic Development Bridges Industry and Research
OC-ALC Team Tours New Sustainment and Modernization Partnership Facility on the University Research Campus
OU Research Delineates the Impacts of Climate Warming on Microbial Network Interactions
March
Bayram Saparov Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Improved Flash Flood Tools Aim to Increase Public Safety
University of Oklahoma, Peru University Partner on Health, Climate Research Projects
Recent Economic Development Administration Grant Enables Opportunities for OU Aerospace Growth
Exploring the Moral Identity of Recent Journalism and Mass Communication Graduates
Caryn Vaughn Named Society for Freshwater Science Fellow
OU Research Well-Represented in GRDA Annual Report
OU Research Study Named Finalist for PNAS Cozzarelli Prize
Book of Poetry by OU English Professor Receives 2021 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work
OU Chemistry Professor Named to List of 12 Texas Women Who Made History
Corix Plains Institute Research Used Radar to Show Effects of Artificial Lights on Grasshoppers
April
3D Implants in 3 Minutes: OU Engineering Student Recognized for Thesis Video Presentation
Wang, Galizia Recognized as Influential Researchers
OU Doctoral Student’s Research on Fruit Fly Behavior Earns Best Poster Award at International Conference
Interdisciplinary OU Team Launches American School Online Architecture Database With Support From National Endowment for the Arts
OU Researchers Awarded a National Science Foundation Grant to Study Oral Pathogen Evolution
An OU-led Study Sheds New Insight on Forest Loss and Degradation in Brazilian Amazon
May
OU Professor’s Ongoing Work on Tar Creek Featured in Report on America’s Most Endangered Rivers
OU Sets Research Record: Expenditures Increase 22.19% Despite COVID-19 Challenges
Fornelli Receives Prestigious ASMS Research Award
Venky Venkatesan Named Fellow of the Royal Society
OU-Norman Vice President for Research, Partnerships Awards 17 Proposals Through New Funding Programs
Daphne LaDue Receives NSF Grant to Continue REU Program
June
Why do some people get sick while others feel fine?
ARRC Workshop Uncovers Weather Applications for Phased Array Radars
General Don Wetekam Named Chief Strategist for ADGS
Why do some people get sick while others feel fine?
Expanding Critical Severe Weather Research With Uncrewed Aircraft Systems
OU Research Aims to Understand and Mitigate User Biases in Online Information
OU Earns Lead For Up to $208 Million NOAA Severe Weather Research Institute
Shehata Receives International Affairs Fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations
Read Before Swimming: What Research Shows About Local Lakes
July
University of Oklahoma Partners With Wichita and Affiliated Tribes on Mobile Medical Unit
OU Names Inaugural Director of Institute for Resilient Environmental and Energy Systems
OU Assistant Engineering Professor Awarded NSF CAREER Grant
Daniel Becker Named 2021 Scialog Fellow
OU Physicists Receive a Nearly $1.7 Million Grant to Support High Energy Physics Experiments
Scott Salesky Receives Department of Energy Grant for Weather Research
OU Vice President for Research, Partnerships Serves on New State-Led Hydrogen Production, Transportation, and Infrastructure Task Force
New Radar Strategic Partner Consortium Announced at OU
New Business-Friendly Intellectual Property Options for Corporate Sponsored Research Announced
2021 Cottrell Fellowship Supports Postdoc Megan Kempher
Xuguang Wang Receives 125th Anniversary Alumni Fellow Award from Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
August
Cliff Wojtalewicz Named Operations Manager for ADGS
Researchers Aim to Improve Oil, Gas Leak Detection With Quantum-Enhanced Sensing
Assessing ‘Vision and Change’ for Non-Biology Majors
Jitender Mehla Receives National Institutes of Health Grant to Combat Multidrug Resistant Bacteria
OU Researchers to Develop Assessment Tool for Middle School Students With Disabilities
OU Weather Researcher Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Amy McGovern Named Editor in Chief for New AI-Focused Journal
Petra Klein Receives Award for Urban Meteorology from the American Meteorological Society
OU Meteorologists to Intercept Hurricane Ida in Coastal Louisiana
September
New Molecular Device Has Unprecedented Reconfigurability Reminiscent of Brain Plasticity
Researchers Explore How Incentivizing Conservation Might Boost Water Sustainability
Hurricane Ida ‘May Be One of the Best Observed Landfalling Hurricanes’
Shane Connelly Named Director of New Institute for Society and Community Transformation
OU Team Moves to Reduce Emissions, Improve Efficiencies in Oil & Gas
John M. Hanak Named Chief Innovation and Corporate Officer and Executive Director of the New Office of Innovation and Corporate Partnerships at OU
New Scholarship Program Focuses on Computer Science and Tribal Nation Building
OU Researchers Support Update to the State of Oklahoma’s Energy Assurance Plan
Oklahoma Archeological Survey Preserves Cultural Significance With Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Scientists Research the Harms Associated With Artificial Lights at Night
Victor Maqque Selected as Operations Manager for Latin American Sustainability Initiative at OU
OU’s Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program is ‘Planning for Long-Term Change in a Short-Term World’
October
OU Receives Nearly $5 Million to Support Defense Research
OU Physicist Uncovers the Hidden Potential of High-Efficiency Solar Cells
OU Humanities Receive Record-Breaking Grant
OU Researchers Aim to Improve Teacher Well-Being
OU Researchers Contribute to Study on Possible Alternative Treatment for Lyme Disease
OU Researcher Awarded NSF Grant to Study Katabatic Winds Contribute to the Growth and Erosion of Antarctic Ice Sheet
University of Oklahoma Researchers Lead U.S.-China Grassland Microbial Biodiversity Study
OU Signs Sponsored Research Agreement With Bedrock Gas Solutions to Advance Hydrogen Research
Satellite Images Show Positive Impact of Conservation Efforts for China's Coastal Wetlands
November
OU Research Team Leads Study on Global Distribution, Trends and Drivers of Flash Droughts
Retired Lt. Gen. Gene Kirkland Named Executive Director of Oklahoma Aerospace and Defense Innovation Institute at the University of Oklahoma
OU Risk Institute Becomes Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis
December
OU Researchers to Lead Public-Private Partnership Aiding Oklahoma Mothers Struggling With Substance Use Disorders
Big Idea Challenge Teams Present Progress, Challenges in Interactive Workshop
New protein fragment could improve cartilage regeneration