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2023 News Archive

December 19, 2023

OU Receives Federal Funding to ‘Intensify’ Research Impact

December 18, 2023

Eight Researchers Receive Postdoctoral Matching Funds

December 15, 2023

OU Rises in National Research Ranking

December 14, 2023

Transforming Scientific Inquiry: How AI and Machine Learning Aid OU Researchers in Innovative Breakthroughs

December 13, 2023

Two OU-Led Digital Projects Receive National Archives Funding

December 12, 2023

OU Scientists Co-Lead First Federally Funded Fusion Research Hub

December 11, 2023

Jay McDaniel Receives International Outstanding Young Engineer Award

December 08, 2023

Ancient Stars Made Extraordinarily Heavy Elements

milky way galaxy

December 06, 2023

Ancient Balkan genomes trace the rise and fall of Roman Empire’s frontier, reveal Slavic migrations to southeastern Europe

December 05, 2023

OU Researchers Among Top 1% Most Highly Cited Globally

Yuanwei Qin, Xiangming Xiao, and Jizhong Zhou

December 01, 2023

Nate Goodman Elected IEEE Fellow

November 29, 2023

Severe Weather Disproportionately Impacts Oklahoma’s Native Communities, Study Shows

severe storm in western oklahoma

November 28, 2023

The University of Oklahoma Opens New Advanced Manufacturing Lab

November 27, 2023

Researchers Working to Develop Next-Generation Polymer Membranes for Sustainable Materials Science

November 16, 2023

Borck Contributes to Archeology Year-In-Review

November 15, 2023

OU Experts Co-Author Fifth U.S. National Climate Assessment

November 14, 2023

Sponsored Research and Compliance Training Ensures Proper Stewardship of Federally Funded Research

sponsored research and compliance training

November 10, 2023

OU Announces $86 Million Initiative to Benefit Oklahoma Students’ College and Career Readiness

From left to right: OU President Joseph Harroz Jr, Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education Dean Stacy Reeder, OU student Juan de Dios Trujillo Velazquez, K20 Center Managing Director Leslie Williams, and OU Vice President for Online Learning and K20 Center Executive Director Gregg Garn.

November 10, 2023

Four OU Researchers Top Major Citation Milestone

Four OU Researchers Top Major Citation Milestone

November 07, 2023

Five Proposals Awarded through the Fall 2023 OVPRP Strategic Equipment Investment Program

November 01, 2023

OU Researcher Aims to Uncover Biological Mechanisms for Fuel Upcycling

October 30, 2023

University of Oklahoma Faculty Receive $1.8 Million Grant from Environmental Protection Agency to Study Children’s Health Related to Chemical Exposures

Children sitting with adult outside.

October 24, 2023

OU-Tinker Collaboration Results in Research Success

K.H. Chang, a David Ross Boyd Professor and Williams Companies Foundation Presidential Professor in the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, and John Pickrell, a senior Industrial and Systems Engineering student

October 18, 2023

Study Predicts Potential for 110% Electricity Increases in U.S. Urban Buildings

Los angeles city skyline

October 18, 2023

National Science Foundation Grant Supports Socially Just Hydrogen Energy Transition Research

October 18, 2023

General (Ret) Robin Rand Named as Interim Executive Director of OADII

October 17, 2023

Federal Grant Expands Parent-Child Assistance Program

October 17, 2023

OU Professor Ranked No. 1 in ScholarGPS Global Rankings of Sociologists

Samuel Perry.

October 13, 2023

Hispanic Heritage Month 2023

Hispanic Heritage month banner

October 10, 2023

University of Oklahoma Leaders Honor the Life and Legacy of Lt Gen Donald “Gene” Kirkland

Lt General Gene Kirkland

October 10, 2023

OU Deploys the World’s Most Advanced Weather Radar

Horus radar looks out over horizon at tornado. April 2023

October 09, 2023

University of Oklahoma Researchers Contribute to Federal Initiative Tackling Antibiotic Resistance

Helen I. Zgurskaya and Valentin V. Rybenkov

October 03, 2023

Carol L. Silva Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration

October 02, 2023

OU Bioprocessing Core Facility Welcomes Inaugural Director

September 27, 2023

Strategic Investment Enables Green Hippo to Shine

September 27, 2023

AI2ES Director Represents Institute, OU On Capitol Hill

September 26, 2023

OU Weather Researchers Explore Deep Convective Clouds in Coastal Cities

September 25, 2023

OU Awarded $8.16 Million Office of Naval Research Grant to Advance Counter-UAS Technologies

September 21, 2023

New Study on Sea Star Relatives Provides Insight into Factors that Impact Long-Term Evolution

Selina Cole and David Wright in the field.

September 20, 2023

Dying with Dignity in Mexico

September 19, 2023

Energy Research Collaboration Brings Resources to Oklahoma City

September 18, 2023

Interdisciplinary OU Team Awarded Funding to Study Color Maps and Risk Communication

September 13, 2023

Three University of Oklahoma Faculty Receive National Institutes of Health Funding to Maximize Their Research

September 12, 2023

The University of Oklahoma Ranks Among Top Patent-Holding Universities

September 08, 2023

New Equipment Magnifies Research Capabilities at the University of Oklahoma

Scientist in lab at SLRC

September 08, 2023

‘This Isn’t Your Grandfather’s Climate:’ Federal Grant Funds Extreme Weather Research

September 06, 2023

Big Idea Challenge Wrap-Up

September 05, 2023

OU Professor Elected to Chair Prestigious French Research Institution

September 05, 2023

OU Researchers Received 26 Patents in FY23

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September 01, 2023

Warming Climate Worsens Groundwater Depletion Rates in India

August 23, 2023

Growth Fund Helps Researchers Take Innovations to Market

August 22, 2023

OU, OC-ALC Education Partnership Supports Workforce Pipeline

August 21, 2023

Faculty Honorifics Committee Supports Nominations, Recognitions of Faculty Achievements

August 15, 2023

Department of Energy Early Career Award Recipient to Study Custom Composite Nanocrystals

August 11, 2023

Researchers Identify 135 New Melanin Genes Responsible for Pigmentation

August 07, 2023

OU Researchers Discover Antifungal Molecule

August 02, 2023

3D Scanning Brings Medieval Manuscript to Life

Bill Endres Ph.D.

August 01, 2023

False Claims Attacks on Infrastructure Focus of NSF-Funded Research

July 31, 2023

Researchers Discover Method to Overcome Antimicrobial Resistance

July 26, 2023

University of Oklahoma Researchers Studying Extreme Heat

us heat map and freeway

July 25, 2023

OVPRP Announces Limited Submission Opportunity for Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program

July 21, 2023

Research Supporting Increased Crop Growth Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

July 19, 2023

Kilic Selected by NASA to Join ULTRASAT Mission

July 19, 2023

Researchers Use Mass Spectrometry to Explore Antimicrobial Resistance

July 17, 2023

University Of Oklahoma Breaks All-Time Record for Sponsored Research Growth

$210.4M in research funding in FY23, a 33% increase from FY22

July 12, 2023

OICP and CFE Offer Town Hall for OU Researchers

Dawn Kent, John Hanak, Clara Smith

July 10, 2023

Becker Receives ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award

Daniel Becker

July 05, 2023

University of Oklahoma Professor Co-Authors Nature Primer for Academic Best Practices for Water Electrolysis

July 05, 2023

University of Oklahoma Faculty Receive a Record Eight Early Career Awards from the National Science Foundation

July 05, 2023

Fueling OU Innovation with the Office of Innovation and Corporate Partnerships

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June 27, 2023

Two Supply Chain Readiness Projects Receive Seed Funding

Yingtao Liu, Ph.D.

June 26, 2023

University of Oklahoma Researcher Studying Disaster Resilience in Norman, Moore

Xiaochen (Angela) Zhang

June 21, 2023

Transforming Methane Measurement, Monitoring and Mitigation

A drone in the upper left foreground with a city scape in the background.

June 13, 2023

ARRC Next-Generation Radar System Recognized by IEEE

June 05, 2023

Researchers Demonstrate Secure Information Transfer Using Spatial Correlations in Quantum Entangled Beams of Light

Alberto Marino, Ph.D.

June 01, 2023

BE4NANO Summer Research Camp Showcases Students’ Success

May 26, 2023

OU professor leading research for next steps in monitoring bat coronaviruses

May 26, 2023

Global Flash Droughts Expected to Increase in a Warming Climate

cracked, dry dirt

May 25, 2023

Carol Silva Named Senior Associate Vice President for Research and Partnerships

May 23, 2023

Researchers Advocate for Science Funding on Capitol Hill

Ann West and Mary Lipton from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

May 17, 2023

Qinggong Tang Discusses Optical Imaging Innovations For National Cancer Research Month

Qinggong Tang

May 16, 2023

Engineering Student Awarded Department of Defense Fellowship

May 10, 2023

Research Explores How the Brain Interprets Taste

May 10, 2023

OU Researchers to Collaborate with South Korean Data Scientists

May 09, 2023

Co-founders of the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program Receive Public Administration Award

May 09, 2023

University Outreach Staff Share Substance Abuse Prevention Efforts

May 09, 2023

Researchers Publish Findings from ‘Super-Resolution’ Imaging Technology

May 08, 2023

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2023 Profile: Chie Noyori-Corbett, Ph.D., MSSW

May 05, 2023

Study Finds Archaea in a Warming Climate Become Less Diverse, More Predictable

May 04, 2023

University of Oklahoma Professor Receives Top Early Career Award for Radar Science

May 03, 2023

Education Professor Honored by American Educational Research Association

May 01, 2023

OU Recognizes The Boeing Company for a 2023 Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award

May 01, 2023

Strategic Communication Research Broadens National Security Outreach

April 27, 2023

NASA-Funded Study to Improve Mapping, Predictability of Landslides

April 26, 2023

Three Research Staff Honored with OU Staff Senate Awards

April 26, 2023

OU Faculty Receive National Endowment for the Humanities Funding

April 25, 2023

Weather Research Seeks to Revolutionize Forecasting Communication

Joe Ripberger, Ph.D. and Makenzie Krocak, Ph.D.

April 24, 2023

University of Oklahoma Pilots Toolkit for Increasing Research Impacts

ARIS group photo

April 24, 2023

OU Professor Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Read story on OU News

Jizhong “Joe” Zhou

April 19, 2023

Recipients of the 2023 VPRP Research and Creative Awards Recognized

April 19, 2023

What Can Nematodes’ Body Size Tell Us About Cell Growth?

April 12, 2023

Seven Proposals Awarded through Spring 2023 OVPRP Strategic Equipment Investment Program

April 12, 2023

OU Students Receive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

April 10, 2023

Scientists Advocate for Integration of Biogeography and Behavioral Ecology to Rapidly Respond to Biodiversity Loss

April 07, 2023

U.S. Secretary of Energy and Second Gentleman of the United States Meet with Tribal Leaders, University of Oklahoma Energy Experts

Read story on OU News

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm and Second Gentleman of the United States Douglas Emhoff participate in a roundtable discussion with Tribal leaders and University of Oklahoma energy experts.

April 04, 2023

The Oklahoma Education Journal Highlights State’s Education Research

April 03, 2023

OU Selected by Department of Transportation to Lead Center for Climate-focused Transportation Solutions

Read story at COE

From left, Royce Floyd, Renee McPherson, Musharraf Zaman, Arif Sadri and Michael Molina.

April 03, 2023

$8.7 Million Grant from Air Force Research Laboratory Supports Metal Additive Manufacturing Project at OU

Cutting of metal. Sparks fly from laser

April 03, 2023

Annual Report 2022

Annual Report cover 2022

March 31, 2023

The Untold History of the Horse in the American Plains

Horse and rider petroglyph at the Tolar site, located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. This depiction was likely carved by ancestral Comanche or Shoshone people. Image credit: Pat Doak.

March 29, 2023

Researchers Use Data to Enhance Program Supporting Mothers and Children

mother and child

March 23, 2023

DHS Undersecretary for Science and Technology Visits University of Oklahoma

Dimitri Kusnezov, Ph.D.

March 22, 2023

DISC-CFE Workshop Facilitates Four Ways to Support Impactful Convergent Research

disc cfe workshop

March 22, 2023

Don’t Call it a Pipeline: OU Polytechnic Institute to Open Many Pathways for Education, Research and Workforce Development

Teri Reed

March 14, 2023

Trustworthy Research and Technology Key to Artificial Intelligence Institute’s Success

Amy McGovern, Ph.D.

March 10, 2023

Homelessness Research Yields Results for Statewide Program

March 08, 2023

ARRC/CFE Workshop Facilitates Five Ways to Support Impactful Convergent Research

Workshop attendees learning about the materials used in the anechoic chamber in the Radar Innovations Laboratory.

March 08, 2023

Women’s History Honored Year-Round by OU Faculty Members

Jennifer Davis (left) and Sandie Holguín (right).

March 03, 2023

Developing Individualized, Optimized Brain Injury Rehabilitation

Yuan Yang

March 02, 2023

Seed Grant Helps Graduate Students Develop Climate Change Program

Angela Rosellini-Labombarde and Ebone Smith

February 23, 2023

How could the Aurora Borealis affect energy grids when renewables are added to the mix?

northern lights

February 22, 2023

Researchers to Curate Native Art Collection Through Library of Congress Grant

Kimberly Wieser, Ph.D.

February 21, 2023

NSF CAREER Award to Examine How Cost, Environmental Concerns Impact Consumer Energy Use

Jie Cai

February 15, 2023

Transformative Tutoring Initiative Shows Marked Improvement in Mathematics Scores for High School Students

high school tutoring stock image

February 15, 2023

Celebrating Black History Month 2023

February 14, 2023

Entrepreneurship Event to Feature OU Tech Leaders

spark series

February 14, 2023

University of Oklahoma Breaks Record for Research Expenditures

The University of Oklahoma, OU. #1 Research University in Oklahoma. *NSF Higher Education Research and Development FY22 preliminary submission.

February 09, 2023

OU Researcher Aims to Mitigate the Impact of Extreme Weather and Climate Uncertainty

Tiantian Yang, Ph.D.

February 07, 2023

OU Receives Metallograph Microscope Donated by the U.S. Air Force

Sam Roberts Noble Microscopy Laboratory Director Andrew Elwood Madden holds signed agreement formalizing the donation of a metallograph microscope to the University of Oklahoma. Elwood Madden is joined by donor signatory Wayde Loflin, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Vice Director (left) and OADII Chief Strategist Don Wetekam (right).

February 07, 2023

OU Engineer Developing Microscopic Imaging Technology to Improve Needle Placement for Medical Treatments

Qinggong Tang

February 06, 2023

OU Leaders Discuss Plans to Help Achieve Global Sustainability

Tomas Diaz de la Rubia

February 02, 2023

Mark Raymond Named OADII Associate Director for International Security Policy

February 01, 2023

$5.6 Million Grant Supports Training for Rural Oklahoma Educators

University of Oklahoma researchers Kendra Williams Diehm, Brittany Hott, Cian Brown and Christina Miller are leading an effort to train 64 school-based behavior analysts, counselors and social workers in rural Oklahoma.

January 25, 2023

OU Well Represented at AMS Annual Meeting

OU’s Dr. Amy McGovern speaks as part of the Presidential Forum at the American Meteorological Society’s 103rd Annual Meeting.

January 25, 2023

Shannon Lunt Named Assistant Vice President, Research Integrity Officer

January 24, 2023

Two Teams Receive Health, Well-Being and the Built Environment Seed Grant Funding

Elderly woman with caretaker

January 24, 2023

Xuguang Wang Receives 2023 Distinguished Scientific or Technological Accomplishment Award

Xuguang Wang, Ph.D., Presidential Research Professor and Robert Lowry Chair Professor in the School of Meteorology

January 18, 2023

OU Professor Publishes Behavioral Economics Research Book

January 17, 2023

OU Professor Named Among Nation’s Most Influential Researchers Shaping Education

January 13, 2023

OU-Led Group Improves Ability to Identify and Study Algae Species

Read story at CAS

algae bloom

January 10, 2023

Daniel Becker Receives 2022 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Award

Daniel Becker

January 09, 2023

Oklahoma Researcher Uses CAREER Award to Innovate UAS-Radar Technologies for Studying Snowpack

Jay W. McDaniel, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

January 06, 2023

Indigenous territories and protected areas are key to forest conservation in the Brazilian Amazon, study shows

Brazilian Amazon Deforestation