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Photo Essay: How OSU is helping students achieve their dreams

At Oklahoma State University, dreaming big is not just encouraged; it is expected. “We dream as big as the sky” reflects a belief rooted deeply in the Cowboy Code: that potential is not confined by background, circumstance or tradition, but expanded through curiosity, courage and imagination.
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Prepared to Protect: OSU Extension experts activate statewide to proactively manage screwworm risks

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

In Oklahoma, the last recorded outbreak of the New World screwworm, the parasitic fly that once devastated livestock, pets and wildlife, was in 1976.

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Where the Tallgrass Grows: Memorable landscape becomes a gateway for future generations

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

The Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve is tucked away in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. It is a unique place, covered in thousands of acres, which now brings together agriculture by conservation, ranching and education.

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A Legacy Etched in Stone: A family drives generations of impact for Cowboy Motorsports

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

Fluorescent lights, clanging tools and teamwork at its best. At Oklahoma State University, students spend years learning in classroom environments. For Cowboy Motorsports members, the shop is their classroom.

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Trail To Beef Excellence: OSU alum advances cattle production in Oklahoma

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

At the age of 7, Mark Shaw, from Canyon, Texas, was perched on the fence with his parents watching a cow C-section be performed by a local veterinarian. Not long after, Shaw decided animal health was his passion.

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Engineering Through the Decades: OSU food processing engineer reflects on career achievements

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

For Tim Bowser, food processing engineer at the Oklahoma State University Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center, this trip would become a decades-long career of ingenuity, innovation and research excellence, contributing to numerous projects within FAPC.

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Hooked on Sustainability: International partnership raising fish for a sustainable protein source

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

Through a partnership among Oklahoma State University, Njala University and the Milburn Foundation, the Sustainable Aquaculture for Food Empowerment project uses fish as a sustainable protein source for families in Sierra Leone, West Africa.

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