Directory connects STEMM experts and diversifies representation

Tue, Mar 30, 2021

Frustrated by the lack of diversity on scientific panels, Department of Integrative Biology professor Dr. Elizabeth McCullagh set out to fix the problem in 2018 with the help of Dr. Katarzyna Nowak of The Safina Center and Dr. Jane Zelikova of the University of Wyoming. Together they created Request a Woman in STEMM, a database where underrepresented people in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) can not only connect and collaborate with each other, but also be called upon by journalists, conference organizers or others needing expert opinion.

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OSU tops state with three 2021 Goldwater Scholars

Mon, Mar 29, 2021

Three Oklahoma State University students have won Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, the prestigious undergraduate award for outstanding students who seek research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.

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Tahoma 31 carries on OSU turfgrass legacy

Thu, Mar 25, 2021

OSU's latest turfgrass developed by faculty, staff and students in Ag Research is one of the most cold-tolerant and drought resistant Bermuda varieties on the commercial market.

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Designing safer oven mitts

Tue, Mar 16, 2021

Researchers are using a heat transfer testing equipment and protocol developed here at OSU to make a common household item, the oven mitt, safer.

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Younger T.rex bites were less ferocious than their adult counterparts

Fri, Mar 12, 2021

By closely examining the jaw mechanics of juvenile and adult tyrannosaurids, some of the fiercest dinosaurs to inhabit earth, scientists from the University of Bristol and OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine at the Cherokee Nation have uncovered differences in how they bit into their prey.

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Collaboration expands library access for OSU & UPAEP

Mon, Mar 08, 2021

Oklahoma State University recently expanded its collaboration with Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla, a private university in Puebla, Mexico, to include a reciprocal interlibrary loan agreement. The two institutions have a longstanding partnership that includes student exchanges, dual degree and bridge programs as well as faculty collaborations in multiple academic areas.

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Vet Med Faces of Research: Dr. Madhan Subramanian

Tue, Mar 02, 2021

Madhan Subramanian, BvSc, Ph.D., joined Oklahoma State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in 2017. Since then, the assistant professor in the Department of Physiological Sciences has been conducting independent and collaborative research.

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Rural Scholars program to help revitalize small communities

Fri, Feb 19, 2021

OSU students will spend the summer in Harmon and Tillman counties in an effort to revitalize rural communities.

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Debo Web Portal Brings Together Scholar’s Work

Thu, Feb 18, 2021

The new Angie Debo web portal, available at debo.library.okstate.edu, pulls together a range of resources on Debo's life including primary source materials, contextual essays, photographs, publications, podcasts and teacher resources.

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Black writers, geography and the English professor connecting the dots between them

Wed, Feb 17, 2021

For his recently published book, Geographies of Flight: Phillis Wheatley to Octavia Butler, English professor Dr. William Decker merged his American Studies expertise with geography to provide unique insights into the works of prominent Black writers.

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Oklahoma State’s Darren Hagen awarded national research grant

Mon, Feb 15, 2021

The primary goal is to enhance the catalog of functional elements in the known honeybee genome as a way to promote improved honeybee health.

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Undergraduate research uncovers more than expected

Wed, Feb 10, 2021

Providing undergraduate students with such research opportunities has been a decades-long emphasis in the OSU Ferguson College of Agriculture and has played a key role in many OSU Ag Research projects while growing the STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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