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Roots of Conservation: A soil legacy is returned home to OSU soil science teaching labs

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

Little glass bottles nestle inside a wooden box with well-worn hinges. Rolled up canvas maps outline the boundaries of Oklahoma’s red soils. Together, these relics of soil science from Oklahoma’s Dust Bowl days have made their way back home to Oklahoma State University’s Agricultural Hall.

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Branching Out: OSU alum grows sustainable business in Stillwater

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

In the summer of ’98, Nate Priest rattled down dusty back roads carrying soil samples in an Oklahoma State University pickup truck with no air conditioning. He followed the horizon of the Oklahoma sunset, one weather station at a time.

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Eyes in the Sky: A new perspective on research from the air

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

Drone technology research is helping to improve the lives of farmers and ranchers across Oklahoma by allowing them to pinpoint possible issues and provide a faster response.

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Honors college students hooded for fall 2025 semester

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

The Fall Honors College Hooding Ceremony and Cording Ceremony took place on Friday, December 12, in the Student Union Ballroom. The ceremony recognized students who were Fall 2025 graduating candidates for the General Honors award, Departmental or College Honors award and the Honors College degree.

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More Than a Class: Collegiate connection inspires partnership to teach sales and life lessons

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

On the first day of Sales Class, you can feel the energy before you even find a seat—quick wit flies between the two instructors and students laugh as they settle in. There is an unmistakable sense: This is not your typical lecture.

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Handstands and Hidden Habits: Discovering Oklahoma’s elusive plains spotted skunk

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

While a handstand may be a party trick for friends, for the plains spotted skunk, a handstand is a unique defense mechanism used to spray its enemy.

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Innovation In Action: Technology is changing the way OSU Extension information is shared

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

From an app all about plants, to an agronomy podcast, to a wheat text group, OSU Extension is using innovative technology to translate scientific information and make it more accessible for producers and the public.

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Tiny Insect, Big Problem: OSU faculty continue monitoring the Corn Leafhopper in Oklahoma through Research and Extension

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

Cornfields across Oklahoma are under close observation as the corn leafhopper makes its tiny but mighty presence known. While only the size of a grain of rice, this invasive insect is causing big problems for corn producers statewide.

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Joining a Global Movement: Students bring sustainable designs to Block 34

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

The community expected parked cars. Instead, a row of parking spaces at Block 34 was filled with three mini exhibits featuring a couch, a prairie field of plastic bottles, and a fence of hay bales and pallets.

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Living and Learning: Campus landscape design creates learning opportunities

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

Just across the street from Agricultural Hall, a new outdoor living space combines Oklahoma State University history with a modern living plaza.

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Peace Corps & papayas: OSU graduate student finds inspiration abroad

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

From Cameroon to the Cook Islands, Tim Wetzel, an Oklahoma State University graduate student, is working to ensure smallholder farmers have access to the resources they need to thrive.

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Classroom Meets World: Through immersive agriculture abroad, students gain insight and personal growth

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

For a group of Oklahoma State University students, the classroom stretched approximately 12,418 kilometers, or 7,716 miles, from Oklahoma to the rolling landscapes of New Zealand and Australia.

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