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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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Oklahoma Water Resources Center is securing the future of Oklahoma’s water

Fri, Dec 19, 2025

The Oklahoma Water Resources Center has collaborated with hundreds of entities to improve and sustain Oklahoma’s water resources, while supporting student education.

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Industry Insights program connects Ferguson College students with Oklahoma agriculture

Thu, Dec 18, 2025

For many Ferguson College of Agriculture students, learning extends far beyond the classroom. Through Industry Insights, students gain valuable exposure to agricultural businesses, bridging classroom knowledge with real-world applications.

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Sam Fuhlendorf awarded the OSU Eminent Faculty Award

Thu, Dec 18, 2025

Sam Fuhlendorf, Regents professor and Groendyke Chair in wildlife conservation in the Oklahoma State University Department of Natural Resource Ecology & Management, received the Eminent Faculty Award. The award is given each year to a faculty member who has made sustained contributions to scholarly/creative activity, teaching and service, bringing honor and recognition to the university.

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OSU graduate named finalist for prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Thu, Dec 18, 2025

Growing up in Frisco, Texas, Bennett Upton never imagined his educational journey would take him halfway around the world.

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