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Alumni: CAS prepared us to succeed at Harvard Law School

Wed, Aug 29, 2018

A few common threads run among three members of the College of Arts and Sciences family: They all love OSU, attended Harvard Law School, and remember professors who helped them get there. Craig Grounds (English 2014), Travis Leverett (political

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CAS advisor of the year believes in students

Wed, Aug 22, 2018

The “Student First Aid Station” in Dana Hatter’s office in Life Sciences East is stocked not only with band-aids and ibuprofen, but also with boxes marked “Popcorn” and “Hot Chocolate.”  “I call all of

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OSU hosting national geology workshop

Tue, Aug 21, 2018

A Boone Pickens School of Geology faculty member is hosting a national workshop at OSU this weekend. Priyank Jaiswal is hosting A Forum on Infrastructure, sponsored by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists and the National Science Foundation.

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Teaching math to help students follow their dreams

Wed, Aug 15, 2018

Josh Cox followed in his father’s footsteps in choosing Oklahoma State University, and it was his mother’s example that led to his choice of major and future career. Cox is from Saginaw, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth. His mother, Angela, is a

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Mendez, Belmonte, Baum assume new roles in dean's office

Wed, Aug 15, 2018

Changes abound among the leadership in Oklahoma State University’s College of Arts and Sciences.  Jeanette Mendez was named interim dean in June, following the departure of Bret Danilowicz after six years to become provost at Florida Atlantic

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A Life-Changing Text

Wed, Aug 8, 2018

Abigail Ferrell was in her Edmond North High School government class when a life-changing text message arrived. It linked to a video of OSU President Burns and First Cowgirl Ann Hargis congratulating her. She had to watch it 10 times until she

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Community Engagement flying high

Thu, Aug 2, 2018

The skate park might not be the first place you think of when you hear terms like physics and STEM learning. Thanks to a CAS community engagement project, the Stillwater Skate Park on Main Street became a place of informal science learning

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The Art of Kindness

Wed, Aug 1, 2018

Classroom project teaches young students compassion as well as drawing

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Finding Home: ASL helps recent graduate pursue a better future

Wed, Aug 1, 2018

School wasn’t always a welcoming, homelike place for Logan Evans. The recent OSU graduate was born deaf, and grew up learning oralism, a process which involves lip reading. Oralism was difficult for Evans, and he didn’t have an interpreter unt

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STEM in the Parks

Wed, Jul 25, 2018

Dr. Nicole Colston, assistant research faculty in the School of Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences, led two successful community engagement projects promoting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning in Stillwater's local

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Jalalzai sees 'huge opportunity' for growing department

Wed, Jul 25, 2018

Farida Jalalzai had chaired the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ Department of Political Science for two years when she came to Oklahoma State University for a non-administrative position in August 2015. Thanks to a recent promotion, she is now

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Greiner: Geography is more than just countries and capitals

Wed, Jul 18, 2018

Many people oversimplify the concept of geography, thinking of it as memorizing maps. Speak with Alyson Greiner, head of the Department of Geography, and she will explain how much more interesting it is than that. For example, as a cultural

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