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OSU English professor uses National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship to research WWII radio, television

Mon, Apr 17, 2023

Oklahoma State University professor Stacy Takacs was awarded and has completed a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship. A professor in the Department of English and the American Studies program, Dr. Takacs was selected to work on her manuscript ‘We Bring You Home’: The American Forces Network and US Militarism Post-WWII. The book examines the 80-year history of the American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS or also known as AFN), which supplied news, entertainment and command information to U.S. military personnel overseas.

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Microbiology Ph.D. student receives Norman Durham Endowed Fellowship

Mon, Apr 03, 2023

College of Arts and Sciences student Carrie Pratt was recently awarded the Norman Durham Endowed Fellowship for the second year in a row. Pratt, a second-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, has been interested in studying microbiomes for several years. Originally from Germany, she pursued a degree in biology from the University of North Dakota and later received her master’s in entomology and plant pathology from Oklahoma State University.

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OSU grad student receives award from the Ecological Society of America 

Fri, Mar 24, 2023

Oklahoma State University student Gina Errico has been awarded the Katherine S. McCarter Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA) by the Ecological Society of America (ESA).   Errico, who received her undergraduate degree from The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), is a master’s student in the Department of Plant Biology, Ecology and Evolution (PBEE). 

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OSU to offer reading camp for community children

Thu, Mar 23, 2023

Oklahoma State University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CDIS) will host its third-annual Reading Readiness Camp for 4- to 7-year-old children from June 6-9 on the OSU-Stillwater campus.

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Summer in Bozeman: How an OSU theatre professor is impacting rural arts engagement

Wed, Mar 15, 2023

In the summer of 2022, Eric Barker, an Oklahoma State University assistant professor of scenic design, found himself with a Research Jumpstart/Accelerator Grant (RJAG) but nowhere to spend it; his original plans to work with the Richmond Shakespeare festival in Richmond, Indiana, had fallen through.   The RJAG grant is designed to aid faculty in getting their research up and running following the COVID-19 pandemic. Barker knew he needed to find another research project and did just that, landing the chance to work with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks (MSIP) in Bozeman, Montana.   

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OSU to host annual speech-language pathology conference

Wed, Mar 08, 2023

Oklahoma State University’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders is hosting its annual Cimarron Conference on Communication Disorders (CCCD) to help speech-language pathologists better assist clients. CCCD will be from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. April 1 at the Wes Watkins Center on the OSU-Stillwater campus. The conference will focus on “Transitional Barriers and Solutions for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Schools,” with Dr. Jack S. Damico as the featured speaker.

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Four College of Arts and Sciences seniors receive top honors from the OSU Alumni Association

Wed, Mar 08, 2023

Four seniors from Oklahoma State University’s College of Arts and Sciences have been named 2022-2023 Outstanding Seniors by the OSU Alumni Association. The Outstanding Seniors award recognizes students who show excellence through academic achievement; campus and community involvement; academic, athletic or extracurricular honors or awards; scholarships; and work ethic during their time at OSU. The College of Arts and Sciences 2022-2023 honorees are Jacquelyn Harsha, Manoj Jagadeesh, Morgyn Wynne and Sarah Ziehme.

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Center for the Humanities appoints first director 

Wed, Mar 08, 2023

Dr. Jennifer Borland has been named the first director of Oklahoma State University’s Center for the Humanities.  

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Psychology student leads research into how parents of higher-weight children are judged

Fri, Mar 03, 2023

Oklahoma State University clinical psychology doctoral student Devanshi Patel and psychology assistant professor Jaimie Arona Krems, Ph.D., recently published a peer-reviewed article exploring parental blame and judgment over children’s heavier weights.

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OSU student selected as Truman Scholarship finalist 

Wed, Mar 01, 2023

Oklahoma State University junior Meg Jackson has been named a finalist for the 2023 Truman Scholarship, a highly competitive graduate scholarship for aspiring public service leaders in the United States.  

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OSU graphic design students’ capstone exhibition opens at the Gardiner Gallery

Wed, Mar 01, 2023

The 2023 Oklahoma State University graphic design BFA capstone exhibition Threshold opened Wednesday, March 1, at the Gardiner Gallery of Art in the Bartlett Center on OSU’s Stillwater campus. The exhibition presents work by 30 graduating seniors, with featured pieces representing a culmination of students’ artistic development achieved through years of experimentation, research and critical thinking.

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History department to host talk by Holocaust theatre director

Fri, Feb 24, 2023

The Oklahoma State University Department of History will welcome Dr. Erika Hughes, an internationally known theatre director and playwright, to campus on March 8 to speak about her one-act play, The Amazing Life of Margot Heuman.

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