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Integrative biology student Edwards to be Spring 2024 Honorary Graduate Commencement Marshal

Wed, May 01, 2024

Integrative biology master's student Owen Edwards has been named Oklahoma State University’s Honorary Graduate Commencement Marshal for spring 2024, the highest honor given to a doctoral or master’s student at each OSU commencement.

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Oklahoma State University appoints Morgan dean of Graduate College

Fri, Apr 26, 2024

Oklahoma State University has named Dr. Melanie Morgan as dean of the Graduate College following a national search. Morgan has served as professor and associate dean of the Graduate School at Purdue University since 2018. The OSU/A&M Board of Regents approved her appointment during their April meeting Friday in Miami, Oklahoma.

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Physics Ph.D. student named Honorary Commencement Marshal

Tue, Dec 05, 2023

Jared Austin-Harris, an Oklahoma State University Department of Physics Ph.D. candidate, has been named an Honorary Commencement Marshal for OSU’s fall 2023 graduate commencement ceremony. Austin-Harris is one of four graduate students selected for the role.

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Annual 3 Minute Thesis competition crowns universitywide winners

Fri, Nov 18, 2022

Grace Baxter, Himindu Pitigala, Vanessa Claire Santos and Azmeen Rahman rose to the top during the universitywide 3 Minute Thesis competition on Nov. 3 at Oklahoma State University.

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OSU biomedical graduate program expands in second year

Mon, Oct 10, 2022

Now in its second year, the Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) program has continued to grow. Adding four new students and two new principal investigators (PIs), the program is continuing to help doctoral students from underrepresented groups succeed.

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Learning, design and technology doctoral student supports youth through STEM programs

Fri, Oct 01, 2021

Darron Lamkin is pursuing his doctorate in learning, design and technology in hopes of better serving and supporting inner-city youth through science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs.

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NIH, OSU Partner to Help Underrepresented Doctoral Students in Biomedical Sciences Rise Up

Tue, Aug 17, 2021

Oklahoma State University recently was awarded a $1.75 million training grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), funding a program to attract more historically underrepresented doctoral students to careers in biomedical research.

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Curriculum studies doctoral graduate launches book

Mon, Aug 16, 2021

Dr. Liesa Griffin Smith, who earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum Studies from the OSU School of Teaching, Learning and Educational Sciences in 2019, recently published her doctoral dissertation as a book titled “Curriculum as Community Building: The Poetics of Difference, Emergence and Relationality.”

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Psychology Ph.D. student receives $68K NIH grant to study aging and childhood trauma

Wed, Jul 28, 2021

Less than a year after submitting her grant application to the National Institute on Aging — a subset of the National Institutes of Health — Psychology Ph.D. student Cindy Tsotsoros was awarded $68,590 in May to study the impact of childhood adversity on indicators of brain health. The R36 Dissertation Award had previously only been given to one other OSU student and funds both Tsotsoros’ stipend and her research with young and aging women.

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The lasting legacy of Oklahoma State’s Earl Mitchell

Mon, Jun 07, 2021

Mitchell spent 42 years at OSU. His commitment to increasing awareness and involvement in STEM disciplines – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – continues to resonate today.

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