Wed, Oct 30, 2024

Hannah Appleseth, a doctoral student in Oklahoma State University's Department of Psychology, received the R36 dissertation award from the National Institutes of Health for her project involving the impact of smoke and vapor on children’s mental health. Appleseth’s project, formally named “Tracing the Impact of Evolving Environmental Exposure to Tobacco, Cannabis and Nicotine Smoke and Vapor Emissions on Children's Mental Health Symptom Trajectories,” seeks to analyze secondary data from the NIH-supported Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program to better understand the prevalence of childhood exposure to secondhand smoke and e-cigarette aerosols.

Wed, Oct 30, 2024

Oklahoma State University arts administration student Leah Brown is using her background in dance to integrate art into the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, turning the well-known acronym STEM into STEAM. “For my senior project, I've developed an educational tour... designed for children ages 5 to 10,” said Brown, adding that the tour will take place at Oklahoma’s Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum. “The whole point of the tour is to explore technological innovation and the way of life during the industrial revolution. I plan to do that through dance and movement.”

Fri, Oct 25, 2024

Oklahoma State University’s Greenwood School of Music Preparatory Academy introduced two new offerings this fall: a satellite program providing private music instruction in Stillwater Public Schools and the GSM Prep Rock Academy that equips pre-college students with the chance to form bands.

Wed, Oct 16, 2024

On Oct. 4, Oklahoma State University’s College of Arts and Sciences recognized 30 alumni at its annual Hall of Fame event, including chemist Chih-duen Tse, Ph.D., and actor Rex Linn. Other honorees of the night included 25 Distinguished Alumni and three Rising Stars, representing all 24 of the college’s departments and schools.

Mon, Oct 14, 2024

Oklahoma State University hosted its 17th annual High School Math Day on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at the OSU Student Union in Stillwater. The event, which is spearheaded by the OSU Department of Mathematics, welcomed 200 teenage participants, making it the largest High School Math Day to date. High School Math Day is a yearly fall tradition that brings together math enthusiasts from across the region. The day-long event offers high school students a unique opportunity to engage with mathematical concepts beyond their regular classes.

Fri, Oct 11, 2024

The Oklahoma State University Alumni Association recently announced its Seniors of Significance for the 2024-25 academic year, and the College of Arts and Sciences topped the list with 16 of 51 students honored.

Tue, Oct 08, 2024

During the April 8 solar eclipse, Oklahoma State University’s chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) ventured to Arkansas to measure the sun’s corona. As part of a Citizen Continental-America Telescope Eclipse project — or Citizen CATE — to capture the sun’s totality across the United States, Dr. Mario Borunda took a group of volunteers to Arkansas for their segment of the data collection.

Fri, Oct 04, 2024

The Oklahoma Speech-Language-Hearing Association (OSHA) is having its 2024 annual convention on October 11-12 at Oklahoma State University. The will bring together speech-language pathologists, audiologists and other communication professionals from across the state to gain new knowledge, sharpen their skills and earn continuing education credits necessary for certification and licensure.

Thu, Oct 03, 2024

Dr. Jennifer Borland, director of Oklahoma State University’s Center for Humanities and a professor of art history in the Department of Art, Graphic Design and Art History, was recently awarded the Best First Book of Feminist Scholarship of the Middle Ages for her book, “Visualizing Household Health: Medieval Women, Art, and Knowledge in the Régime du corps.” The award was presented by the national chapter of the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship, a group dedicated to recognizing individuals committed to feminist studies, specifically in the medieval period.

Wed, Sep 25, 2024

On Sept. 27 and 28, Oklahoma State University associate theatre professor Joan Korte will appear in "The Gull," a one-woman tragicomedy adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull." Korte, who is also the OSU director of performance, is set to perform all 10 of the show's characters when she takes to the Davis Studio Theatre stage this weekend in OSU-Stillwater's Gunderson Building.

Wed, Sep 25, 2024

Three professors in Oklahoma State University’s Department of Philosophy — Drs. Ryan Armstrong, Eric Reitan and Shannon Spaulding — recently announced book publications with topics ranging from embodied cognition to theology to “Alice in Wonderland.”

Fri, Sep 13, 2024

As the world slowed down in the early months of 2020, Oklahoma State University’s Dr. Cristina González was finding momentum in her corner of art history. An expert in colonial Latin American art, González specializes in New Spain, which was a viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire that existed from 1521-1821 and included Mexico, Central America and the southwestern United States. So, when González’s former OSU colleague, Dr. Mark White, approached her at the beginning of the pandemic about creating an exhibition for the New Mexico Museum of Art — of which he had just become executive director — she leaped at the chance to showcase Catholic sainthood and relevant artworks during the New Spain era.