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Student Research Q&A: Rural Native communities build resilience through cultural strength

Joel Sahmaunt, a senior rural scholar at Oklahoma State University from Edmond, Oklahoma, began his academic journey in psychology to become a therapist. During his time in the College of Arts and Sciences, his interests expanded to include a deeper
Student Research Q&A: Rural Native communities build resilience through cultural strength
Three integrative biology grad students recognized by the National Science Foundation

Wed, Apr 26, 2023

Two College of Arts and Sciences graduate students, Sam Miess and Olivia Aguiar, recently received the reputable National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, and another CAS graduate student, Hailey Freeman, received an honorable

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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

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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

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

Fri, Mar 3, 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

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OSU student selected as Truman Scholarship finalist

Wed, Mar 1, 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 receives funding to host prestigious STEM-focused scholars program

Mon, Feb 6, 2023

Oklahoma State University has been selected to participate in the 2023 Beckman Scholars Program (BSP).

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OSU philosophy professor studying how much empathy is too much

Mon, Dec 12, 2022

Empathy, as most people use the term, is understanding somebody else's perspective — trying to put yourself in their shoes, trying to feel what they feel — and it is often described as a good thing. But is it really a good thing? Dr. Shannon

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OSU psychologist finds an aversion to swearing may lead to incorrect word pronunciation

Fri, Nov 11, 2022

A new study by Oklahoma State University's Dr. Sarah Kucker and the University of Miami's Dr. Lynn Perry examined how socially taboo words change how we say new words. In the study, participants read aloud made-up words that were spelled to either

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OSU psychology professor advances novel theory about moral judgment

Thu, Oct 27, 2022

Dr. Daniel Sznycer, an assistant professor in Oklahoma State University's Department of Psychology, recently published research on moral judgment in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. "This paper shows the first proof that dilemmas

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OSU sociology professor receives $2.7M NIH grant to study cognitive aging

Tue, Oct 11, 2022

Adam Roth, an assistant professor in Oklahoma State University's Department of Sociology, was recently awarded a $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fund his research on rural-urban disparities in cognitive aging over

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