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Four-billion-year-old genetic code reconstructed by OSU scientist

Tue, Aug 09, 2016

An Oklahoma State University microbiologist and a colleague have reported progress in understanding the evolutionary origin of the genetic code used by all known cells. The...

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Biomedical Research & You

Wed, Aug 03, 2016

The flu virus is one of the top ten causes of human deaths according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At Oklahoma State University’s Center for Veterinary Health...

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Summer Research Scholars Program

Tue, Aug 02, 2016

First row (left to right): Jenny Hardy, Alexis Sirois, Cassandra Rodenbaugh, Casey Landis, and Kelsey Bentz. Also participating but not pictured was Samantha Hancock. Second row...

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OSU a ‘rising star’ on Nature Index research ranking

Mon, Aug 01, 2016

Oklahoma State University has joined a list of 25 “rising stars” among North American research institutions, according to a supplement from the journal publisher Nature. Nature...

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Three OSU professors selected for higher ed hall of fame

Mon, Aug 01, 2016

Three professors from Oklahoma State University, Robert Fulton, Ramesh Sharda and Barbara Stoecker, have been selected for induction into the Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of...

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OSU Study Examines Pilots’ Visual Detection of Unmanned Aerial Systems

Tue, Jul 26, 2016

An OSU College of Education faculty member has initiated a rigorous study focused on the abilities of pilots of manned aircraft to see and avoid unmanned aerial vehicles occupying the same airspace and on a potential collision trajectory.

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Weather research UAVs take flight at OSU

Tue, Jul 12, 2016

In the first face-to-face meeting of four university partners in a project to develop unmanned aerial systems for weather research, more than 65 faculty and students met at...

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OSU Professor Riley Dunlap Elected Member of Sociology’s Honor Society

Fri, Jul 08, 2016

Riley E. Dunlap, Regents Professor of Sociology and Dresser Professor, has been elected to membership in the Sociological Research Association (SRA).  The SRA is an honorary...

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National Institutes of Health awards Oklahoma State University $11.3M grant to establish Children’s Health Equity Solutions Center

Wed, Jul 06, 2016

Collaboration includes researchers from OSU’s Center for Health Sciences, colleges of human sciences and education and OU-Tulsa.Hays-Grudo Jennifer The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded an $11.3 million Center for Biomedical Research Excellence (CoBRE) grant to establish the Children’s Health Equity Solutions Center (CHESC) through Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences. The grant is a multi-institutional group of OSU and University of Oklahoma researchers with the long-term goal of eliminating unjust differences in children’s health by race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status through effective translational science.

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OSU Plant Biology Researcher Secures $400,000 NSF Grant

Thu, Jun 23, 2016

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Bridging a divide between Cuba and the U.S.

Fri, Jun 10, 2016

The resumption of diplomatic relations with the United States and Cuba is allowing more Americans to travel to the island, but an ongoing U.S. trade and travel embargo still...

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As Early as First Grade, Children with Severe Obesity Are More Likely To Be Ostracized

Thu, Jun 02, 2016

Childhood obesity has almost quadrupled among 6- to 11-year-olds since 1980. Today, approximately one in 20 children in the United States is severely obese and this public health...

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