History of Science Professor Hunter Heyck will co-direct the University of Oklahoma's new Center for the Study of Emerging Technologies. The center will advance interdisciplinary research on the human impact and evolution of emerging technologies, from AI to quantum science.
Cecilia Slane, a Ph.D. student in the history of science, technology, and medicine at the University of Oklahoma, is one of 100 doctoral students in the U. S. and Canada selected to receive a $25,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was sponsored by Chapter HB of Norman, OK.
Historic demand for a University of Oklahoma education continues to drive record enrollment growth, expanding OU’s reach across the state and fueling generational impact for Oklahoma. At the center of that momentum is the largest freshman class in state and university history, with a record 6,437 students joining the Class of 2030 this fall.
With funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, the University of Oklahoma is helping build AI into the future of American science. Two OU-led research teams have been awarded nearly $1.4 million in funding under the DOE’s Genesis Mission, with a third researcher providing significant support for a Genesis Mission project being led by Los Alamos National Laboratory.
An international research team featuring professor Jessica Cerezo-Román, Ph.D., uncovered the earliest known evidence of cremation in Africa. The government of Malawi has now moved to safeguard the ancient site at Mount Hora used by a 9,500-year-old hunter-gatherer community.
Four University of Oklahoma faculty members have been selected to be a part of the 2026-27 cohort of Fellows of the Southeastern Conference’s Academic Leadership Development Program, an initiative designed to identify, prepare and promote the next generation of academic leaders in the SEC to meet current and future challenges in higher education.
A new study tracking soil microbial communities across six years of experimental drought in a tallgrass prairie finds that prolonged water stress diminishes biodiversity, pushing communities toward less predictable, harder-to-reverse configurations.
