NSF Awards $7.5 Million Grant to OU Group
NORMAN – A decade ago, a group of University of Oklahoma researchers were sequencing the first human chromosome as part of the human genome project. Today, the OU Advanced Center for Genome Technology is contributing to an international effort to sequence the tomato genome with a $7.5 million grant awarded by the National Science Foundation for plant genomics. Read more about the grant
Friedman to Address President's Associates, Students
NORMAN – Thomas L. Friedman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, foreign affairs columnist for The New York Times and bestselling author, will be the keynote speaker at a President’s Associates dinner Monday, Dec. 7, at the University of Oklahoma. Read more about Thomas Friedman
Engineer Commits $5 Million Challenge Grant
LAWTON – A $5 million challenge grant to establish a $10 million endowment for the University of Oklahoma’s life-saving cardiac arrhythmia center was announced today by OU President David L. Boren at the November meeting of the Board of Regents. The gift brings to a total $12 million in gifts and pledges from an entrepreneur who has never lived in Oklahoma or attended OU. Read more about the grant
Gift Creates New Endowment for Study Abroad
LAWTON – With the University of Oklahoma placing a high priority on scholarships that support the Study Abroad experience, OU President David Boren today announced a gift from a Dallas couple that will establish $100,000 in scholarship endowments for students in the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education. Read more about the gift
OU Achieves $10 million in Stimulus Grants
NORMAN – The University of Oklahoma at Norman has received more than $10 million in research grants from three funding agencies as part of the federal stimulus program, bringing the total amount of stimulus funding received by OU researchers to $23 million. Thirty-three projects achieved stimulus funding for research ranging from archaeology to weather. Read more about the grant
Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center Receives Gift
OKLAHOMA CITY — Diabetes programs for prevention, education and outreach will benefit from a $30,000 gift being presented by the Order of the Eastern Star to the Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Read more about Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center
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