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    OU Board of Regents to Meet in Claremore and Tulsa

    NORMAN – Construction of the OU Cancer Institute at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and the Collings Hall Addition and Renovation and Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Eugene B. Adkins Gallery Addition projects on the Norman campus will be discussed by the OU Board of Regents during its regular meeting Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 9 and 10, in Claremore and Tulsa.   Read more about the September regents meeting>>

    OU Ranks in Nation's Top 10 Wired Colleges
    for Second Time 

    NORMAN – The University of Oklahoma ranks in the top 10 wired colleges in the nation, one of only a few universities to achieve the ranking for a second consecutive year.  Read more about Wired Colleges>>

    Commentator, Editor and Best-Selling Author
    David Gergen to Address University of Oklahoma Students Sept. 17 at OU

    NORMAN – – David Gergen – adviser to presidents, noted commentator and best-selling author – will be the keynote speaker at a President’s Associates dinner in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom of the Oklahoma Memorial Union, 900 Asp Ave., Wednesday, Sept. 17. The dinner will be preceded by an informal discussion for students. Read more about David Gergen>>

    Austin Family Tees Off U.S. Amateur Public Links
    Fund-Raising Campaign With a $100,000 Pledge

    NORMAN – Winning the bid to host the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship in 2009 was an extraordinary coup for the Jimmie Austin University of Oklahoma Golf Club, the first collegiate golf course ever selected for the championship in its 83-year history. Read more about Austin Family Gift>>

    University of Oklahoma Researchers Developing New Tool to Detect Cancer

    NORMAN – Early cancer detection can significantly improve survival rates. Current diagnostic tests often fail to detect cancer in the earliest stages and at the same time expose a patient to the harmful effects of radiation. Led by Dr. Patrick McCann, a small group of internationally known researchers at the University of Oklahoma with expertise in the development of mid-infrared lasers is working to create a sensor to detect biomarker gases exhaled in the breath of a person with cancer. Read more about Cancer Detection>>

    OU Freshman Class Makes State History as Academically Highest Ranked at a Public University in Oklahoma

    NORMAN – The University of Oklahoma’s new entering freshman class has the highest academic scores of any public university in the state’s history. The average ACT of the incoming class is almost 26. The new incoming class also includes 469 students who had perfect 4.0 grade-point averages in high school, the most in OU history. OU President David Boren made the announcement at the freshman convocation welcoming new students and their parents at the Lloyd Noble Center yesterday afternoon.Read more about OU Freshman Class>>