College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences wordmark. Where the land meets the sky. Home to three academic units. Nine career tracks. Rated the number one school of aviation in the country by Flying Magazine. New professional pilot helicopter track options. Number one regionally in sustainability education. The largest meteorology program in the country. Number one nationally in severe storm research. Geography and environmental sustainability, aviation, and meteorology. There’s only one College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences. The University of Oklahoma wordmark.
Our mission is to conduct innovative and socially relevant research; to expand students’ intellectual vistas via critical perspectives and valuable tools and skills; and to catalyze sustainable human-natural systems.
We seek to shape a sustainable future for Oklahoma and beyond by creating a community of interdisciplinary scholars and leaders who aim to comprehend the Earth’s human-natural systems.
The Department of Environmental Studies has moved from the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences to the Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, within the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences.
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Environmental Sustainability addresses how societies can meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The degree offers three different areas of concentration: culture and society, planning and management, and science and natural resources.
Environmental Sustainability addresses how societies can meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The degree offers three different areas of concentration: culture and society, planning and management, and science and natural resources.
Environmental Sustainability addresses how societies can meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The degree offers three different areas of concentration: culture and society, planning and management, and science and natural resources.
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New research from the University of Oklahoma reveals that “compound events” — periods when heat wave conditions coincide with high air pollution levels — are becoming more frequent and intense in urban areas across the United States.
Liam Thompson, a junior in the University of Oklahoma College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, is the lead author of a new study published in Urban Climate. The study was an assessment of a hydroclimate model’s ability to simulate temperature, dew point and wind speed evaluated against ground-level observations.
Two University of Oklahoma students, Brooke Rogachuk and Liam Thompson, have been named 2025 Goldwater Scholars for excellence in natural science, engineering and mathematics.
Robert Palmer, Ph.D., has been named the next dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences and director of the National Weather Center, effective July 1, pending OU Board of Regents’ approval.
Researchers from the University of Oklahoma have joined the National Endowment for the Humanities Community Deep Mapping Institute and a community-based organization to create a layered history of a community park in Picher, Oklahoma.
