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July 13, 2026

Six Years of Drought Reshape Soil Microbiomes in Tallgrass Prairie, Study Finds

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.


Research
July 09, 2026

OU Researcher Provides Insights on Survival of World’s Highest Dwelling Mammal

University of Oklahoma professor Naim M. Bautista, Ph.D., is part of an international team working to uncover how Andean leaf-eared mice have adapted to survive extreme elements of low oxygen and freezing temperatures.


Research
June 11, 2026

OU Receives $11.5 Million NIH Award to Establish Statewide Immunoengineering Research Center

The University of Oklahoma has received an $11.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health to establish the Oklahoma Center of ImmunoEngineering, a new research center designed to accelerate the study and treatment of diseases rooted in the immune system, led by principal investigators Wei Chen, Ph.D., and Chongle Pan, Ph.D.


Research
April 22, 2026

Nature Publication Links Warming Temperatures to Surge in Antibiotic Resistance in Soils

A new University of Oklahoma study — the first of its kind conducted in a real-world field setting over more than a decade — finds that sustained warming significantly increases the abundance, diversity and mobility of antibiotic resistance genes in soil.


Research
March 26, 2026

Soil Carbon Losses Under Warming Come Down to Rainfall, Landmark Study Shows

A 12-year field experiment at the University of Oklahoma has revealed that warming's effect on soil carbon storage depends critically on precipitation. Understanding what controls whether soils gain or lose carbon has broad implications for the carbon cycle and beyond.


Campus & Community
February 18, 2026

OU Graduate Earns Prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship

University of Oklahoma alumna Farris Tedder was recently named a 2026 Gates Cambridge Scholar, an international award given each year to scholars from around the world, including just 26 students from the United States, to pursue postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge.