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Impact
June 01, 2026

OU Positioned to Become First Public Higher Ed Institution in Oklahoma to offer three-year bachelor’s degree programs

Proposed three-year bachelor’s degree programs are moving forward for review through the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education framework, enabling the University of Oklahoma to offer more efficient and affordable degree options aligned with state workforce needs.


Campus & Community
May 18, 2026

Interdisciplinary OU Project Offers Clean River Solutions Ahead of Olympics

Entrepreneurship and engineering students from the University of Oklahoma have helped work on ensuring a clean Oklahoma River for the 2028 Summer Olympics. Their collaboration is thanks to a project designed by faculty at OU's Price College of Business and Gallogly College of Engineering.


Research
November 21, 2025

Two OU Researchers Ranked Among World’s Top Sociology Scholars

Two University of Oklahoma faculty in the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences have been ranked by analytics site ScholarGPS as among the world’s most productive and impactful sociologists over the past five years.


Impact
September 26, 2024

The Anne & Henry Zarrow Foundation Commits $4.5 Million to Elevate OU’s Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work

The Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work at the University of Oklahoma has received a transformative $4.5 million gift from The Anne & Henry Zarrow Foundation. This significant investment will help establish a doctorate-level program and position the school – named for the Zarrows due to their extraordinary and continued generosity – among the top 25 schools of social work in the nation.


Research
September 09, 2024

Two OU Faculty Top ScholarGPS Rankings

Two faculty members are currently the only University of Oklahoma researchers to be globally ranked among the top 10 Social Sciences scholars based on data from the past five years gathered by ScholarGPS.


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Dodge Family College of Arts & Sciences News

Campus & Community
August 23, 2026

OU’S historic momentum continues with largest freshman class in state and university history for sixth straight year

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.


Research
August 21, 2026

OU researchers selected for Department of Energy Genesis Mission

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.


Impact
August 03, 2026

OU Research Helps Protect Ancient Archaeological Site in Malawi

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.