We are earth and energy. The Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy improves people’s lives through research, education and service by studying Earth’s past and present, developing new energy tools and resources, and creating geoscientists and engineers who work across disciplines to address some of society’s most critical challenges.
Founded in 1900 by Charles Gould, the School of Geosciences has been a leader in geosciences research and education for over a century. The School has been a global leader in education and research in topics related to hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation, but now includes research programs spanning aspects of organic, inorganic and environmental geochemistry, and hydrochemistry, planetary geology, structure and geophysics of earthquakes and induced seismicity, near-field and crustal-scale geophysics, paleoecology and paleoclimate, paleomagnetism, and mineralogy/petrology.
The Mewbourne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering is ranked among the top for petroleum education. Students of MPGE can expect an education unparalleled to others with industry responsive curriculum, state-of-the-art laboratories, renowned faculty, a multicultural environment, and opportunities for hands-on learning and engagement with top industry professionals.
— Dean John Antonio
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A recently published study in Geology presents a new outlook on how relatives of sea stars change over millions of years and the factors that influence the rate of those changes. University of Oklahoma Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy faculty and Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History curators Selina Cole and David Wright, along with Jeffrey Thompson of the University of Southhampton, led the study conducting experiments on the regenerative properties of brittle stars to see whether ocean chemistry in the ancient past may have impacted this rate of regeneration. From there, they aimed to identify whether there was any correlation between short-term regeneration and long-term term evolutionary diversification over millions of years.
The University of Oklahoma has received $500,000 in funding from Mewbourne Oil Co. to launch a new multidisciplinary sustainable energy systems program that will feature an SES certificate available to a multitude of majors across campus.
The University of Oklahoma is again the state’s No. 1 university, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 Best Colleges list. This year, OU rose to No. 124 overall, placing No. 64 among public universities nationwide. Among all public universities in the region, OU placed in the Top 5.
University of Oklahoma faculty have received a combined nearly $3.4 million in grants to acquire three technologies that will advance OU researchers’ ability to conduct state-of-the-art materials research.
