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NIH Awards OU College of Medicine $10.7 Million to Advance Sensory Biology Research

July 16, 2026

The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $10.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to create the Oklahoma Center for Biomedical Research Excellence in Sensory Biology. The center will serve as a hub for research into how cells sense and respond to their environment and the diseases that can occur when that process malfunctions.

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Research

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

July 09, 2026

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.

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Impact

OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center Names New Director to Lead Fight Against Diabetes

June 09, 2026

Building on its two-decade journey from a philanthropic vision to a worldwide research enterprise committed to preventing, treating, and curing diabetes, the University of Oklahoma Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center has named John P. Kirwan, Ph.D., FACSM, a world-leading translational scientist, as its next director, effective Sept. 1, pending approval from the OU Board of Regents.

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University of Oklahoma Launches Project 200, a Generational Investment in Oklahoma’s Future

May 11, 2026

The University of Oklahoma today announced Project 200, a generational investment in research, talent and infrastructure designed to move Oklahoma forward by strengthening the health of its people, growing the state’s economy and expanding opportunity for the future.

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University of Oklahoma Celebrates Record Fundraising Year Supported by OU Foundation 

July 15, 2026

The University of Oklahoma has broken its fundraising record with over $427 million in gifts during the 2026 fiscal year ending June 30. This total exceeds OU’s previous record of $352 million set in fiscal year 2025. 

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OU Students Make History Operating World's Largest Commercial Solar Drone

July 15, 2026

A group of University of Oklahoma students spent roughly a month this spring doing something few civilians have ever done: operating a solar-powered autonomous aircraft with a wingspan comparable to a Boeing 747 as part of a record-setting flight campaign.

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