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OU Researcher Awarded Funding to Create Global Cloud Database

January 14, 2026

Greg McFarquhar, director of the Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research (CIWRO) and Operations and a researcher at the University of Oklahoma, has been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to compile and analyze cloud property measurements from around the world.

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Groundbreaking discovery reveals Africa’s oldest cremation pyre and complex ritual practices

January 08, 2026

Newly published research in Science Advances, led by Jessica Cerezo-Román, at the University of Oklahoma, documents the oldest known cremation in Africa and provides some of the earliest evidence for intentional cremation using a pyre in the world.

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