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Alumni family creates lasting impact with athletics and business gifts
The University of Oklahoma has received a transformative gift from Jon and Shannon McCartney, which will name the McCartney Family Tunnel of Champions, the McCartney Family Gate of the Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and the McCartney Family Grand Lecture Hall in the Michael F. Price College of Business. The gift will also support the Inspiring Champions and the Athletic Director’s Discretionary Fund, in addition to establishing the McCartney DFW Career Trek program at Price College.
OU College of Nursing receives millions to advance maternal health research
Thanks to more than $5 million in funding through a National Institutes of Health initiative, the University of Oklahoma's College of Nursing will support four maternal health research projects over the next four years.
OU researcher to study CAR T-Cell and opaganib combination in clinical trials for ultra-high-risk multiple myeloma
A University of Oklahoma physician-researcher recently received $2.9 million in funding from the National Cancer Institute to study whether RedHill Biopharma’s drug opaganib, given after CAR T-cell therapy, can help the immune cells fight cancer more effectively.
OU researcher transforms scorpion venom peptides into nonaddictive solution for chronic pain relief
University of Oklahoma researcher Ashlee Rowe is advancing biotherapeutics by studying how certain species of mice are able to resist pain from venomous scorpions. Her discoveries aim to help provide a highly valuable solution for nonaddictive pain management.
