2022

January

• ARPA Funds to Support NAGPRA Work at Sam Noble Museum
• OU Researcher Investigates Bat-Borne Viruses
• OU Engineers Build a Molecular Framework to Bridge Experimental and Computer Sciences for Peptide-Based Materials Engineering
• Commercializing Technology to Benefit Society
• iDIRECT Network Framework Developed at the University of Oklahoma Could Help Scientists Better Understand Biological Systems
• OU Research Incentive Program Supports Eight Faculty Who are Sponsoring Postdoctoral Researchers on Funded Grants for 2022
• Prestigious Fellowship Awarded to Two OU Researchers – the Only Oklahomans Selected This Year
• University of Oklahoma Lands in Top 7.9% among Research Universities Nationwide

February

• OU Chemist Engineers a Sustainable Approach to Natural Products Drug Development
• ICAST/CFE Workshop Facilitates Five Ways to Support Impactful Convergent Research
• What can a pufferfish’s genome tell us about how it evolved?
• Combating Cervical Cancer with Computer Science
• Two OU Experts Provide Testimony on Capitol Hill
• OU’s Institute for Community and Society Transformation Names Four Associate Directors
• Engineering Professor, Collaborators Win Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Contest, Named Semifinalists in Dept. of Energy Competition
• OU Meteorologist’s Cloud Research Recognized by National Science Foundation

March

• Ancient DNA Confirms TB Strains Associated With Marine Mammals Also Found in Inland Peoples
• OU to Support Tri-State Hydrogen Hub
• Green ‘Hippo’ to UV Simulator: Five Proposals Awarded through VPRP Strategic Equipment Investment Program
• Taste, Temperature and Pain Sensations Are Neurologically Linked, OU Study Finds
• $11.3 Million Federal Grant Establishes New Center for Cancer Research at OU
• OU Professor Discovers Distant Long-Period Comets Quickly Fade Away

April

• University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex Strengthen Partnership with Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
• Sam Noble Museum Receives Federal Grant to Improve Online Access to Native American Languages Collection
• Mark Yeary Named Chief Technology Officer for OU’s Oklahoma Aerospace and Defense Innovation Institute
• Experimental Research Aims to Treat Metastatic Cancer
• New Report Shows the Critical Role Microbes Play in Climate Change
• New Climate Modeling Predicts Increasing Occurrences of Flash Flooding Across Most of the U.S.
• Recipients of Campus-wide Research and Creative Awards Recognized

May

• Physicists Develop Ideal Testing Conditions of Solar Cells for Space Applications
• OU Astronomer Named to NASA’s ExoPAG Executive Committee
• United States, France Cooperation Advances International Weather Research
• University of Oklahoma Strengthens Latin American Sustainability through $15 Million PERU-Hub
• OU Geothermal Team Wins First Place in National Department of Energy Competition

June

• Biomedical Cross-campus Teams to Address Significant Healthcare Topics
• OU and Air Force Engineers Improve Natural Language Generation for Auto-Routing Aircraft
• Students Complete Inaugural Aerospace Software Systems Course
• OU Research Finds that a Warming Climate Decreases Microbial Diversity
• Michael A. Schade Named Senior Counsel for Research, Innovation and Corporate Partnerships
• Jizhong Zhou Receives Soil Science Society of America’s 2022 Soil Science Research Award

July

• OU Researchers Supporting State Goal to End Homelessness in Oklahoma
• OU Physicists Receive $1 Million Grant to Explore Quantum Synchronization
• Bridging Social Science and Engineering to Design Energy Facilities That Serve Local Communities

August

• $3M NSF Grant Plans To Transform OU’s Faculty Annual Evaluation Process
• OU Study Describes New ‘Molecular Tool’ to Trigger Targeted Immune Responses
• OU Researchers Awarded $1 Million Grants for Pandemic Prediction and Prevention Projects
• OU Researchers Received Two Grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
• OU Alumnus Daniel Sinars Receives Prestigious DOE Honor
• OU Professor Contributes to Congress Mandated Report on Priorities for Weather Research
• Jizhong Zhou Receives 2022 ISME-IWA BioCluster Award
• OU PRECIP Field Campaign Concludes
• OU Historian Receives NEH Public Scholars Award for Book on Interracial Families in Jim Crow-Era Mississippi
• Study Finds That Ocean Cooling Over Millennia Led to Larger Fish
• National Institutes of Health Funding Supports Chagas Disease Research
• ‘YES Oklahoma’ Project to Improve American Indian Representation in Cancer Research
• Geothermal Energy Research is a Win for OU and Oklahoma

September

• Oklahoma Biotech Innovation Cluster awarded $35 million in Build Back Better Regional Challenge
• OU Research Study Finds Connection Between Symptomatic COVID-19 Infection and Impaired Pain Modulation
• OU Receives $2 Million Gift from Ronnie K. Irani to Enhance Energy Technology Research
• University of Oklahoma, Iowa State Receive $4 Million Federal Grant for Clean Hydrogen Research
• 448th Supply Chain Management Wing enters first-ever Academic Partnership with the University of Oklahoma
• University of Oklahoma Study Explores the Use of Carbon Dioxide to Make Acrylic Acid
• Ming Xue Elected as AGU Fellow
• U.S. Economic Development Administration DAS Visits Oklahoma City to Discuss $35 Million Award to Bolster Biotech Innovation
• A New Study Finds U.S. Future Floods Becoming More Frequent, Wider Spread, Yet Less Seasonal

October

• Study of Dental Calculus Informs Historical Cause of Death, Examines Impact of Systemic Racism in Historically Marginalized Communities
• Former Air Force Commander Brings Leadership Experience to OU Strategic Research Efforts
• Horst Hahn Joins the University of Oklahoma as Distinguished Materials Visiting Professor
• UAS Elevates Weather Research at the University of Oklahoma
• International Collaboration Investigates the Use of Soft Materials as Semiconductors in Solar Power
• Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month 2022
• What Can Furbearers Past and Present Teach Us About Future Conservation Efforts?
• OU Experts Reflect on 2022 Nobel Prize Recipients for Medicine, Physics and Economics
• Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Receives Dayton Literary Peace Prize
• Happy Teacher Project Team Researching Ways to Curtail Head Start Teacher Turnover

• Education Researchers Study Impacts of Affordable, High-Quality Child Care on OU Students’ Success
• Researchers Use Optical Imaging Technology to Evaluate Transplant Viability of Donor Kidneys
• OU-Led Study Examines Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Health Disparities
• How to Study ‘Big’ Molecules Without Breaking Them Apart
• University of Oklahoma Study Aims to Improve Privacy From Digitally Enabled Hidden Devices
• Seven Faculty Members Receive COVID Relief Funds to Support Research and Creative Activities
• Six Proposals Funded through OVPRP Strategic Equipment Investment Program Will Bring New Capabilities to OU
• Study Using DNA Analysis of Sacrificial Spider Monkey Suggests Mesoamerican Diplomacy
• Winner Announced for Inaugural OU Small-Scale GRA Match Program
• OUAH.FM Features Research in the Arts & Humanities at OU

December

• University of Oklahoma Joins National Consortium for Inclusive Learning
• Ten Projects Receive Matching Funds in Support of Postdoctoral Researchers
• Twelve OU Faculty Selected as Research Consortia Leaders for Native Nations Press
• Julia Abramson Joins OVPRP as 2023 Faculty Fellow
• OU Expands Energy Expertise to Support Fusion Energy Commercialization