July 08, 2025
Enhanced weather forecasting is crucial for minimizing damage caused by extreme weather and protecting lives. A multi-university initiative led by the University of Oklahoma – the Consortium for Advanced Data Assimilation Research and Education, or CADRE – is addressing this need by training the next generation of data assimilation experts.
June 30, 2025
The University of Oklahoma is home to one of the region’s most advanced and well-staffed core research facilities: the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Lab. This facility plays a critical role in cutting-edge research, student training and scientific discovery across several disciplines.
For more than a quarter-century, the University of Oklahoma’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates program in the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences has equipped undergraduate students from across the nation with intensive, hands-on research experiences.
University of Oklahoma Associate Professor of French, Julia Abramson, has published an article with Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment that reveals how religion, transatlantic networks and political upheaval shaped the earliest business efforts of the Du Pont family decades before their name became synonymous with American industry.
Two early career researchers were recently awarded grants from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities organization of $10,000 each. Elizabeth Zumpe, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, will study outcomes in educational research, and Shuozhi Xu, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Gallogly College of Engineering, will study high-performance structural materials capable of withstanding extreme environments. Zumpe and Xu were selected from 164 applications representing 91 member institutions.
An anonymous gift made it possible for seven University of Oklahoma students to spend a semester conducting immersive research across the U.S. and Iceland – diving into topics rarely covered in standard textbooks.
The University of Oklahoma has named Moriah Locklear, Ph.D., as assistant vice president for research, subject to final approval by the OU Board of Regents. In this new leadership role, Locklear will be based in Washington, D.C., where she will lead efforts to advance the university’s research and partnership agenda on a national scale.
Enhanced weather forecasting is crucial for minimizing damage caused by extreme weather and protecting lives. A multi-university initiative led by the University of Oklahoma – the Consortium for Advanced Data Assimilation Research and Education, or CADRE – is addressing this need by training the next generation of data assimilation experts.
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute and the Knudsen Institute recently named the Oklahoma Chair for Strategic Policy and International Engagement. The University of Oklahoma, through its Oklahoma Aerospace and Defense Innovation Institute, celebrates this addition to its strategic partnerships, which will help shape global defense strategy. The Oklahoma Chair represents a significant milestone in Oklahoma’s expanding partnerships with U.S. allies and its leadership in defense policy, research and industrial innovation.
Alex Gleason and Alex Albright, both seniors in the Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, were awarded time to observe distant stars at the International Gemini Observatory. Their combined time represents approximately 4.5% of all available time allotted to U.S. astronomers from Aug. 2025 through Jan. 2026.
The University of Oklahoma nominated Williams, an Oklahoma-based energy leader, for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education’s Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award. Williams and OU are one of 27 business and higher education partnerships throughout the state recognized as innovative collaborations that further the education of Oklahoma’s workforce.
The University of Oklahoma is home to one of the region’s most advanced and well-staffed core research facilities: the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Lab. This facility plays a critical role in cutting-edge research, student training and scientific discovery across several disciplines.