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Taking the lead: Retired CAS faculty member continues to impact students' lives

Tue, Sep 05, 2023

Myr-Lou Rollins has a love for the performing arts. A love that has spanned almost her entire life and a love that reminds her of the times she felt weightless as she danced on stage. More than 30 years after retirement, Rollins attends as many performances and recitals put on through Oklahoma State University’s Greenwood School of Music as she can. At 88, it’s a challenge sometimes getting to the event, but she remains loyal and true to the university that has given her so much.

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Flute professor uses CAS HAD Grant to record Vivian Fine album

Thu, Aug 31, 2023

Erin Murphy, an Oklahoma State University Greenwood School of Music associate professor, has released an album of flute music with the help of a College of Arts and Sciences HAD grant.

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CAS faculty receive NSF grant for multidisciplinary COVID-19 and pandemic research

Thu, Aug 31, 2023

Six Oklahoma State University professors from a variety of backgrounds are combining their talents to research stopping future pandemics. Faculty members from OSU’s College of Arts and Sciences were recently awarded a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to conduct multidisciplinary research and model the effects of COVID-19 in Oklahoma to plan effective mitigation efforts for the coronavirus and potential future pandemics.

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Oklahoma State University Museum of Art presents ‘Leon Polk Smith: Affinities in Art & Design’

Mon, Aug 28, 2023

The Oklahoma State University Museum of Art announces, “Leon Polk Smith: Affinities in Art & Design,” on view through Jan. 27, 2024. This captivating exhibition explores the surprising relationships between the art of Leon Polk Smith (1906-1996) and 20th century industrial design.

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Dr. Roger Mailler appointed new head of Department of Computer Science

Thu, Aug 24, 2023

The Oklahoma State University Department of Computer Science has selected a new department head. Dr. Roger Mailler was hired following a national search.  

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OSU celebrates enrollment records as fall semester begins

Mon, Aug 21, 2023

Oklahoma State University set a new record for highest undergraduate enrollment in school history as it welcomed students to campus Monday.

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OSU’s Gardiner Gallery opens traveling exhibition of Oklahoma artists’ works

Thu, Aug 17, 2023

On Aug. 14, Oklahoma State University’s Gardiner Gallery of Art opened “24 Works on Paper,” a traveling art exhibition by the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition.

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OSU, Catholic Charities team up to prepare Payne County inmates for the High School Equivalency Test 

Tue, Aug 08, 2023

Through a partnership between Oklahoma State University College of Arts and Sciences faculty and Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma, Payne County Jail inmates are working to receive their high school diplomas.    

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Integrative biology faculty publishes multidisciplinary study on parasites and animal communication

Thu, Jul 27, 2023

Three faculty members from Oklahoma State University’s Department of Integrative Biology had their work published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS).  

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Geology’s Dr. Jack Pashin promoted to Regents Professor

Wed, Jul 26, 2023

Dr. Jack Pashin, a professor in Boone Pickens School of Geology (BPSoG), was recently promoted to Regents Professor. Pashin, who earned his Ph.D. in geological sciences from the University of Kentucky, joined the faculty at Oklahoma State University in 2013 as the Devon Chair of Basin Research for BPSoG.

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NSF-funded mentoring program welcomes first cohort of biological sciences researchers

Tue, Jul 25, 2023

Since receiving its $2.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation in August 2022, the Oklahoma Network - Research and Mentoring for Post-baccalaureates (ON-RaMP) program at Oklahoma State University has begun working with its first group of eight biological sciences graduates.

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Uncover the Witty World of Saul Steinberg at the OSU Museum of Art's 'Line of Thought' Exhibition

Tue, Jul 18, 2023

Explore the career of Romanian American artist Saul Steinberg at the Oklahoma State University Museum of Art’s exhibition "Line of Thought: The Work of Saul Steinberg."

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