Fri, Sep 06, 2024

Growing up in Prague, Oklahoma, Dennis Heinzig yearned for more than what he found in his small town of around 2,300. For him, the answers to life’s questions wouldn’t be found there.

Wed, May 01, 2024

For Dr. Ryan M. Armstrong, Oklahoma State University religious studies visiting professor, venturing outside the classroom and into sacred buildings provides vital firsthand experience for his world religion studies students.

Mon, Apr 08, 2024

On Feb. 27, Drs. Heather Stewart and Lauren Freeman published their book Microaggressions in Medicine, which aims to advance health justice by shedding light on the phenomenon of microaggressions experienced by marginalized patients in health care settings.

Mon, Dec 19, 2022

Oklahoma State University’s Ethics Bowl Team won the regional competition at Texas A&M University-San Antonio on November 12 and qualified for the national competition on March 4-5 in Portland, Oregon. The team has maintained recent success, as this marks the third year in a row that the team has won regionals and the fourth out of five years they’ve qualified for the national competition. Two years ago, the team placed in the top eight in the nation.

Mon, Dec 12, 2022

Empathy, as most people use the term, is understanding somebody else’s perspective — trying to put yourself in their shoes, trying to feel what they feel — and it is often described as a good thing. But is it really a good thing? Dr. Shannon Spaulding, associate professor and graduate coordinator in the Oklahoma State University Department of Philosophy, is focusing her research on just that question.