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Bananas for fabric

Wed, Sep 13, 2017

When Joyce Nabisaalu taught at Kyambogo University in Uganda and saw her colleague making paper from banana stems, she thought, “Why not more?” Nabisaalu, now an apparel design and production doctoral student at Oklahoma State University, has taken her idea to the next level by researching how to turn banana fibers into fabric.

College of Education and Human SciencesBusinessDepartment of Design and MerchandisingFood Land and Natural ResourcesEngineering and DesignResearch
Small town, big dreams: Jeretta Horn Nord made her own path

Tue, Sep 12, 2017

She may have been born in Sherman, Texas, in 1956, but Jeretta Horn Nord has always been an Oklahoma gal. The management science and information systems professor grew up on a ranch in Colbert, Oklahoma, with an older sister and a younger brother.

Department of Management Science and Information SystemsSpears School of BusinessBusiness
Name change for historic OSU program announced

Mon, Aug 14, 2017

After more than eight decades, Oklahoma State University’s School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration will be known as the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. The name change is the product of a reorganized academic structure for the school, which will include four specializations: event planning, lodging management, food studies and beverage management.

Human Health and WellnessFood Land and Natural ResourcesBusinessCollege of Education and Human SciencesEducation
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