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Zhang named Highly Cited Researcher for fifth year in a row

Thu, Dec 21, 2023

Dr. Weili Zhang, professor of electrical and computer engineering in Oklahoma State University's College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology, has been named a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in the field of physics for the fifth year in a row.

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CAS, CEAT and Ag faculty awarded $460K NSF grant for drone research

Wed, Dec 06, 2023

Faculty members from Oklahoma State University’s College of Arts and Sciences; College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology; and Ferguson School of Agriculture were recently awarded a $460,000 grant from the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Program to acquire the Advanced Low-altitude Earth Observing System, an unoccupied aircraft system-based instrument.

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OSU, OU collaboration finds semaglutide treatment associated with reductions in alcohol use disorder symptoms

Mon, Nov 27, 2023

The first published evidence from humans that semaglutide specifically reduces the symptoms of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) has been published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and details a recent collaboration between clinicians and scientists at the OU-TU School of Community Medicine and OSU Center for Health Sciences.

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OSU-CHS researcher studying if weight loss drugs could be used to treat alcohol use disorder

Thu, Nov 09, 2023

Semaglutide, the medication in the popular diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, continues making headlines. What if it could also help curb substance use disorder or addiction?

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OSU researchers featured on international podcast

Fri, Nov 03, 2023

The impact of Oklahoma State University’s research investments can be found worldwide, but sometimes the university gets the opportunity to discuss its process.

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School of Hospitality and Tourism Management ranks among world’s best

Mon, Oct 30, 2023

The School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Oklahoma State University continues to be recognized among the world’s best in the 2023 edition of the ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.

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Firefighter Mental Health Research Receives New OSU Public Impact Research Award

Mon, Oct 30, 2023

Based on their research on first responders and their work-related stressors, Dr. Lindsey Greco from the Spears School of Business and her co-PI, Dr. Dale Li from Oklahoma State University’s College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology, were named the recipients of OSU’s Public Impact Research Award.

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OSU receives $2M EPA grant to research enhanced aquifer recharge

Wed, Oct 11, 2023

On Sept. 21, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Oklahoma State University geology professor Dr. Todd Halihan, is the recipient of a nearly $2 million research grant to study the use and risks of enhanced aquifer recharge (EAR) to improve groundwater availability and quality. Along with his team of researchers at OSU, Halihan will collaborate with the Oka’ Institute at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, and Texas State University in San Marcos, to develop innovative monitoring and analysis strategies for rural EAR structures.

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CEAT's Jamie Westmoreland receives 2023 OSU Sponsored Programs Service Award

Wed, Oct 04, 2023

Jamie Westmoreland, Associate Director of Sponsored Programs in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology (CEAT), received the 2023 OSU Sponsored Programs Service Award during the first ever OSU Sponsored Programs Conference.

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OSU researchers monitor hypersonic shockwaves as part of NASA OSIRIS-REx mission

Mon, Sep 25, 2023

As NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft completed its 1.2-billion-mile journey home and sent its sample return capsule back to Earth, a team of Oklahoma State University researchers was waiting and listening.

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Southern land-grant universities making turf fields safe

Fri, Sep 22, 2023

Oklahoma State University is one of several southern land-grant universities improving turfgrass conditions to keep athletes safer this football season.

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OSU med student spends summer as NIH research intern

Thu, Sep 21, 2023

Second-year OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine student Sachi Pathak wants to not only treat patients as a physician, but also find ways to cure their illnesses through research. Her skills in a lab earned her a summer internship this year at the National Institutes of Health, where she was one of only 50 medical students from across the country accepted into the prestigious research internship program.

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