The University of Oklahoma's 15th president has a long, personal history with OU and is adamant that students under his watch get the same opportunities he had to change their lives through education.
With the proliferation of "Power Five" teams and careers in promotions, management, development and more, OU has established a new esports department to give its students a competitive edge in the multi-billion-dollar online gaming industry.
The author of "Green Grow the Lilacs," the basis for the ever-evolving musical "Oklahoma!," was a shy kid from Claremore, Okla., who found his voice, friends and talents at OU in the 1920s.
If recent hailstorms have you wondering about the next severe weather event, you're not alone. OU computer scientist Amy McGovern is director of a new NSF-funded weather institute that uses artificial intelligence to sift through mountains of data to deliver warnings well ahead of the storm.
The project to preserve Oklahoma's past rallied the Norman community, the state and the university to join forces in creating the beloved "dinosaur museum," more formally known as the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. The mission continues.
