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University of Oklahoma’s Smoking Cessation App Shows Strong Results in Clinical Trial

University of Oklahoma’s Smoking Cessation App Shows Strong Results in Clinical Trial

In a remarkable leap forward for smoking cessation efforts, researchers at the University of Oklahoma have unveiled a groundbreaking smartphone application designed specifically to support low-income adults in overcoming tobacco addiction. Despite...

Oklahoma’s Longest Eclipse of the Century Is Coming

Oklahoma’s Longest Eclipse of the Century Is Coming

Oklahoma just barely got over the solar hangover from our last total eclipse, and the calendars are already out again. You’d think we were talking about football schedules the way folks are marking dates and planning road trips for the next big...

Despite International Courts, Climate Science Is Not The Law In The U.S.

Authored by Gary Abernathy via The Empowerment Alliance, While not everyone is on board with President Trump’s “America First” philosophy, its importance when it comes to energy is brought into sharp focus when considering where the U.S. would be...

Google Invests $9B to Power ‘America’s AI Leadership’ From Oklahoma

Google Invests $9B to Power ‘America’s AI Leadership’ From Oklahoma

Business and community leaders with Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (second from the left) and Ruth Porat, president and chief investment officer of Alphabet and Google. Image: Google Google is investing $9 billion to build new data centers and...

Summer 2025 Niblack Scholars complete research experience

Summer 2025 Niblack Scholars complete research experience

Thursday, August 14, 2025 Media Contact: Sydney Trainor | Communications and Media Relations Specialist | 405-744-9782 | sydney.trainor@okstate.edu For some Oklahoma State University undergraduates, the most valuable lessons aren’t found in a...

Maybe Oklahoma has to go back to basics to fix our schools

Maybe Oklahoma has to go back to basics to fix our schools

From my research, Oklahoma has never ranked 17th in the national NAEP Scores — NAEP being what’s known as The Nation’s Report Card. I most recently researched this, and where it comes from is Education Week’s Quality Counts report, where in 2011,...

University of Central Oklahoma ends print publication of student newspaper

University of Central Oklahoma ends print publication of student newspaper

The future of University of Central Oklahoma’s student newspaper, The Vista, is unclear following a decision to immediately end the print publication. The Vista was established in 1903 and is distributed on the Edmond campus for free. This fall...

Oklahoma City students dive into STEM learning as school year begins

Oklahoma City students dive into STEM learning as school year begins

THIS SCHOOL YEAR. YEAH. AND THE DISTRICT HAS MADE BIG INVESTMENTS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH WITH EVERY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT OFFERING HANDS ON LEARNING FROM ROBOTS TO REAL WORLD PROBLEM SOLVING. STEM...

Oklahoma's ban on sex-change surgeries for minors upheld by 10th Circuit

Oklahoma's ban on sex-change surgeries for minors upheld by 10th Circuit

By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Operating room staff perform a surgery. | Getty ImagesA federal appeals court has upheld an Oklahoma law banning body-disfiguring sex-change surgeries for minors in what supporters...

Google data center in Oklahoma: What the company's $9 billion investment means for the state

Google data center in Oklahoma: What the company's $9 billion investment means for the state

Google is making a multibillion-dollar commitment to expand its operations in Oklahoma, unveiling plans Wednesday for $9 billion in new investments over the next two years. Company leaders joined Gov. Kevin Stitt, local officials, and workforce...

OMMA warning Oklahoma marijuana dispensaries after thousands of passed tests actually failed

OMMA warning Oklahoma marijuana dispensaries after thousands of passed tests actually failed

OMMA warning Oklahoma marijuana dispensaries after thousands of passed tests actually failed The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority is sounding the alarm after a marijuana testing laboratory changed thousands of samples from “test passed” to...

Vudoo Gun Works Moves from Utah to Oklahoma

Vudoo Gun Works Moves from Utah to Oklahoma

Vudoo Gun Works, a maker of precision rifles and firearms, announced the relocation of its headquarters and all manufacturing operations from Utah to Prague, Oklahoma. Vudoo revealed in May that it would move its operations to Oklahoma and pause...

Google announces new investments in Oklahoma data centers

Google announces new investments in Oklahoma data centers

Google says it will invest $9 billion in Oklahoma over the next two years, expanding its existing Pryor data center and building a new one near Stillwater. The Pryor facility, opened in 2011, has already received $4.4 billion in investments and...

School Safety: How SROs Are Securing Oklahoma Schools

School Safety: How SROs Are Securing Oklahoma Schools

School Resource Officers (SROs) across the state—including deputies with the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office—are returning to campuses this year with a sharpened focus on prevention, partnership, and rapid response. “The SRO role is more than a...

Buckingham: Supporting health care workforce key to a better Oklahoma

Buckingham: Supporting health care workforce key to a better Oklahoma

Dylan Buckingham Oklahoma is ranked 47th in the nation for children’s health care. The Oklahoma Children’s Health Foundation is working daily to improve this. CHF, established in 1982, has created and funded 36 endowed chairs to provide lasting...

Oklahoma's Citizen Potawatomi Nation opens new FireLake Hotel and Casino

Oklahoma's Citizen Potawatomi Nation opens new FireLake Hotel and Casino

The Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma has opened its new FireLake Hotel and FireLake Casino, expanding its hospitality and entertainment facilities. Tribal Chairman John “Rocky” Barrett, Vice-Chairman Linda Capps, CPN legislators David Barrett...

Oklahoma special election for cities and school districts propositions

Oklahoma special election for cities and school districts propositions

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA (KOKH) — Today, Aug. 12, is a special election day in Oklahoma. Several cities and school districts have propositions on the ballot. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Visit okcfox.com/news/election-results for the special...

Researchers Track Spread of Invasive Tick Threatening Arkansas Cattle

Researchers Track Spread of Invasive Tick Threatening Arkansas Cattle

A fully-engorged Asian longhorned tick, measuring 12.5 mm aby 10 mm, oviposits thousands of offspring inside a lab jar. Division of Agriculture researchers are tracking the spread of the invasive tick in Arkansas. (Division of Agriculture photo.)...

Trump may loosen marijuana laws; Oklahoma pushes for recreational use

Trump may loosen marijuana laws; Oklahoma pushes for recreational use

Trump says decision on marijuana reclassification could come in weeks. Marijuana could move from Schedule I to Schedule III under federal law. Oklahoma group begins push for recreational sales via State Question 837. President Donald Trump said...

Scientist recognized for breakthroughs in pepper breeding

Scientist recognized for breakthroughs in pepper breeding

News Scientist recognized for breakthroughs in pepper breeding August 12, 2025 By Meghan Grebner Filed Under: News A senior scientist at the World Vegetable Center has been recognized for his breakthroughs in pepper breeding with the 2025 Borlaug...

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