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This Semester on Campus: ‘Sociology Of Sexualities’
Tulsa Beacon - Oklahoma
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August 14, 2025
Editor's note: This is a new series from the OCPA with each report looking at an actual college course in Oklahoma, with complete course description, reading list and instructor bio and salary. Institution: University of Oklahoma Department:...
AFAR Secures Over $5.7 Million NIH Renewal Funding for Nathan Shock Centers Coordinating Center
Bioengineer.org
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August 15, 2025
In a significant advancement for the field of aging research, the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) has secured a five-year renewal grant totaling $5,722,435 from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a division of the National...
Ryan Trahan, Haley Pham’s 50-state trek raises $11.5 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Tubefilter
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July 30, 2025
Husband-and-wife duo Ryan Trahan and Haley Pham have completed an epic cross-country voyage, and they smashed several personal records along the way. Aided by an innovative approach to donations, Trahan and Pham raised $11.5 million to support the...
OCCC joins Amazon AI and machine learning alliance
The Journal Record - Oklahoma
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August 15, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Community College has joined the Amazon-Machine Learning University (MLU) Educators Consortium and Amazon-Machine Learning University Transformation Alliance, a national initiative helping faculty integrate artificial...
Oklahoma Continues to Pursue Pro-Growth Tax Reforms, but the Job Is Not Done
Tax Foundation
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July 21, 2025
Since 2021, Oklahoma lawmakers have made taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities....
Oklahoma Policy Institute warns against revamping private prisons for immigration detention
KGOU - Oklahoma
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July 21, 2025
As some of Oklahoma's older privately owned prisons are eyed as opportunities for expanding federal immigration detention capacity, one Oklahoma think tank aims to remind residents why more privatized incarceration is a bad deal for them and the...
We fact-checked what Oklahoma law says about teaching the Bible in schools
The Frontier - Oklahoma
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Some raised questions about what power Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters has to mandate specific curriculum after he issued a directive requiring schools to incorporate the Bible into classroom lessons. “Immediate and strict compliance...
Long Story Short: Historic cuts to SNAP put 131,000 Oklahomans at risk of losing benefits
KGOU - Oklahoma
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July 30, 2025
President Donald Trump’s budget bill brings stricter rules to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the federal food assistance program, and shifts costs to states, putting an estimated 131,000 Oklahomans at risk of losing food benefits....
Trump Administration Blocks NIH From Funding Grants Then Reverses Course
Forbes
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The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), led by Director Russell Vought (C) seen here with U.S. President Donald Trump (L), is reportedly blocking the National Institutes of Health from issuing any new funding to grantees and...
Gov. Stitt and RFK Jr. pledge to ‘Make Oklahoma Healthy Again.’ Their policies signal the opposite
Oklahoma Voice
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July 30, 2025
Imagine this: a TV drama where a patient is being pushed through an emergency room by people in scrubs. Lights are blinking, alarms are sounding. Rounding the corner, the camera zooms in on an operating theatre ready to receive its patient....
Oklahoma City man charged after vandalism of TV station's weather radar
KGOU - Oklahoma
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July 21, 2025
After a weather radar in Oklahoma City was vandalized and taken offline earlier this month, Oklahoma Attorney General Genter Drummond is now prosecuting a suspect. Anthony Tyler Mitchell, 39, is being charged with malicious injury or destruction...
Film lovers unite to save historic Paramount Screening Room in Oklahoma City
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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July 30, 2025
STORY. IT’S A FACET OF OKLAHOMA CITY HISTORY. JUSTIN JANE IS WITH THE OKLAHOMA FILM EXCHANGE, OR OFEX, A GROUP ON A MISSION TO BUY OKC PARAMOUNT SCREENING ROOM, WHICH HAS HISTORY TRACING BACK TO 1907 AS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PLACES PARAMOUNT...
Polaris Technologies files lawsuit against City of Muskogee for annexation of industrial park
FOX23 News - Oklahoma
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MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Polaris Technologies has filed a lawsuit against the City of Muskogee to stop the annexation. The company is asking for an injunction to invalidate the annexation ordinance and stop the city from enforcing it. FOX23 reported...
Fun for Kids: How melted crayons can teach children about Oklahoma's summer heat
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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July 29, 2025
Fun for Kids: How melted crayons can teach children about Oklahoma's summer heat While the Oklahoma temperatures continue to rise, there are fun ways that children can take advantage of the heat. EXPLAIN THE HEAT TO THE KIDDOS. IT’S HOT. IT’S...
Who’s Who on the Oklahoma State Board of Education?
News9 - Oklahoma
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The Oklahoma State Board of Education, the governing board of the public school system of Oklahoma, comprises six members and is headed by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. According to the Oklahoma State Department of Education...
Officials warn the next opioid epidemic could come from substance sold at vape shops for less $10
Daily Mail
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August 17, 2025
Public health experts and officials have trained their sights on a new vape shop staple they fear could spur the next wave of the opioid epidemic. Department of Health and Human Services made a formal proposal to the DEA to classify 7-OH, a...
How UCO tackles teacher shortages amid Oklahoma’s education struggles
News9 - Oklahoma
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On Monday, the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office took over as the assigned investigator to look into the State Superintendent Ryan Walters. Two education board members claimed a video of nude women played on Walters' office TV during an executive...
Oklahoma man accused of targeting weather radar, attorney general says
KFSM - Arkansas
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"Weather radar is not a 'weather weapon.' Radar technology is vitally important and saves the lives of countless Oklahomans every year," the AG said. OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma man has been charged for allegedly vandalizing a weather radar at an...
The breath between breakthroughs: Dr. Heather Fahlenkamp and the science of saving lungs
Oklahoma State University
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July 28, 2025
Monday, July 28, 2025 Media Contact: Kristi Wheeler | Manager, CEAT marketing and Communications | 4057445831 | kristi.wheeler@okstate.edu Dr. Heather Fahlenkamp grew up in Enid, Oklahoma, developing an early appreciation for biomedical...
SVSU Golf Alumni Shine in Oklahoma State Championship Success
BVM Sports
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July 28, 2025
Saginaw Valley State University alumni Parker Dietzel and Mandy Ehrlich have played pivotal roles in the Oklahoma State men's golf team's success, contributing significantly to their 2025 NCAA Division I National Championship win. Both are...