STILLWATER, Oklahoma, April 29 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Cheryl Clerico named Philanthropist of the Year OSU President Kayse Shrum speaks at the Women for OSU Symposium. Sixteen Oklahoma State University students were awarded scholarships at the annual Women for OSU Symposium on Thursday inside Gallagher-Iba Arena. Each recipient prioritized philanthropy in their life and has made a significant impact in their community. The scholars' passion for helping o  more

LAWTON, Oklahoma, April 30 -- Cameron University issued the following news release: "Numerical Processes for Appoximating Solutions of Nonlinear Equations," a research paper co-authored by CU faculty member Dr. Ioannis K. Argyros, CU alumni Samundra Regmi and Christopher I. Argyros and Dr. Santhosh George has been honored with the 2024 Best Paper Award by Axioms, an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal of mathematics, mathematical logic and mathematical physics. Ioannis K. Argyros  more

LAWTON, Oklahoma, April 30 -- Cameron University issued the following news release: Cameron University's Iota Sigma chapter of the Delta Mu Delta (DMD) International Honor Society in Business recently conducted a ceremony to welcome new members. Delta Mu Delta recognizes and encourages academic excellence to create a DMD community that fosters the well-being of its individual members and the business community through lifetime membership. An invitation to join DMD signifies recognition for aca  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 30 -- The Oklahoma Department of Human Services issued the following news release: After being dismissed last fall from 23 of 30 performance measures due to continued good faith efforts in foster care reform, Oklahoma Human Services has again received a favorable progress report in the latest Co-Neutrals commentary measuring the agency's remaining reform efforts impacted by the COVID pandemic. Every six months, three out-of-state child welfare experts, the Co-Neu  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 30 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: Senate Bill 1200 by Sen. Blake Cowboy Stephens, R-Tahlequah, was signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt Friday. The measure provides that the State of Oklahoma shall adopt permanent Daylight Saving Time (DST) upon approval of federal legislation to allow states to choose whether or not they change their clocks twice a year. "I am incredibly appreciative of my fellow lawmakers on bot  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 30 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release: Sen. Dusty Deevers, R-Elgin, is calling on the legislature to defend Oklahoma's sovereignty against the creeping influence of global governance. If passed Oklahoma Senate Bill 426, by Rep. Rick West, R-Heavener, and Sen. George Burns, R-Pollard, would be a defiant stand against the encroaching powers of international bodies like the WHO, UN, and WEF. This legislation is a declaration of independenc  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, April 29 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: U.S. Sen. James Lankford toured facilities and met with leaders on the OSU-Stillwater campus Thursday to learn more about how the state's modern land-grant university is improving lives through public impact research. Lankford, who has served in the U.S. Senate since 2015 and became the senior senator from Oklahoma in 2023, said it's essential that institutions like OSU live out the modern land-g  more

WEATHERFORD, Oklahoma, April 30 -- Southwestern Oklahoma State University issued the following news release: Dr. Tugba Sevin, Associate Professor in the Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) has been accepted into the highly competitive Italian Diaspora Studies Summer Seminar from June 10 to June 30. This program, a collaboration between the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute/Queens College of the City University of New York and the Roma Tre University, offers an opportunity f  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, April 29 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: A team of medical students, residents and faculty from the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, OSU Medicine, and the Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute have found that most sports medicine journals were not adhering to language guidelines specific to obesity. In 2018, the American Medical Association adopted person-centered language (PCL) guidelines, includi  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, April 30 (TNSres) -- Oklahoma State University's Center for Health Sciences issued the following news: A team of medical students, residents and faculty from the Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, OSU Medicine, and the Human Performance and Nutrition Research Institute have found that most sports medicine journals were not adhering to language guidelines specific to obesity. In 2018, the American Medical Association adopted person-centered language  more

FORT SMITH, Arkansas, April 30 -- The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith issued the following news: Top students from 41 academic programs at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith were given accolades for their work when they received Academic Excellence Awards from the university. Each year, the Academic Excellence Awards honor students who have shown exceptional dedication in the classroom as nominated by UAFS faculty members. Recipients of the awards and their fields of study are: Alma:   more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, April 30 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: Understanding how communities share information during disasters is more crucial than ever because of the recurring and unpredictable nature of storms, floods, tornadoes and earthquakes. Arif Sadri, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma, recently received a Faculty Early Career Development Award, known as a CAREER award, from the National Science Foundation to better understand how   more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, April 30 (TNSres) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: The University of Oklahoma has received a nearly $4 million congressional appropriation for supply chain risk management research from the 448th Supply Chain Management Wing of the U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center. The project, coordinated by the Oklahoma Aerospace and Defense Innovation Institute and Data Institute for Societal Challenges, aims to improve the Department of Defense's supply cha  more

WHITEWATER, Wisconsin, April 30 -- The University of Wisconsin Whitewater campus issued the following news release: Two students from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's occupational and environmental safety and health (OESH) major were named recipients of the 2023 Qualified Academic Program Scholarship by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP). Christopher Gomez of Reeseville and James Groehler of Oconomowoc were among the 40 students nationwide to earn the scholarship, which  more

NEW YORK, April 30 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release on April 29, 2024: NBA TV will continue its 2024 NBA Playoffs presented by Google Pixel coverage with the New Orleans Pelicans and CJ McCollum hosting the Oklahoma City Thunder and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in Game 4 of the first round series (presented by AT&T) tonight, Monday, April 29, at 8:30 p.m. ET. Kevin Calabro, Brendan Haywood and Lauren Jbara will call the game from New Orleans. Tom  more