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State Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Thursday August 22, 2024 ( 9 items )  

Attorney General Drummond Fights to Protect Election Integrity
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 22 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: With early and absentee voting for the 2024 presidential election set to begin in a matter of weeks, Attorney General Gentner Drummond is fighting to protect election integrity with a pair of recent filings. On Aug. 13, Drummond joined with fellow attorneys general to challenge the Biden-Harris administration's unlawful voter registration scheme. Then on Aug. 15, D  more

Chemical engineering professor Kim receives NSF award
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 21 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Dr. Seokjhin Kim, associate professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University, has received a National Science Foundation award totaling $299,000 to fund his research on designing pore-engineered membranes using a novel approach that allows dynamic changes to the membrane structure during gas separation testing. "Membranes are a cost-effective and efficient technology for chemical   more

Dean of all trades: Eastman named to Spears Business Hall of Fame
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 20 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Editor's note: The Spears School of Business is releasing a series of feature stories to celebrate the 2024 Spears Business Hall of Fame inductees and Outstanding Young Alumni. Previous profiles highlighted Vickie Carr and Eddy Ditzler. Check back each week for a new profile leading up to the Oct. 4 ceremony. As a teenager envisioning his future, Dr. Ken Eastman pictured a modest family farm where hogs roamed  more

Dr. Saluja Helps Found National Pharmacy Association for Indian Educators
WEATHERFORD, Oklahoma, Aug. 21 -- Southwestern Oklahoma State University issued the following news release: The American Association of Indian Pharmacy Professors (AAIPP) has officially been established in 2024, with Dr. Hardeep Saluja, Department Chair and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) College of Pharmacy, serving as one of the founding members and President of the organization. Over the past two decades, the number of pharmacy coll  more

Dyer's Lasting Legacy After 30 Years at OSU-CHS
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 21 -- Oklahoma State University's Center for Health Sciences issued the following news: A lot of people become physicians because they want to help people. And many health care professionals go into the field because they or someone in their family have had a personal experience with a doctor or nurse. Those are the very reasons Dr. Robin Dyer wanted to be a physician, but few have made the immeasurable impact she has on the OSU Center for Health Sciences, its studen  more

Okla. A.G. Drummond Issues Opinion Confirming Legislators' Rights to Attend Executive Sessions
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 22 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued a formal opinion today confirming that Oklahoma legislators are fully authorized to attend executive sessions of every state agency, board and commission. State Rep. Mike Osburn requested the opinion after he was denied the opportunity to attend a recent State Board of Education (SBE) executive session. Several other legisl  more

Parent-Child Assistance Program Expands to North Central Oklahoma
NORMAN, Oklahoma, Aug. 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: The Parent-Child Assistance Program, led by researchers at the University of Oklahoma, has recently expanded its services to the Enid area of north-central Oklahoma and is now accepting referrals. Known as PCAP, this program is an intensive home-visiting case management program for pregnant and parenting women with at-risk substance use during their pregnancy. The one-year PCAP program plans to   more

Second White Coat Ceremony celebrates growing OSU nursing program
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 21 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Oklahoma State University's nursing program celebrated the start of a new academic year on Friday, Aug. 16, with its second White Coat Ceremony, which recognized 85 students beginning the professional nursing program, the largest cohort yet for the growing department. "This official White Coat Ceremony is used to symbolize the start of your education into the science and art of medicine," said Dr. Tonya Hamme  more

Trapped in her web: Integrative biology researcher receives funds for spider cannibalism research
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 21 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Dr. Shawn Wilder, an associate professor in Oklahoma State University's Department of Integrative Biology, was awarded $541,373 from the National Science Foundation for his project "Testing How Nutrients Affect Offspring Traits Using Cannibalism as a Model System." Wilder and his Ph.D. student, Colton Herzog, will use the NSF funds to advance knowledge of spider species that engage in sexual cannibalism, whi  more