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State Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Wednesday August 28, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Original documentary 'Educating Oklahoma' to premiere Aug. 29 at Oklahoma State University
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 27 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: During a special screening premiere, the Oklahoma State University College of Education and Human Sciences will debut "Educating Oklahoma: Keeping the Promise of Public Education" at 7 p.m., Aug. 29, at the OSU Student Union Theater on the Stillwater campus. The event is free and open to the public, and RSVPs are encouraged. The film will be available to stream at InsideOSU.com beginning on Sept. 5. The fu  more

OSU completes Ethiopian higher education program
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 27 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Dr. Randy Kluver, associate provost and dean of Oklahoma State University Global, recently represented OSU at the closing workshop for the Ethiopian Higher Education Leadership, Management, and Governance program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The LMG program is funded by the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, the nation's capital. It is a three-year project to strengthen higher education leadership in Ethiopia's publi  more

OSU's Integrated Pest Management legacy lives on in new team
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Aug. 27 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Sorghum producers discovered a new pest in their crops on the Gulf Coast of Texas in the summer of 2013. Less than a year later, the sorghum aphid (known at the time as the sugarcane aphid) decimated Oklahoma sorghum, causing more than a 40% reduction in grain yields and thousands of dollars in economic losses for farmers. Having no familiarity with the sorghum aphid, most producers didn't realize how quickly  more

Quantum Researchers Publish 'Exciting' Particle Prediction
NORMAN, Oklahoma, Aug. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: * * * The existence of topological excitons predicted by OU-led research team. * * * Bruno Uchoa, a professor of condensed matter physics, and Hong-yi Xie, a postdoctoral fellow in condensed matter physics at the University of Oklahoma, have published research in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that predicts the existence of a new type of exciton. These particles co  more