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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Thursday February 13, 2025 ( 3 items )  

Love? It's all in your head, OMRF experts say
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 12 -- The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation posted the following news: * * * Love? It's all in your head, OMRF experts say For nearly 3,000 years, we've been led to believe that love comes from the heart. It may be one of the longest-running fallacies in history. Experts at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation hate to spoil the romance, but they say a different organ is the more appropriate symbol of love and Valentine's Day. "Like all emotions, love  more

Pace named GKFF Endowed Chair of Health Technology Development
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Feb. 12 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * Pace named GKFF Endowed Chair of Health Technology Development Stacie Pace was recently named the George Kaiser Family Foundation Endowed Chair of Health Technology Development. Media Contact: Sara Plummer | Senior Communications Coordinator | 918-561-1282 | sara.plummer@okstate.edu * Stacie Pace, MHA, who has worked to improve and enhance the health of rural and underserved communities in Oklahoma   more

Power Corporation Pushes Forward With Plans to Build Disastrous Reservoir Project
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Power Corporation Pushes Forward With Plans to Build Disastrous Reservoir Project ANTLERS, Okla. -- Despite massive public and tribal opposition, the Southeast Oklahoma Power Corporation has refiled a study plan in its attempt to build massive reservoirs and power facilities on nearly 1,500 acres of habitat in southeast Oklahoma. If completed, the project would siphon off   more