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State Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Thursday February 27, 2025 ( 9 items )  

Business executives will share stories, career insights at 2025 CEO Day
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Feb. 26 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * Business executives will share stories, career insights at 2025 CEO Day Media Contact: Stephen Howard | Director of Marketing and Communications | 405-744-4363 | stephen.howard@okstate.edu Oklahoma State University students will have the chance to interact with successful business leaders from three different industries during the Spears School of Business' CEO Day on April 1. The event is schedule  more

Cabinet company owners face felony charges, accused of taking almost $400K from customers
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 26 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Cabinet company owners face felony charges, accused of taking almost $400K from customers OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 26, 2025) - The CEO and CFO of a high-end cabinet business in Oklahoma City face multiple felony charges after an investigation by Attorney General Gentner Drummond's office. The two are accused of defrauding customers of more than $370,000. Earlier this month, the  more

Drummond calls on FDA to take action against counterfeit weight-loss drug makers
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 26 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: * * * Drummond calls on FDA to take action against counterfeit weight-loss drug makers OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 26, 2025) - Attorney General Gentner Drummond has asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take swift action against bad actors who are endangering consumers with counterfeit forms of the weight-loss and diabetes drugs Mounjaro, Zepbound, Ozempic and Wegovy. In a let  more

ESPN NBA Schedule Update: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Memphis Grizzlies Added on March 5; Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Milwaukee Bucks Added on March 9
BRISTOL, Connecticut, Feb. 26 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release: * * * ESPN NBA Schedule Update: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Memphis Grizzlies Added on March 5; Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Milwaukee Bucks Added on March 9 ESPN today announced an update to its 2024-25 NBA regular-season schedule. On Wednesday, March 5, the Oklahoma City Thunder and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will visit the Memphis Grizzlies and Ja Morant at 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN Pres  more

Oklahoma State University awarded $4M for autonomous vehicle research
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Feb. 26 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * Oklahoma State University awarded $4M for autonomous vehicle research Media Contact: Desa James | Communications Coordinator | 405-744-2669 | desa.james@okstate.edu Dr. Joshua Li, associate professor for the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology's School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and his team have been awarded $4 million as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation Rur  more

OSU Alumni Association names 25 Outstanding Seniors
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Feb. 26 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * OSU Alumni Association names 25 Outstanding Seniors Media Contact: Will Carr | OSU Alumni Association | 405-744-5370 | wgcarr@okstate.edu The Oklahoma State University Alumni Association named 25 students as Outstanding Seniors for the 2024-25 academic year. The Outstanding Seniors award recognizes seniors who show excellence through academic achievement; campus and community involvement; academic,  more

OU's Transformative Tutoring Initiative Delivers Strong Results
NORMAN, Oklahoma, Feb. 27 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: * * * OU's Transformative Tutoring Initiative Delivers Strong Results NORMAN, OKLA. - The University of Oklahoma's Transformative Tutoring Initiative helps high school students make academic gains in math at twice the rate of their peers. Housed in the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education, the intensive tutoring initiative trains OU undergraduates to tutor high school students who are struggling in m  more

U.S. Supreme Court vacates death sentence for Richard Glossip
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Feb. 26 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Reed Smith, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Supreme Court vacates death sentence for Richard Glossip In an opinion issued yesterday by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the five-justice majority ruling (with Justice Neil Gorsuch recused) agreed with the state's attorney general, Mr. Glossip's defense counsel and Reed Smith's independent investigation that Glossip did not receive a fair trial and deserves a new one.  more

University of Oklahoma: Discovery of Rare Gene Variants Provides Window Into Tailored Type 2 Diabetes Treatment
NORMAN, Oklahoma, Feb. 27 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: * * * Discovery of Rare Gene Variants Provides Window Into Tailored Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Medications don't work for everyone, highlighting need for targeted drugs OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. - A new study published in Communications Medicine, a Nature publication, details the discovery of rare gene variants that increase the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in multiple generations of Asian Indian people. Th  more