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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Thursday February 27, 2025 ( 6 items )  

2024-25 NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Final (February 26)
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 26 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * 2024-25 NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll - Final (February 26) KANSAS CITY, Mo. - For the sixth time this season a new No. 1 emerges with the College of Idaho receiving 16-of-17 first-place votes in the final NAIA Men's Basketball Coaches' Top 25 Poll. LSU Alexandria (La.), Arizona Christian, Georgetown (Ky.), and Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)   more

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

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

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