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State Tipoffs Involving Oklahoma Newsletter for Wednesday November 26, 2025 ( 5 items )  

Economics professor Rickman wins Walter Isard Award for Scholarly Achievement
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Nov. 25 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * Economics professor Rickman wins Walter Isard Award for Scholarly Achievement * Media Contact: Stephen Howard | Director of Marketing & Communications | 405-744-4363 | stephen.howard@okstate.edu An Oklahoma State University professor holds the highest North American honor in regional economics. Dr. Dan S. Rickman received the 2025 Walter Isard Award for Scholarly Achievement from the North America  more

OSU-COM Student Awarded AOF Golden Ticket Scholarship for His Service and Dedication
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Nov. 26 -- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences issued the following news: * * * OSU-COM student awarded AOF Golden Ticket Scholarship for his service and dedication For Eddy Bagaruka, his heart for service is what led him down the path to medical school. Bagaruka is a third-year medical student at Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. His mother's volunteer service at a hospital in his hometown of Kigali, Rwanda, instilled in him t  more

OU Adds First Tribal Healthcare Policy Analyst to Support ICON Grant
NORMAN, Oklahoma, Nov. 25 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news: * * * OU Adds First Tribal Healthcare Policy Analyst to Support ICON Grant * NORMAN, OKLA. - The University of Oklahoma's Native Nations Center for Tribal Policy Research recently named Grace Fox as its first tribal health care policy analyst, expanding the center's efforts to support tribal decision-making through nonpartisan, research-driven policy analysis. Fox is helping lead projects tied to the National   more

Sophie Mater: from the cabin to the cockpit
ADA, Oklahoma, Nov. 25 -- The Chickasaw Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release: * * * Sophie Mater: from the cabin to the cockpit * Sophie Mater cut her teeth on international travel. While her father, Dustin Mater, is Chickasaw, her mother, Titi, is from Indonesia, and they would often fly the 10,000 miles to visit family. The first time she went, she was a toddler; she grew up looking at the world from above the clouds, but always as a passe  more

Students help cultivate a legacy while planting trees at a nature preserve
ADA, Oklahoma, Nov. 25 -- The Chickasaw Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release: * * * Students help cultivate a legacy while planting trees at a nature preserve * JOHNSTON COUNTY, Okla.More than a dozen Chickasaw Head Start students cultivated a legacy as they helped plant trees at the Oka' Yanahli (flowing water) Preserve along the banks of the Blue River Oct. 7. The students gathered on the brisk autumn morning with Chickasaw Nation Office  more