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The National Science Foundation awarded Dr. Mark Fishbein, associate professor of Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution at Oklahoma State University and director of the University Herbarium, a three-year grant totaling $642,000 to study the evolution of milkweed, a species crucial to the rapidly declining monarch butterfly population, using genome sequences. In previous research, Fishbein has investigated the evolution of milkweed defenses in response to monarch feeding.  However, the evolutionary relationships among milkweed species are still not well understood.

Mauree Turner is the first student from Oklahoma State University to be selected to participate in the NEW Leadership conference, set for early May at the University of Oklahoma. NEW Leadership is a national bi-partisan program with a mission to educate, inspire and empower college women to become political leaders since they are currently underrepresented in politics, political service and other leadership roles.

Stillwater, Oklahoma, native and mathematics and statistics senior, Martha Gipson has been chosen as the 2015 Orange Gown Graduate for the Oklahoma State University College of Arts and Sciences spring commencement ceremony on May 9.

U.S. Ambassador Joseph Westphal will receive an Honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D) Degree on Saturday, May 9, at 9:30 a.m., prior to speaking at the first of three undergraduate commencement ceremonies set for Gallagher-Iba Arena at Oklahoma State University.

The Oklahoma Wildlife Management Foundation (OWMF) announced it is bringing Aldo Leopold - A Standard of Change,  a one-man play performed by Jim Pfitzer, to Oklahoma State University on Tuesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m., in Click Hall at the OSU Alumni Center. 

More than 150 students from Oklahoma State University’s College of Artsand Sciences were recognized at the 2015 College of Artsand Sciences Honors and Awards Banquet held April 16, 2015, in the Student Union Ballroom.

A team of Oklahoma State University undergraduates took second place and one member earned a top individual award during the district match of the American Advertising Federation’s National Student Advertising Competition, which included 18 universities from Oklahoma and Texas. The contest, held last week in Dallas, gives students the opportunity to research, develop, execute and present an advertising campaign for a national client.

Tickets are now on sale for OSU Theatre’s last mainstage production of the academic year, the smash Broadway musical ‘Cabaret,’ running April 22-26.

A group of Oklahoma State University students enrolled in the Advanced Sports Public Relations capstone course recently enjoyed a unique opportunity to apply classroom knowledge to a real world situation.  From March 26-29, the students filled various behind-the-scenes roles at the NCAA Women’s Basketball Regional Championship, held at Chesapeake Arena in Oklahoma City.