Shane Morrison, a Ph.D. candidate with the zoology department at Oklahoma State University, was the first recipient of the department's Paracelsus Award. The annual award recognizes academic excellence in the Graduate Certificate program for Interdisciplinary Toxicology.
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Track & Field Athlete Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year
Caitlin Way, physiology graduate and Oklahoma State University track and field athlete, has been selected as one of two Big 12 finalists for the 2014 NCAA Woman of the Year award.
Sanders Receives APF Gold Medal Life Achievement Award
Dr. Gilbert O. Sanders has been chosen to receive the American Psychological Foundation’s 2014 “Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Practice of Psychology” award.
The award recognizes a distinguished career and enduring contribution to advancing the professional practice of psychology through a demonstrable effect on patterns of service delivery in the profession. Previous recipients include several former presidents of the American Psychological Association.
Physics Student Receives KITP Graduate Fellowship
Physics graduate student, Shreyashi Chakdar, has been awarded a Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics Graduate Fellowship for the fall 2014 semester. The KITP Graduate Fellowship is awarded to up to five physics graduate students nationwide each semester.
Segerman Explores Geometry From an Artistic Angle
Dr. Henry Segerman, assistant professor of mathematics at Oklahoma State University, will be a featured artist at the “Illustrating Geometry” art exhibition hosted by the Simons Center Art Gallery of Stony Brook University.
Leavell Wins National Award
Dr. Linda Leavell, professor emerita of English at OSU, won the Plutarch Award for best biography of 2013 as judged by fellow biographers. Leavell won for her book titled Holding on Upside Down: The Life and Work of Marianne Moore.
Six OSU Grad Students Named NSF Fellows
Six Oklahoma State University students have been selected for the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program, one of the oldest and most prestigious graduate fellowship programs in the United States.
The fellowship is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant achievements in science and engineering research and provides three years of financial support to pursue graduate work.
FEMA PhD Student Selected for L.A. Internship
Alyssa Provencio, a first year doctoral student with Oklahoma State University’s Fire and Emergency Management Administration program, was selected from a pool of approximately 70 applicants for a highly competitive internship with the City of Los Angeles.
OSU Receives $1.5 Million HHMI Grant
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) awarded Oklahoma State University a $1.5 million grant to implement a multi-disciplinary track for undergraduate research in the life sciences. The grant originated from the 2014 HHMI Competition, the institute’s challenge to research universities to develop effective strategies that will lead to significant and sustained improvement in the persistence in science by all students, including those students who belong to groups underrepresented in science.