LAWTON, Oklahoma, Sept. 13 -- Cameron University issued the following news release: For the fourth consecutive year, artwork by Cameron University assistant professor of art Jack Crouch has been selected for inclusion in the annual Center for Contemporary Arts National Juried Competition and Exhibition. This year, his conte drawing on hand-toned Fabriano paper titled "Perspective," has been chosen for the prestigious exhibition. The work will be on display at the Center for Contemporary Arts in  more

LAWTON, Oklahoma, Sept. 13 -- Cameron University issued the following news release: For the second year, Cameron University has joined the Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP), a recruitment and referral program managed by the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Defense. The program connects federal and private-sector employers nationwide with college students and recent graduates with disabilities seeking to demonstrate their abilities in the workplace through summer internships  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Sept. 12 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Dr. Ritesh Sachan, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and Dr. Don Lucca, regents professor of MAE, have received a National Science Foundation grant for their project entitled "Manufacturing of Color Centers in Hexagonal Boron Nitride for Quantum Applications." This project aims to create color centers in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) that can act as single photon emitters. To do s  more

TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma, Sept. 12 -- The Cherokee Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news: The Cherokee Nation has a new fleet of ambulances to better serve tribal citizens during emergencies that was purchased with the $54 million investment into Cherokee Nation Emergency Services by Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner. The 10 state-of-the-art ambulances will be on the street and in service later this month. The new blue and gray ambulance  more

TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma, Sept. 13 -- The Cherokee Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news: KENWOOD, Okla. -- The Cherokee Nation recently hosted a back-to-school event and distributed 150 laptops and backpacks with school supplies provided by AT&T and Compudopt to students at Kenwood and Oaks Mission schools. Last year, the Cherokee Nation and AT&T worked together to bring a cell tower to Kenwood and opened the tribe's first Connected Learning Center in Cato  more

ADA, Oklahoma, Sept. 12 -- East Central University issued the following news: East Central University is excited to announce its first doctoral program, pending Higher Learning Commission accreditation approval. The Doctor of Education in Rural Education at ECU is designed to focus on the needs unique to rural school leaders and working adults. Rural education leaders need to know how to address the unique issues in rural communities, such as "varying access to healthcare, food security, Inte  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 13 -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Stephen Stone Florida State University Associate Professor of Special Education Veronica Fleury will help enhance early literacy for preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) through support from the Institute of Education Sciences. Fleury and her colleagues from Oklahoma State and Vanderbilt universities will develop a project that includes creating a shared reading intervention for preschoo  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Sept. 12 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Sept. 10, 2024: All 77 counties have applied for grant funding through a new program administered by Attorney General Gentner Drummond's office to bolster law enforcement services. House Bill 2914 created the Oklahoma Sheriff's Office Funding Assistance Grant Program during this year's legislative session and appropriated $18 million to the fund. Counties were invited to apply f  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Sept. 12 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: Southern land-grant universities are working to feed the world. More than 600 million people worldwide are projected to face hunger in 2030, according to the United Nations. One of the UN's 17 sustainable development goals is eradicating hunger, and the United States Food and Drug Administration has committed to reducing food loss and waste by 50% in 2030. Land-grant institutions play a large role in accomp  more

NORMAN, Oklahoma, Sept. 12 -- The University of Oklahoma issued the following news release: Xuguang Wang, Ph.D., has been awarded the Jagadish Shukla Earth System Predictability Prize from the American Meteorological Society (AMS). The award is presented to researchers who have significantly advanced the fundamental understanding of the predictability of Earth as a system and its practical application to forecasting across various time scales for the betterment of society. Wang received the pr  more