University of Oklahoma

Created by the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature in 1890, the University of Oklahoma is a doctoral degree-granting research university serving the educational, cultural, economic and health-care needs of the state, region and nation.

By 1895, there were four faculty members, three men and one woman, and 100 students enrolled. Today there are more than 30,000 students at the University.

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Warmer winters in normally snowy places can interfere with the important activities of microbes in the soil. Seogi/500px via Getty Images

Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the result can shift mountain grasslands to scrub

Over a three-decade experiment in the Rocky Mountains, fungi and plant life fundamentally changed. The result has consequences for cattle and wildlife.
Por que essa comunidade queimou os restos mortais de uma mulher de forma tão visível e espetacular, e integrantes deste povo retornou ao local para reacender fogueiras durante gerações depois? Patrick Fahey

Cremação mais antiga conhecida na África gera mistério de 9.500 anos sobre caçadores‑coletores da Idade da Pedra

Cremação antiga teria sido um espetáculo comunitário em um local ao qual se retornava e se reacendiam fogueiras ao longo de muitas gerações. O que estava por trás desse ritual fúnebre?
Why did this community burn one woman’s remains in such a visible, spectacular way? Patrick Fahey

Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500‑year‑old mystery about Stone Age hunter‑gatherers

An ancient cremation would have been a community spectacle in a place returned to and reignited over many generations. What was behind this unexpected funeral ritual?
Mahonia bealei, also known as Beale’s barberry or leatherleaf mahonia, is invasive but still sold for landscaping. HQ Flower Guide via Wikimedia Commons

From invasive species tracking to water security – what’s lost with federal funding cuts at US Climate Adaptation Science Centers

The people who manage America’s aquifers, wetlands, shorelines and recreation areas rely on federal science as they face new and rising risks in a changing climate.
Virat Kohli of India celebrates after the final run is scored during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan in October 2022. Darrian Traynor/ICC via Getty Images

Why India and Pakistan’s T20 cricket showdown in New York is such a big deal

Tickets are going for as high as $40,000 on the secondary market.

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