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Members of Gordon Cooper Technology Center’s SkillsUSA American Spirit team from the Pre-Engineering Academy put together engineering kits and conducted a STEAM Workshop for students at Meeker Middle School earlier this semester.
Read moreBen Barnes, the chief of the Shawnee Tribe will testify before the House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States on Thursday, May 12 at 1pm (EST) in support of H.R. 5444, the “The Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the U.S. Act.”
Read moreThis Present Moment: Crafting a Better World” showcases the dynamic landscape of American craft with 171 artworks from the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s extensive holdings of modern and contemporary craft, including 135 recently acquired works made by a broadly representative and diverse group of American artists. These objects deepen the history of the studio craft movement while also introducing contemporary artworks that push the boundaries of what is considered to be handmade in the 21st century.
Read moreThanh C. Bui, M.D., DrPH, a researcher at the TSET Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC) on the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center campus, is enrolling 50 Vietnamese smokers into a smartphone-based study that promotes smoking cessation and cancer screening for U.S. Vietnamese smokers with limited English proficiency. Those who enroll in the study will be compensated up to $140 for their time.
Read moreAttorney General John O’Connor has filed a brief in support of the Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) asking the United States Supreme Court to rule that race-based college admissions are unconstitutional.
Read moreSeminole County Assessor Denise Bailey announced Monday morning that the Oklahoma Statutes Title 68.2817(K) directs the assessor and staff to make appropriate value adjustments to improvements destroyed or partially destroyed by fire, lightning, storm, winds, floodwaters, overflow of streams or other caused during any year. The assessor shall determine the amount of damage and shall reassess the property for that year at the fair cash value of said property, taking into account the actual loss of functional use of the property.
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A tree toppled by last week’s tornado ended up on the roof of a Cromwell home. Multiple homes and businesses across the county sustained damages, causing property values to be reassessed. Seminole County Assessor Denise Bailey announced Monday morning that an Oklahoma statutes directs the assessor and staff to make appropriate value adjustments to improvements destroyed or partially destroyed by fire, lightning, storm, winds, floodwaters and other causes.—Staff Photo by Bill Anderson
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