Tag: University of Oklahoma

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Diversity Training For Students, Faculty and Staff at the University of Oklahoma Now Mandatory

The University of Oklahoma (OU) now requires online diversity training for all students, faculty and staff at its three campuses, reports The Oklahoman. The announcement is cause for celebration for Black student leaders who demanded faculty complete such training after two professors used the N-word in class this year. Previously, in 2015, the school had […]

August 30, 2020

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University of Oklahoma Provost Accused of Ignoring Racism Steps Down

University of Oklahoma provost and senior vice president Kyle Harper, who has been accused by students of ignoring racism on campus, will step down from his position and return to teaching, the institution announced Wednesday according to its campus newspaper OU Daily. Earlier this year, students staged several sit-ins during which they called for Harper’s […]

June 18, 2020

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U of Oklahoma Responds After Second Professor Uses Racial Slur in Class

Less than two weeks after a University of Oklahoma journalism professor used the N-word in class, one of the school’s history professors also used the racial slur in one of his lectures, reported KFOR news. According to a letter sent out by interim president Joseph Harroz, the unnamed professor read from a historical document that […]

February 26, 2020

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Students in Blackface Video No Longer Attend University of Oklahoma

A day after two University of Oklahoma students made a blackface video that went viral, president Jim Gallogly announced that the students will leave the campus. “This type of behavior is not welcome here and is condemned in the strongest terms by me and by our university,” Gallogly said in the announcement. “This behavior does […]

January 23, 2019

African-American

Transitioning to Urban Education

After spending a decade at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. T. Elon Dancy II has joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh as the Helen S. Faison Chair and director of the Center for Urban Education.

September 27, 2018

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University of Oklahoma President Says $1B Debt Not Uncommon

NORMAN, Okla.— The president of the University of Oklahoma says the school’s nearly $1 billion debt is large but comparable to similar public universities. The Oklahoman reports President David Boren’s Wednesday statement followed earlier remarks by his successor, who starts July 1. Incoming president Jim Gallogly said Tuesday that the school is losing $36 million […]

June 23, 2018

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At NCORE, Symone Sanders Calls for Civility in Discourse

NEW ORLEANS – More than 3,500 students, faculty and staff from colleges and universities across the nation are gathering here this week to engage in critical discussions about race relations on their college campus in particular, and in society in general.

May 30, 2018

News Roundup

Oil Company Executive Named University of Oklahoma President

NORMAN, Okla. — A longtime energy company executive and major donor has been named the next president of the University of Oklahoma. The school’s Board of Regents announced Monday that 65-year-old Jim Gallogly will become the university’s 14th president July 1. He succeeds David Boren, who announced in September that he’d step down in June. […]

March 26, 2018

Students

Former University of Oklahoma Student Sues Fraternity

NORMAN, Okla. — A former University of Oklahoma student has filed a lawsuit alleging he was beaten during a fraternity’s 2015 initiation. Blake Novacek is suing the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and others over an incident he alleges happened after pledges were called to the fraternity’s house in Norman on Oct. 11, 2015. Novacek says […]

October 5, 2017

Leadership & Policy

University of Oklahoma President David Boren Recovering After Heart Surgery

OKLAHOMA CITY — University of Oklahoma President David Boren is hospitalized after undergoing heart surgery. OU issued a press release Monday saying Boren underwent bypass surgery Monday morning and is “resting comfortably.” The 75-year-old Boren is expected to remain hospitalized for about a week and then plans to take a few more days off recuperating […]

March 20, 2017

Students

Oklahoma Student in Penn Racist Chat ‘No Longer Enrolled’

NORMAN, Okla. — University of Oklahoma President David Boren says a student involved in a racist incident at the University of Pennsylvania “is no longer enrolled” at OU. Boren said in a statement Tuesday that the university has “zero tolerance” for those who take part in racism. Boren said OU will maintain a strong sense […]

November 15, 2016

Sports

College Football Opener Again Raises Cash Game Concerns

Skeptics criticize the decision of some schools to hold football contests that often result in unequal treatment and repercussions for some of the players involved.

September 7, 2015