Dhara Sheth

The OU Board of Regents will vote on a new academic integrity system at its Jan. 26 to 27 meeting, said an assistant director to the Academic Integrity Systems. READ MORE

A crowd of approximately 50 college students cheered as a tearful mother pushed her son in a wheelchair up a ramp into their newly renovated home Thursday afternoon. As the Hosler family entered their home, they saw newly painted walls, new furniture, wider doors, a bigger bathroom and most importantly, a room that 13-year-old Joey Hosler could wheel himself into without needing his mother’s or sister’s aid. READ MORE

The OU Board of Regents honored students for their academic and athletic accomplishments during its Tuesday meeting. READ MORE

An OU researcher working to fight the human body’s rejection of transplant organs was awarded $1.8 million to further his project. William Hildebrand, OU College of Medicine professor, is one of three recipients of the Economic Development Generating Excellence Policy Board’s grant. READ MORE

Medical schools in the region are modifying their prerequisite course requirements. OU College of Medicine recently announced it will implement changes to its prerequisite course requirements for all applicants in 2011. READ MORE

OU alumni advised about 60 students interested in starting their own businesses to thoroughly research their ideas and be comfortable with the risks involved before pulling the trigger at Monday night’s Sound Mind Forum. READ MORE

The OU Ethics Team will travel to San Antonio this weekend to participate in the 13th annual Texas Regional Ethics Bowl. Gregory Maus, Cody Franklin, Tony Boese and Daily columnist Evan DeFilippis placed first in the Statewide Student Ethics Challenge, sponsored by the Oklahoma Business Ethics Consortium. READ MORE

To show students the value of integrity and its place in the professional world, an Integrity Forum will be help at 4 p.m. today in Adams Hall, Room 150. “Integrity is not the sexiest subject in the world but it is something that needs to be talked about,” Breea Bacon, Assistant Director of Academic Integrity Systems, said. READ MORE

During their first visit to Oklahoma and OU, Chinese ambassadors Jianmin Wu and his wife, Yanhua Shi, spoke to students about the relationship between the U.S. and China in the changing world Monday afternoon. READ MORE

OU researchers observing and analyzing ecosystem responses to global change received a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. The OU Institute for Environmental Genomics has partnered with researchers from Michigan State University, the University of Florida and the Georgia Institute of Technology to study microbial changes at two sites, said Jizhong Zhou, Institute for Environmental Genomics director. READ MORE