Less than a year after submitting her grant application to the National Institute on Aging — a subset of the National Institutes of Health — Psychology Ph.D. student Cindy Tsotsoros was awarded $68,590 in May to study the impact of childhood adversity on indicators of brain health. The R36 Dissertation Award had previously only been given to one other OSU student and funds both Tsotsoros’ stipend and her research with young and aging women.

The American Rescue Plan federal stimulus includes child tax credits. Through December, entitled taxpayers will receive half of the credit amount in their accounts. The first such payments were distributed July 15, according to the Internal Revenue Service.

“This is not free money,” said Cindy Clampet, Oklahoma State University Extension family resource management assistant specialist.

After more than a year of pandemic life, the Delta variant of the coronavirus became the dominant strain in the United States in July. Dr. Jennifer Rudd, a CAS alumna and researcher with the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine, explains how the Delta variant differs from other strains and why vaccines are still important.

I study the intersections of race, gender, and popular culture in the American West. As a public historian, I am committed to making history accessible. History is all about context; by exploring the complicated and often contradictory truths embedded in legends of the Wild West, I hope to help broad audiences ask deeper questions about these time-honored stories.

I have witnessed the power of learning to ask such questions in my own life. I grew up on a working ranch, where it was easy to believe the Wild West had been a real place.