Oklahoma State University Chemistry professor Jimmie Weaver received a 5-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health in February, becoming one of only six people in Oklahoma ever to receive the award. The $1.8 million will support about 3,200 hours of undergraduate research, 20 years of graduate student salaries and tuition and other costs associated with conducting research.

Dr. Keith Garbutt, dean of the Oklahoma State University Honors College and professor of plant biology, ecology and evolution, was recently named a fellow of the National Collegiate Honors Council. He is one of two honors professionals selected this year and is joining a select group of about 70 other honors program professionals across the country to be honored with this title.

The McKnight Center for the Performing Arts announced they have opened ticket packages for new 2021-2022 season subscribers. Packages include headliners such as Bernadette Peters, Broadway's The Buddy Holly Story and funk band Tower of Power. Season subscriptions come with benefits, like early access to sell-out events such as Tim McGraw and bundled savings of up to 20 percent compared to single event ticket prices.

I joined Oklahoma State University as a professor of Political Science in the summer of 2020. I am a proud OSU alumnus with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in economics. In 2005, I earned my PhD in government from the University of Texas at Austin. Before returning to my alma mater, I taught at Texas Tech University, the University of South Florida and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.