Dr. Stephanie Link, an Oklahoma State University Department of English professor, created a software program that helps people learn how to write for scientific publication, earning her one of the largest grants ever received by an OSU English faculty member. The $250,000 Partnerships for Innovation grant from the National Science Foundation will fund Link’s research for two years while she works to improve the software, “Dissemity” — for disseminating research with clarity.

In the past, someone who stutters or is hard of hearing might have thought there was no treatment for them. Oklahoma State University’s Dr. Ramesh Kaipa, the head of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, is happy to say that is no longer the case. He said that just because you have a communications disorder, doesn’t mean you cannot be successful. As a result, the research into these areas has grown and clinics have sprouted up all around the country to help people finally learn to control their disorder.

Kyla Donell Coker has always been fascinated by rocks and jewelry. As a young child, if she wasn’t trying on her mother’s and grandmother’s jewelry, she was asking questions about the rock formations they passed on family trips to Angel Fire, New Mexico. Those who knew her were not surprised that she graduated from Oklahoma State University with a geology degree in 2004.

I was lucky as a young person growing up in Oklahoma to have mentors who shared Native American and Oklahoma literature with me, even when, at that time, it was not a valued part of the standard school curriculum. There are so many painful parts of our history and culture, but writers from Oklahoma, particularly Indigenous writers, have created from this place a rich literary tradition that continues to inspire me. Joy Harjo, Tulsa native and U.S. Poet Laureate, is a prime example.