University of Oklahoma

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The University of Oklahoma ( also known as OU ) is a public university in Norman in the center of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. With 30 591 students enrolled, it is the largest university in Oklahoma. In addition to the main campus in Norman, there is a university hospital and the medical school in Oklahoma City, as well as a branch office in Tulsa with approximately 3,500 students. The university is particularly well known for their research and teaching in the fields of architecture, geology, history of science, meteorology, Native American Studies, oil engineering, law and dance.

History

The university was founded in 1890 as Norman Territorial University. In 1907 she was given its present name. Since 1970, every two years, is awarded by the university's magazine World Literature Today the Literature Prize Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

Faculties

In brackets the percentage of the total student population is shown.

  • Architecture
  • Geography and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Earth and energy
  • Arts and Humanities ( 37%)
  • Health Sciences (Oklahoma City / Tulsa )
  • Engineering ( 11%)
  • Art - Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts
  • Medicine
  • Public Health
  • Education (6%)
  • Pharmacy
  • Physics
  • Care ( Nursing )
  • Law
  • Economics - Michael F. Price College of Business (14%)
  • Dentistry (Oklahoma City / Tulsa )

Sports

The sports team of the OU are the Oklahoma Sooners. The University is a member of the Big 12 Conference. Probably the most important sport in the Sooners is American Football. The home games of the football team will be held at the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Other sports include basketball (men and women), baseball ( men), softball ( women), volleyball ( women), soccer ( women), golf ( men ), athletics (men and women), wrestling ( wrestling) and rowing ( women ).

Professors

  • Paul Kimmel stalk (1900-1970), German - American pathologist

Graduates

  • Gregory Benford - science fiction author and physicist
  • Bobby Boyd - American football player
  • Sam Bradford - American football player
  • Bill Campbell - American football player
  • CJ Cherryh - writer
  • Al Coppage - American football player
  • James Garner - Actor
  • Fred Haise - Astronaut
  • Todd Hamilton - Professional Golfer
  • Ed Harris - actor, director and producer
  • Brad Henry - Governor of Oklahoma
  • Shannon Lucid - astronaut
  • Tommy McDonald - American football player
  • Ralph Neely - American football player
  • Adrian Peterson - American football player
  • Randall Stephenson - CEO of AT & T
  • Mary Kim Titla - TV reporter, journalist, American Indian candidate for Congress
  • Helen Robson Walton - widow of Sam Walton Walmartgründers
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