A winter night’s dream
The Department of Theatre's fall 2020 virtual production gifted audiences with an opportunity to put the sorrow and stress of a terrible year aside in favor of "an evening of love and connection" magically unfolding deep in the wintry heart of rural Maine. This play “requires actors to summon their true selves to give the audience the chance to feel something that they feel,” said Olivia Mack, a junior double-majoring in engineering physics and musical theatre. “That requires absolute vulnerability, and I enjoyed watching my castmates learn how far they were able to go.”
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Home truths
TU Law’s Terry West Civil Legal Clinic recently released a report highlighting the benefits of a right to counsel program in promoting just outcomes in Tulsa’s eviction court and alleviating the public costs of Tulsa’s high eviction rates. “Without an attorney, individuals are unable to truly have their day in court before facing eviction," said Roni Amit, the clinic’s director. “Society recognizes the harm to individuals of not having a lawyer in criminal court, but the effects of losing one’s home are also very dire and may be long-lasting.”
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Tool time for cave-folk
Forty-six thousand years ago in a cave in southeastern Europe, one of your distant Homo sapiens ancestors might have used a tool fashioned from the bone of a bison or bear to scrape animal skins or apply pigments. NSF SBE postdoctoral fellow Naomi L. Martisius will spend two years in the Department of Anthropology conducting experimental research to understand better the nature and functions of such ancient tools and the long-dead people who made and used them.
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World-class innovators
Seven TU students from a variety of disciplines have been named University Innovation Fellows (UIF) by Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. The fellows will create solutions to foster a culture of innovation across TU’s campus, including evaluating ways to support professors with online education, identifying opportunities to increase TU’s social community and assessing the audience for new online offerings by TU.
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Friends of Finance featuring Tom Fanning
Jan. 21, 11:55 a.m.
Register here for this free, virtual Friends of Finance event with Tom Fanning, the chairman, president and CEO of Southern Company. This event will include a Q&A session. Learn more about the Friends of Finance Executive Speaker series.
Pathophysiology of COVID-19 for non-medical people
Jan. 26, 7 p.m.
Join TU Nurse Anesthesia Program Assistant Director Andy Tracy, Ph.D., M.S.N., C.R.N.A., in a live conversation about the functions of the novel coronavirus, with a focus on understanding the virus for those not in the medical field. This free event includes a Q&A session. Register here.
Dying to belong: Racism, public health and the law
Jan. 28, 7-8:30 p.m.
Join the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities for this talk by Montrece McNeill Ransom, J.D., M.P.H., a public health expert and belonging strategist. Ransom will define and characterize belonging, highlight its impact on human potential and health disparities and describe how our legal system can serve as a facilitator and barrier to a sense of belonging for marginalized populations. This free event will be hosted on Zoom. Register here.
Impact of COVID-19 on mental health of TU students
Feb. 3, 6 p.m.
Robin Aupperle, Ph.D., M.A., has been conducting a longitudinal study concerning the psychological well-being of TU students. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, she added measures to this ongoing study to assess for student experiences during this stressful time. Plan to join Aupperle for this live, virtual event as she reports on how and whether self-reported student mental health changed from before to after the onset of the pandemic and what factors were reported to be most stressful for students. A Q&A session will be included. Register here.
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