I’m not sure if this will result in a new building built but its pretty impressive:
“ OU awarded $208M for severe weather research institute”
https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/ou...8b7fcbf67.html
https://okcfox.com/news/local/ou-bec...ther-institute
Still would love to see a world-class meteorology museum across the street from the National Weather Center one day. This would further cement Norman as the meteorology hub of the U.S. ahead of State College and Atlanta, IMO.
Good news for OU
https://okcfox.com/news/local/ou-cla...evious-records
Allot of great things being done at OU, but I’m hoping President Harroz can fulfill his strategic plan and elevate the States flagship university to AAU standing and improve its USNWR ranking.
Why just throw away billions you have dedicated at OU HSC? I mean, OU is not swimming in funds right now, thanks to the state's crappy funding. Just throwing away what you have near Downtown isn't smart, in my opinion. The AAU is the entity that needs to change their stupid, archaic rules.
The AAU voted Nebraska out because agricultural research is “not considered as highly." That tells you all you need to know.
Just FYI, but 12 AAU member schools don't even have a medical school.
And one of the primary reasons Nebraska was dropped was due to the large amount of agricultural research which is not valued by the AAU standards.
https://www.columbiamissourian.com/n...2c0e2e5e6.html
MARY RYAN
The AAU dumped Nebraska essentially for two reasons.
First, the University of Nebraska’s medical school is at its Omaha campus, not the flagship campus in Lincoln. So, any federal research dollar, premier faculty member and publication in a prestigious journal from the medical school couldn’t be counted toward Nebraska’s AAU status.
Second, the university focuses heavily on agriculture research, a priority for a land grant institution. But in the eyes of the AAU, most agricultural research is not peer-reviewed, competitive research, so it is “not considered as highly,” AAU spokesman Barry Toiv said, compared with medical and economic research.
That sounds like an AAU problem, not a Nebraska problem. Agriculture research is hardly some trivial thing that doesn't matter in the big picture.
Right, this is the issue.
If the university on its own has tons of research funding, they don't need to rely on the medical school.
As for OU, the medical school is in the same metro area and only 20 miles from the main campus. The distance at Nebraska is 60 miles.
Well, the AAU seems very uppity. I mean, you could argue weather research is less competitive than agriculture, since there are far fewer top-level weather schools in the country.
And the educational elite are mostly liberal, and we know how they view O&G (as a hopefully dying form of energy).
Just reading between the lines. Not making anything as fact, just giving my opinion.
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