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The McCasland Field House is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the University of Oklahoma main campus in Norman, Oklahoma. Home of the basketball Sooners until 1975, the Field House currently hosts the men's wrestling, women's volleyball, and men's and women's gymnastics teams. The Field House is named for T. Howard McCasland, a two-sport star who was the captain of the 1916 basketball team and an end for the football team.The facility opened with a basketball game between the Sooners and the University of Kansas Jayhawks on January 13, 1928, which the Sooners won 45-19. When it opened, the facility held over 5,000 people.It is rather unknown, these days on campus, that the Fieldhouse once witnessed concerts by Jimi Hendrix, Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley in the 1960s and 1970s.As the campus was constructed around the Field House, parking for fans disappeared and attendance at games dwindled as well. After the Lloyd Noble Center opened in 1975 and the basketball teams moved south to the new facility, the Field House seemed forgotten and neglected.
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The Bizzell Memorial Library, known also as Bizzell Library, is located at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. It was designed by the architecture firm Layton Hicks & Forsyth, and constructed in 1929 during the administration of OU's fifth president, William Bennett Bizzell. It is an elaborate Collegiate Gothic building and is a National Historic Landmark of the United States.It is nationally significant for its association with the racial desegregation court case of George McLaurin, a black man who was at first denied admission to the University of Oklahoma's law school solely on the basis of race. After a court ruling, he was admitted, but under separate but equal doctrine he was given a desk in the mezzanine of this building, rather than being allowed use of the regular reading room. He appealed the segregation up to the U.S. Supreme Court, in McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. In this and a companion case, the Supreme Court ruled against the segregation. This was a precedent for the more famous 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case later.Under George Lynn Cross, the University's seventh president, a 1958 addition effectively tripled the size of the structure.After a generous donation by Doris W. Neustadt, a 1982 addition was completed during the William Banowsky administration. Presently, Bizzell serves as the flagship research library in the state of Oklahoma and of the University's system of eight libraries on the Norman campus that hold a combined 4.2 million volumes. Bizzell also houses the University Libraries administration, History of Science, Nichols Rare Books, Bass Business and Bizzell Bible Special Collections and the University of Oklahoma School of Library and Information Studies.
The University of Oklahoma College of Architecture is a leader for careers in Architecture, Construction Science, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, & Regional & City Planning. The College of Architecture has a focus on innovative technology and has been featured in Campus Technology magazines and Architecture magazines for its high-tech, forward-thinking learning environments. The College also houses the Institute for Quality Communities. The IQC provides faculty and students the ability to collaborate with Oklahoma community leaders in building communities that are vibrant, sustainable and equitable.
This building is named for Dr. Aute Richards, head of the department of Zoology from his arrival at the University of Oklahoma in 1920 until 1942. Dr. Richards also served the University as director of the School of Applied Biology (1934-1942), Director of the Oklahoma Biological Survey (1927-1949), and Director of the Oklahoma Museum of Zoology (1924-1942). A nationally recognized expert in the fields of cytology and comparative embryology, his textbook "Comparative Embryology" was a pathbreaking work in the field. During Dr. Richards' tenure, the Department of Zoology grew from one graduate student to over 20 faculty and staff. Until 1935, the Zoology and Botany-Microbiology departments lacked a central location and adequate lab facilities; some classes were even held in a wooden gymnasium. In 1935, President Bizzell secured a $250,000 grant from the Works Progress Administration to build a Biological Sciences building. Designed by Architecture Professor Joe Smay in 6 weeks, it was the first structure built on the South Oval. It was renamed after Dr. Richards upon his retirement in 1950. The building was expanded in 1971, and underwent an extensive renovation in 1981. Richards Hall has a simple, functional beauty that is accented by the carved ornamentation above each entrance. These decorations depict various animal types and cellular divisions, signifying the fundamental tenets of biological science. They are also monuments to those like Aute Richards who furthered the cause of the biological sciences in Oklahoma higher education.
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Study of the United States Institutes for Student Leaders are five- to six-week academic programs for foreign undergraduate leaders. Hosted by U.S. academic institutions throughout the United States, the Student Leader Institutes include an intensive academic component, an educational tour of other regions of the country, local community service activities and a unique opportunity for participants to get to know their American peers. The University of Oklahoma's Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication is hosting a New Media institute for student leaders from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka
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It's an exciting time to be a biologist! Our understanding of how animals and plants function and interact has grown explosively in recent years. New biological insights flood the media and influence everything from medical care to global politics. We in the OU Biology Department address major biological questions through our research: How are memories stored in the brain? What factors influence mate choice? How do embryonic cells acquire specialized functions? How does speciation occur? We study molecules, cells, organisms, and ecosystems to uncover mechanisms of physiology, development, behavior, and evolution. The breadth and strength of our research fosters an integrative approach to biology. Our mission is to promote excellence in undergraduate and graduate education and research. The Department of Biology attracts excellent graduate students, and we are proud of our record of training professional scientists. Come learn about biology with us!