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Political Science Study: State Unkind to Women, Despite Ballot Box Control |
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Nov. 6, 2009 A new study shows a solid majority of Oklahoma voters are women, but that fact has not led to positive changes for women politically, socially or economically, according to Regents Professor Bob Darcy in the political science department. Students in Darcy’s class randomly sampled more than 15,000 voters last summer to compare party registration, age distributions and voting rates and found that women made up a solid majority of the most politically involved citizens in Oklahoma, those affiliated with the two major political parties.
The statistically-viable sampling process confirmed that women accounted for an estimated 58 percent of the registered Democrats and 53 percent of the Republicans. Men, on the other hand, made up only one majority – those categorized as “less involved independents” at 53 percent. A recent example, about 153,000 more women cast ballots in Oklahoma in last November’s elections compared to men voters. |
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Arts and Sciences Well Represented at 2009 Fall Convocation |
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Nov. 5, 2009  Several members of the OSU College of Arts and Sciences community were recognized for outstanding achievements Nov. 4 at the University Awards Convocation at the ConocoPhillips Alumni Center.
OSU’s newly appointed Regents Professors were presented a special medallion to wear at commencement programs and other official academic ceremonies. The position of Regents Professor is the most prestigious position that may be attained in recognition of scholarly accomplishments by faculty at OSU.This year, three of the five Regents Professors are from the College of Arts and Sciences. They are Dennis Preston, English; John Mintmire, physics; and Ron Van Den Bussche, zoology. Photo from left, Mintmire, Van Den Bussche and Preston. The 2009 recipients of the Regents Distinguished Teaching Award, which carries a $1,000 permanent stipend, included James O. Puckette, geology associate professor, and Karen McBee, zoology professor. Regents Distinguished Research Awards, which includes a $1,000 permanent stipend, were presented to John Chaney, psychology professor, and Warren Ford, Regents Professor, chemistry. |
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American Classical Pianist to Perform on Nov. 7 |
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Nov. 3, 2009  American classical pianist Jerome Lowenthal will perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts. Lowenthal, a professor of piano at the Juilliard School in New York, will perform Franz Liszt’s complete “Années de Pčlerinage.”
Lowenthal is well known in the international piano community and has been performing since age 13 when he debuted with the Philadelphia Orchestra. He has performed more than 60 different concertos and has recorded for several record labels including RCA, Columbia and Arabesque. Lowenthal is recognized as a specialist of Franz Liszt, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Béla Bartók and virtuoso and late romantic music. He leads master piano classes across North American, Europe and Asia. |
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