Oklahoma, University of

Oklahoma, University of, mainly at Norman, state supported; coeducational; chartered 1890, opened 1892. The schools of medicine and nursing, with hospitals and a research foundation, are at Oklahoma City. Research facilities include an earth sciences observatory at Leonard and a biological research station at Lake Texoma.

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