Film screening spotlights Israeli-Palestinian conflict, potential for peace

Released in 2016, "Disturbing the Peace" follows former enemy combatants – Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters – who have joined together to form Combatants for Peace, an organization committed to achieving a nonviolent resolution to decades-long conflict.

OU takes on Detroit Mercy in third annual Giving Challenge

The Giving Challenge takes place February 5-9.

Regina Carter, Xavier Davis to share the love with Valentine’s Day concert

Renowned jazz artists Regina Carter and Xavier Davis will present an evening of Valentine’s Day-inspired tunes beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 14 in Varner Recital Hall on the campus of Oakland University.

Student Veterans of OU chosen to screen Nat. Geo. series ‘Chain of Command’

OU is the only school in Michigan allowed access to screen “Chain of Command” by National Geographic.

Students study tropical field ecology in Ecuador

A group of OU students spent 10 days in Ecuador for a tropical field ecology class over holiday recess.

OU hosting Forbidden Art, an exhibit from Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

A partnership between the Polish Mission of the Orchard Lake Schools and the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Memorial and Museum of Poland has brought a three-ton exhibit of concentration camp artwork to Oakland University for display in the Heritage Room of the Oakland Center between Feb. 5 and Feb. 22.

  

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    Overachievers thrive at OU. Students conduct research as early as their freshman year, gain global perspectives studying abroad, compete in Division I athletics, lead student orgs, perform on stage and learn without limits.

  • In 1957, Matilda Dodge Wilson donated her estate to establish what is now Oakland University. The estate includes the National Historic Landmark Meadow Brook Hall, which Matilda built with her second husband Alfred Wilson from 1926-29.

    Matilda was inspired by steel pioneer and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, quoting him that she wanted to provide "ladders upon which the aspiring can rise."

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