On this episode of "Conversations with the President," President Joseph Harroz, Jr. welcomes Greg Lukianoff, President and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), for an enlightening conversation as OU celebrates Free...

In this episode of "Conversations with the President," President Joseph Harroz, Jr. welcomes Doris Kearns Goodwin, the acclaimed presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. As part of our Presidential Speakers Series, Goodwin, kno...

On this episode of Conversations with the President, President Joseph Harroz, Jr. is joined by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey and OU Athletics Director Joe Castiglione discuss OU’s inaugural day in the Southeastern Conference, the journe...

The 54th Speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, joins President Joseph Harroz Jr. for this edition of Conversations with the President. Ryan was on campus for the annual Presidential Speaker Series where he discussed the s...

President Joseph Harroz Jr. Is joined by Dr. Amy McGovern, a Lloyd G. and Joyce Austin Presidential Professor of Machine learning/data mining/data science for the physical sciences; Real-world applications with a special interest in high-impact...

President Joseph Harroz Jr. Is joined by Regents’ Professor of the Clara Luper Department of African and African American Studies Dr. Karlos Hill and Marilyn Luper Hildreth, the daughter of University of Oklahoma icon Clara Luper. For Black His...

University of Oklahoma President Joseph Harroz Jr. is joined by Student Veteran Association President and former United States Army Green Beret Harrison Anderson and the director of the Aerospace and Defense Program at the Michael F. Price Coll...

President Joseph Harroz Jr. Is joined by Nadine Strossen, the John Marshall II Harlan Professor of Law Emerita at New York Law School and past president of the American Civil Liberties Union. Strossen’s appearance on Conversations with the ...

President Joe Harroz is joined by the Senior Vice President and Provost of the University of Oklahoma André Denis-Wright. The two discuss OU’s trajectory over the next five years, the changing nature of incoming students as well as the importan...

President Joe Harroz is joined by Gary Raskob, Ph.D., the Provost and Senior Vice President of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Today’s conversation deals with OU HSC, the three missions of HSC as well as how OU is addressing ...

President Joe Harroz is joined by Teri Reed, Ph.D., the inaugural Director of the Polytechnic Institute based at OU-Tulsa. The two share thoughts on what a Polytechnic actually does for the university, the state as well as the region. With the ...

President Joe Harroz is joined by Randall Stephenson via Zoom. Stephenson is the former CEO of AT&T, retiring in 2021. Stephenson, who was born in Moore, Oklahoma, earned his master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1986 and went ...

President Joe Harroz is joined by the head coach of the women’s basketball team, Jennie Baranczyk. Among the topics discussed are the strength of multiple women’s sports at the University of Oklahoma, Jennie’s now-famous daughter, Jordi and the...

President Joe Harroz sits down with Dr. Gregg Garn, the dean of College of Professional and Continuing Studies and the vice president of online learning at the University of Oklahoma, to discuss OU Online. As online education becomes more synon...

President Joe Harroz is joined by Dr. George Henderson to discuss his place within the University of Oklahoma’s history. Dr. Henderson came to OU in 1967 and broke new ground in both the OU community and the city of Norman. Through his own life...

President Joe Harroz is joined by the 28th governor of the state of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt. Stitt has served that position since 2019 and was re-elected to a second term in 2022. President Harroz and Governor Stitt discuss a variety of topics ce...

President Joe Harroz is joined by Speaker of the House Charles McCall and Senate Pro Tempore Greg Treat to discuss the value of an education earned from the University of Oklahoma and how their experiences on campus prepared them for life in go...

President Joe Harroz is joined by Dr. Michael Detamore of the Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering. Detamore has served as the founding director of the school since its inception in 2016. The Stephenson Schools placement within the Gallo...

Jonny and Brenda Jones join President Joe Harroz to discuss the recently announced Lead On Campaign. The Jones’ serve as the Campaign’s Chairs as well as having given a recent gift of $15 million dollars to renovate Jacobson Hall. Jonny Jones i...

President Joe Harroz is joined by six-time national champion coach Patty Gasso of the OU women’s softball team to discuss the recent run of consecutive national championships and celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX. Title IX’s impact...

President Joe Harroz is joined by Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students, Dr. David Surratt, to discuss the start of the 2022 fall semester at the University of Oklahoma. With OU welcoming a record class of 4,700 incoming studen...

President Joe Harroz is joined by the Vice President of Research and Partnerships, Tomás Díaz de la Rubia, to discuss all things research at the University of Oklahoma. Díaz de la Rubia has been in his position at OU since 2020 and has overseen...

President Joe Harroz sits down with three graduating students – Parker Primrose, Devin Brown and Shannon Ehrhardt -- as they reflect on their experiences at the University of Oklahoma. Following the conversation with the students, Harroz is joi...

For the first episode of “Conversations with the President,” OU President Joseph Harroz, Jr. sat down with Coach Brent Venables. Venables became the 23rd head coach of the University of Oklahoma’s football program on December 5th, 2021. Harroz ...