Oklahoma has one of the highest diabetes rates in the nation. In fact, 1 out of every 10 adults have the disease and the rate is increasing at an alarming rate. However, through awareness and the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, doctors hope to bring those numbers down. "Many people are out there with type 2 diabetes and don't know it," said Dr. Hal Scofield, Professor of Internal Medicine. Each day 55 people in Oklahoma are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a rate that has quadr...

At a time when most government agencies have been attempting to cap their workforces, if not reduce them, state-supported higher education is doing just the opposite.