Cameron University has announced the slate of guest speakers for its 13th academic festival, “Being Human in the Age of AI,” that kicks off later this month and runs through Spring 2027. The impressive roster includes experts and researchers whose work examines the benefits and perils of artificial intelligence.
Speakers' presentations will cover everything from how artificial intelligence is changing the face of modern warfare to how Oklahoma government is using AI to modernize the operations of state agencies, as well as the ethics of artificial intelligence and safety and security risks it poses.
Arts for All, Inc., has announced that the Leon Russell Archive Project has received a major grant from the McMahon Foundation that will fund the preservation, cataloging, public research and access to the musical production and career archives of Leon Russell. The project brings together a coalition of partners, including the Arts for All Foundation and Cameron, alongside the Leon Russell estate with the support of the Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture. Together these partners are working to preserve the archive and build public programming, education, and entertainment components celebrating Russell’s influence on American music.
Cameron University will welcome as many as 75 youngsters from kindergarten through eighth grade next week for “MIGHT Night,” an event that will showcase their science talents. The two-hour event begins at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 23, on the first floor of the CU Sciences Complex, 2800 W. Gore Blvd. in Lawton.
Ashley Slatten, an elementary education major from Devol and a senior at Cameron University, can add the notation “award-winning graphic designer” to her resume after her logo was selected to promote “Being Human in the Age of A.I.,” CU’s upcoming academic festival.
Cameron University has announced the President’s and Dean’s honor lists for the Spring 2026 semester.
The Department of Chemistry, Physics and Engineering will host the two-day camp from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on July 29-30 in the Sciences Complex on Cameron’s Lawton campus. Only a limited number of campers will be accepted.
Nine cadets in Cameron University's Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program have received their branch assignments. The cadets received commissions as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army during an afternoon ceremony before being presented their degrees at Cameron’s Commencement on May 8. Maj. Gen. Hope Rampy, commanding general of the U.S. Army Human Resources Command and a graduate of Cameron University herself, provided keynote remarks at the commissioning ceremony.
Cameron University has announced the permanent appointments of Dr. Edris Montalvo and Jennifer Ellis as chairs of the Department of Social Sciences and the McMahon School of Business, respectively. Both had been overseeing their departments in an interim capacity for the past year.
Cameron University will welcome nearly 30 area high school graduates to campus this fall through its prestigious Presidential Leaders and University Scholars program.
