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The Oklahoma Territorial legislature established the state university in Norman on the 18th of December 1890. Governor George Washington Steele supported this move to create an educational hub for the territory.
Frank Lloyd Wright coined the term Cherokee Gothic style after visiting the campus to describe buildings that use lighter stones than traditional Collegiate Gothic structures. These buildings combine conventional Gothic Revival elements with Native American design features across over a dozen structures.
In 1950, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the university's segregation policy at the graduate level following G. W. McLaurin's denial of admission due to his race. This decision set an important precedent for the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling and led to Bizzell Memorial Library being designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark.
The Sooners have won 43 team national championships including seven football titles and eight softball titles. Men's and women's gymnastics combined for 19 national titles while wrestling added another seven championships to the total count.
Over $416 million in research expenditures were recorded across three campuses in 2022 with major hubs like the National Weather Center on the south campus. The Health Sciences Center operates from the Oklahoma Health Center in Oklahoma City while additional programs exist in Tulsa and international locations such as Arezzo, Italy.