The Swiss alpine village that pretty much invented winter tourism is still at it – and still doing it better than anybody else. When it comes to this splash of posh high in the Alps, superlatives reign: St. Moritz is the most storied, most picturesque, sunniest, glitziest, most like a fairytale, the crème-est de la crème.
Lucky explorers first stumbled...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in 36 children in the United States have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) – an increase from the previous rate of one in 44 – and boys are nearly four times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls. A complex condition with no definitive cause, autism is known...
Like a lot of other nostalgic adults, Tom Biolchini – a Tulsa-based banking executive and immediate past president of the Tulsa Regional Chamber of Commerce – made the happy discovery some time ago that he could pick up lost pieces of his childhood via the vendors on eBay. During his youth, for instance, he’d had a nice collection of...
Missing large amounts of school is a problem for students. And being chronically absent – defined as missing 10% or more of instruction in an academic year – can have serious ramifications for students in a variety of ways.
Tulsa Public Schools, the state’s largest public school district, has a student population in which 40% are categorized as chronically absent....
As warmer weather approaches, seasonal recreation begins anew. A popular activity in Oklahoma that offers generally low stress and low buy-in is fishing. There are over 200 different bodies of water to cast your line, all of which are documented on the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) website.
“ are able to filter their location according to region, or...
By Sofia Thornblad
Almost three-quarters of a century have passed since the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of World War II. Some 245,000 Holocaust survivors are still alive, but the few who can speak with the force of first-hand perception will soon be gone. How will Holocaust remembrance and education change once those who were alive to witness it...
Professor of civil and environmental engineering – and self-proclaimed “concrete freak” – Tyler Ley, Ph.D., is on a mission to solve construction’s most pressing issues. Concrete, the second most used material in the world, has inspired Ley to lead ground-breaking research in making it more durable, sustainable and economical.
Ley has also amassed a following of over 100,000 subscribers on...
As public relations director for the city of Bethany – which abuts Oklahoma City’s northwest side – Nikki Lloyd had ideas about how several things could be improved throughout the city ... but no authority to carry them out. So she did something drastic two years ago: resigned from her salaried position with the city, ran for the unpaid...
Some people might think drive-in movie theaters are a thing of the past; after all, we remember their presence in retro movies like Grease and The Outsiders. However, several are still in operation, and many are thriving all across Oklahoma.
Blake Smith, owner of Tulsa's Admiral Twin Drive-In, estimates there are about 300 or so outdoor drive-ins scattered across America.
“Going...
There’s no shortage of experiences to enrich, educate, entertain and inform about Oklahoma’s rich and diverse history. We explore a variety of heritage tourism offerings around the state.
North America’s First People inhabited and shaped the continent thousands of years ago, and they were – and remain – integral to the fabric of Oklahoma. Oklahoma’s only public-access, prehistoric American Indian...
