U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts)

A new fan-led account celebrating the University of Tulsa (and occasionally its hometown).

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

Ignore the nattering nabobs of negativism.

TU is far into the best quadrant of American universities based on institutional resilience (considering demographics, AI vulnerability, endowment per student, selectivity, outcomes and more)!

@StacyLeeds3 upward. R1 or bust!

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

I mapped 1556 4-year colleges in U.S. higher education along two dimensions (institutional resilience & post-college market position (which includes demographic cliff)) using 8 indicators from federal data along with a new AI exposure measure. Search for your school on the site below:
https://t.co/knpFVOMa08

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

@okiejustice @realDonaldTrump The nuclear facility was defeated and would be subject to a radically stronger regulatory regime. No thanks to five legged frogs and heavy metal waste. Have some pride in your state and aim for something other than the cheapest least regulated dumping ground.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

This has quietly been a miracle month in medicine.

In the last 5 weeks we’ve got news on:

- retatrutide, the triple agonist GLP-1 from Lilly, basically melting fat and body-wide inflammation at record levels
- RevMed’s new pancreatic cancer drug showing unprecedented abilities to extend life
- small trial of a one-and-done PCSK9 gene editing therapy for slashing LDL cholesterol
- Mayo’s AI-assisted radiology showing vastly improved cancer detection
- this new therapy for metastatic solid tumors

This stuff is at varying levels of evidence. Retatrutide is ~100% on its way, other stuff needs more clinical trial data. But put it together and we’re maybe on the verge of majorly reducing the mortality of heart disease and cancer, the two leading causes of death in America.

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

@aarmlovi One could hardly do wrong at any of Rochester's undergrad programs and they have a healthy financial aid program to boot. The students have a score band that overlaps with most Ivies, the culture is kind of Swarthmore- old school U of a Chicago... Eastman is outstanding

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

It's great if you want to weld or whatever, but college still delivers for graduates if you're reasonably intentional about it (and often even if you're not).

[Bryan Walsh @bryanrwalsh]

It's graduation season, and the mood is grim: a late-2025 poll found 63 percent of voters think a college degree isn't worth it, & the class of 2026 is supposedly doomed. New by me in @voxdotcom Future Perfect, I dug into the numbers — and I think the doomers have it backwards.

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

What they mean to say is "don't indenture yourself for TCU," a sentiment we can all get behind

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

Engagement-farming overstatement. I'll bite.

Going to an academically rigorous school with a great endowment, like a Tulsa, Rochester, Oberlin, RPI or Rice can open up incredible opportunities during and after graduation and can be often more affordable.

[M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray]

Unless you get into a top 20 school, you should just go to your public state flagship university.

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

Also, it obviously depends on what your state flagship is. Michigan, Purdue, Cornell and William & Mary are obviously very different than LSU (where a great education is possible). Even at UCLA, you have to be more enterprising to get the best on offer than you would at Reed

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

In some places, at smaller but ambitious schools, top students might get more attention in an honors program or an opportunity to pursue a passion (crew, the newspaper) without making it their main thing.

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

Bad take. DePaul and Tufts students take low paying jobs for different reasons.

Liberal arts college/university graduates at places like Tufts have access to elite networks and credentialing that make careers like Jamie Dimon's (JP Morgan) and Pierre Omidyar's (ebay) possible.

[Auren Hoffman @auren]

the college premium is going away
Tufts grad (#36) and a DePaul grad (#169) today get the same number of interview callbacks -- even though there is a 300 point SAT difference between graduates.

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

Prestige opens doors, but there's still tremendous value for a degree from a school that's ambitious but not at the tippy top of the rankings. And yesterday's safeties and commuter schools sometimes become today's target schools (Penn, BC, USC, UCSD, NYU).

[Carson Cunningham @Carson_OKC]

Imagine watching Wemby and thinking OKC is ruining basketball.

[Josh Eberley 🇨🇦 @JoshEberley]

Fun fact: if SGA shoots 52 more free throws in the last 2.5 games here, he’d still have shot fewer free throws in this series than Wade did in the 06 Finals.

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

Ugh

[Bloomberg @business]

Almost a decade ago, Scott Wilson, the chief investment officer at Washington University in St. Louis, placed about $50 million of the school’s money in SpaceX. https://t.co/48K5TPqJJL

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

Lumberjacks without trees? Sad.

[Stephen F. Austin State University @SFASU]

Investing in the future of the Lumberjack experience. 🪓🏗️

The @utsystem Board of Regents has approved the design development plans and authorized funding for the $70 million Lumberjack Crossing residence hall, a major investment in student life at SFA.

Scheduled to open in fall 2028, the four-story facility will house 335 students and include modern residential accommodations, study spaces, lounges and community-focused amenities designed to support student success. #AxeEm

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

@stacyleeds

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

Here's Jennifer Frey, the philosopher and dedicated educator that TU is idiotically losing to UVA, in the New York Times discussing the liberal arts.

@StacyLeeds3 let's please please not make the same silly mistakes! Onward!

[Jennifer A. Frey @jennfrey]

I'm grateful to @DouthatNYT for inviting me on his podcast to discuss the fate of the liberal arts and humanities in the age of AI. I hope that all those who follow higher ed and care about the liberal arts will listen.

https://t.co/xy4l8LTxs8 https://t.co/xy4l8LTxs8

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

@stacyleeds

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

Ignore the nattering nabobs of negativism.

TU is far into the best quadrant of American universities based on institutional resilience (considering demographics, AI vulnerability, endowment per student, selectivity, outcomes and more)!

@StacyLeeds3 upward. R1 or bust!

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

I mapped 1556 4-year colleges in U.S. higher education along two dimensions (institutional resilience & post-college market position (which includes demographic cliff)) using 8 indicators from federal data along with a new AI exposure measure. Search for your school on the site below:
https://t.co/knpFVOMa08

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

To be clear @johnarnold not so big of an endowment that we wouldn't love to show you around. If you like Houston, you'll love the OG oil capital

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

This is the way. We have a big ol endowment per student, real legacies in STEM and the humanities plus our region is growing.

No time for losers. Let's build and sustain to draw the students we want. Honors programming, ambitious faculty, campus life, true viewpoint diversity

[John Arnold @johnarnold]

Kudos to Rice University for using its resources to boost undergraduate enrollment by 30% this decade. Sadly, it's the only top 25 school currently pursuing a significant expansion in access.

[U of Tulsa Facts (TU Facts) @UTulsaFacts]

@roommate_dave @StacyLeeds3 This doesn't have to be the end of the story. We have a long history of deep rigorous humanistic engagement: running the ideological gamut from Paul Rahe to Germaine Greer. We just gotta fight for the soul of the University. Don't let local yokels say you can't do it here