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New App Turns Your Apple Watch Data Into Sound Therapy Sessions

Tulsa – October 06, 2026 -- Soaak Technologies has launched Find My Frequency (FMF), an app that reads biometric data from wearables like Apple Watch, Garmin, Google/Fitbit, ŌURA and WHOOP and turns it into personalized sound-frequency sessions aimed at improving sleep, stress and recovery. The platform is available now through the Soaak app on iOS and Android, with a free trial offered at soaak.com.

The app closes the loop between tracking and action

After two years of development, Soaak built FMF to address a gap it identifies in the wearable industry: devices measure sleep, heart-rate variability and stress but don't tell users what to do about the numbers. FMF works in four steps -- it measures biometrics from a connected wearable, lets users type, speak or select how they feel, generates a personalized sound-frequency composition based on that data, then shows the measured change on the same wearable.

Gilcrease Museum to Reopen in New Tulsa Building in March 2027

Tulsa, Okla. – September 28, 2026 -- The Gilcrease Museum will reopen to the public in March 2027 inside a newly built facility, more than 75 years after its founding in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

A New Building Designed to Hold 300,000 Works

The museum, founded by Muscogee (Creek) Nation citizen and collector Thomas Gilcrease, houses more than 300,000 works and cultural materials spanning 12,000 years of history across the Americas. The new facility was designed by SmithGroup, with exhibition design handled by G&A.

Brian Lee Whisenhunt, executive director and CEO of Gilcrease, said the original founder envisioned a space where Indigenous and settler art and culture could be in conversation with one another. He said the new building is intended to give that vision room to fully take shape.

University of Tulsa Climbs National Rankings, Locks In $25,000 Tuition

Tulsa, Okla. – September 22, 2026 -- The University of Tulsa has landed a spot among the Top 75 private research universities in the country, according to the 2027 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings released Tuesday. The publication also named UTulsa the No. 1 best value for higher education in Oklahoma.

The school jumped 10 places in the overall national university rankings this year. Its undergraduate computer science program leaped 57 spots, while undergraduate engineering rose 16 places and undergraduate business climbed 26 spots. UTulsa also moved up eight positions among the best colleges for veterans.

Petroleum engineering holds steady at No. 3 nationally

UTulsa's undergraduate petroleum engineering program kept its No. 3 ranking among all national universities and remains No. 1 in Oklahoma.

Smart Thermostats Offer Relief as Oklahoma Energy Costs Jump 26.9%

Tulsa – September 18, 2026 -- Tulsa-area homeowners facing triple-digit September heat followed by sudden cold fronts can cut utility bills using smart thermostats, according to Quality Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electric, a home services company based in Glenpool, Oklahoma.

Oklahoma electricity costs have climbed 26.9% in five years

Average residential electricity costs in Oklahoma have risen 26.9% over the past five years, according to Energy Factbook and U.S. Energy Information Administration data. That increase has made energy efficiency a bigger priority for households managing fall's unpredictable temperature swings.