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CAMPUS NEWS
| Current and timely news releases of wide interest to the media, campus community, and the general public about the U of A, its accomplishments and the accomplishments of students, faculty and staff. |
Posted:5/13/2008
St. Louis Federal Reserve President to Speak at Quarterly Business Analysis
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- The Center for
Business and Economic Research in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the
University of Arkansas is partnering with the Northwest Arkansas Chambers of
Commerce to host a Quarterly Business Analysis breakfast at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday,
June 4. The breakfast event will be at the Embassy Suites Northwest Arkansas,
3303 Pinnacle Hills Parkway, Rogers, Ark. |
Posted:5/8/2008
University of Arkansas Committee Named to Seek New Provost
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - University of Arkansas Chancellor-elect G. David Gearhart announced
today the appointment of a committee to conduct a national search for a provost
and vice chancellor for academic affairs to replace Bob Smith, who will join
the faculty full-time on July 1.. |
Posted:5/8/2008
Three Upward Bound Students to Receive Dell Foundation Scholarships
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation's Dell Scholars Program awarded
254 new Dell Scholars this month with $5 million in scholarship funds. Three local
participants in the University of Arkansas Upward Bound programs will receive
part of that money. They are Jennifer Garcia of Rogers High School; Maegan
Huffman of Lincoln High School; and Sierra McCabe of Van Buren High School. |
Posted:5/7/2008
School of Law Professor's Play Scheduled to Open in Minneapolis
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - As part of his life-long interest in human
communication and motivation, Donald P. Judges, the E.J. Ball professor of law at the University of
Arkansas School of Law, co-wrote the three-act play Radio Traffic with Stephen J. Cribari, distinguished visiting
professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School. |
Posted:5/7/2008
Spanish Lawyer to Teach Spring Intersession Course
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Mercedes Caral, a partner in the Jausas law firm in
Barcelona, Spain, will visit the University of Arkansas School of Law to teach
an intersession course on international commercial arbitration May 12-16. |
Posted:5/1/2008
From Slides to Bytes: National Service Award Recognizes Hilker's Service in Changing Profession
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.
- When School of Architecture students contemplate a crisp image of the sacred
circle at Stonehenge glowing on a screen in a dark auditorium, they benefit
from the knowledge and organizational prowess of Christine Hilker, director of
the school's C. Murray Smart Media Center. Her work is both visual and largely
invisible (only a fraction of the school's students have found the center,
perched high in the former stacks of Vol Walker Hall), but it has not gone
unnoticed. Recently Hilker was honored with the 2008 Distinguished Service
Award from the Visual Resources Association in recognition of her 27 years of
service in the profession. |
Posted:4/29/2008
Applied Sustainability Center to Offer Workshops
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Applied Sustainability Center, housed in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, is offering two sustainability workshops for area business people on Thursday, May 8. |
Posted:4/28/2008
University of Arkansas Press Publishes Anthology of Arab American Poets
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - At no other time in American history has our imagination been so
engrossed with the Arab experience. An indispensable and historic volume, Inclined to Speak: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poets, edited by Hayan
Charra, and published by the University of Arkansas Press (paperback $24.95)
gathers together poems, from the most important contemporary Arab American
poets, that shape and alter our understanding of this experience. These poems
also challenge us to reconsider what it means to be American. |
Posted:4/24/2008
Member of 'Little Rock Nine' to Speak at University of Arkansas Commencement
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Terrence J. Roberts, one of the civil rights pioneers known as the "Little Rock Nine," will receive an honorary degree and address graduating students at the University of Arkansas 2008 All-University Commencement. The ceremony will begin at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, May 10, in Bud Walton Arena. Roberts will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. |
Posted:4/23/2008
University Holds Campus Day for Thousands of Potential Students
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - On Friday, May 2, the Talent Search programs at the University of
Arkansas will be hosting "Campus Day 2008: Your Story Begins." Approximately 2,200
students, in grades 6-12, representing schools from northwest Arkansas, northeast
Oklahoma and southwest Missouri, will attend. |
Posted:4/23/2008
'Green' Habitat Neighborhood Wins National Award
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The
University of Arkansas Community Design Center has developed a radical new
vision of neighborhood for the Washington Co. chapter of Habitat for Humanity:
no sidewalks, no curbs, no gutters and no flooding, even after torrential rain.
Instead, residents will benefit from a "shared street" - on track to be the
first of its kind in the United States - that promotes community, slows down
cars and soaks up stormwater like a sponge. |
Posted:4/21/2008
Defining the State of Black and Brown Arkansas
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Latinos and African Americans in Arkansas face many of the same difficulties: limited access to health care and education as well as a lack of political representation. |
Posted:4/21/2008
Journalism Professors Win Top Honors for University of Arkansas Documentary
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - University of Arkansas journalism professors Dale Carpenter and Larry Foley have received the Best of Festival Award from the Broadcast Education Association for their documentary film, Beacon of Hope, the story of the University of Arkansas. The award was presented at the annual BEA Festival of Arts competition this week in Las Vegas. |
Posted:4/18/2008
University of Arkansas Names Parice Bowser New Director of Greek Life
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - The University of Arkansas and the Division of Student Affairs are
pleased to announce that Parice S. Bowser has been named the new director of
Greek Life, effective April 21. Bowser currently serves as the associate
director of Greek Life at the University of Arkansas. |
Posted:4/17/2008
Walton College Students Place First in Global Investment Portfolio Competition
_rdax_193x145.jpg) FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - More than 2,300 students from 257 schools in 69 countries attended the eighth annual Redefining Investment Strategy Education (RISE) Forum held at the University of Dayton in Ohio, March 27-29. The University of Arkansas' M.B.A. Shollmier Portfolio Management Team in the Sam M. Walton College of Business won first place in the Graduate Hybrid Funds Class in the student-run portfolio competition. The Shollmier Fund was established in 2000 with a $250,000 investment from Dudley and Ken Shollmier. It was valued at more than $380,000 at the end of 2007. |
Posted:4/16/2008
'Blink' Author to Speak at University of Arkansas
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Malcolm Gladwell, best selling author of Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, will give a lecture
based on his book at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, at the Fayetteville Town Center.
Gladwell will speak as part of the University of Arkansas Distinguished Lecture
Series. There will be a question and answer period after his lecture. |
Posted:4/16/2008
Architecture Professor's Home Wins National Awards
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.
- East meets West in the Fayetteville home that School of Architecture
professor Marlon Blackwell and his wife, architect Ati Johari, designed for
their family. The Zen-like calm and indoor-outdoor flow reflect Johari's roots
in Malaysia, while Blackwell, raised on Air Force bases stateside and abroad,
is responsible for the muscular brio of the house's stacked and hinged forms. |
Posted:4/15/2008
Art Students Create Virtual Candidates
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The first android candidates for 2048 President of the United States who are campaigning in Second Life invite everyone at the University of Arkansas to visit their new campaign booths. |
Posted:4/15/2008
Landscape Architecture Professor Shares Top Ten Tips for 'Green' Gardens
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Face it: the classic suburban lawn is an ecological disaster. Grooming that expanse of velvety green grass typically involves pesticides, herbicides and plenty of water through summer’s hottest months, not to mention the oil and gasoline needed to fuel the lawn mower. Now, just in time for Earth Day, there’s help for eco-warrior wannabes who want some green space at home (and time to enjoy it). |
Posted:4/11/2008
John G. Williams, Founder of School of Architecture, Dies at 92
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - John Gilbert
Williams, professor emeritus of architecture and founder of the architecture
program at the University of Arkansas, died at home on Friday, April 11. Williams came
to the University of Arkansas in 1946, when a post-war housing shortage created
a demand for architects. Under his leadership, the program grew from two
architecture courses offered within the College of Engineering into a school
offering the only accredited program in architecture in the state. |
Posted:4/14/2008
College of Education and Health Professions Honors Students, Faculty
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - The College of Education and Health Professions will honor students who
have won scholarships and college and departmental awards at its annual Honors
Convocation on Wednesday, April 16, at the Center for Continuing Education. The
ceremony also gives the college the opportunity to recognize benefactors for
their private gift support that funds scholarships. |
Posted:4/11/2008
University of Arkansas a Winner in 'RecycleMania 2008'
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - The University of Arkansas has run a recycling program on campus since
1991, but this year was the first time the school went in for competitive
recycling. For 10 weeks, from Jan. 27
through April 5, the university took part in "RecycleMania," a national
competition among college and university recycling programs. The contest was to
find out who could collect the most recyclable material per person, the largest
total amount of recyclables, the least trash per person, or have the highest
recycling rate. |
Posted:4/9/2008
University Responds to State Budget Outlook for 2009
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - The University
of Arkansas is likely to face a significant cut of approximately $4.7 million
in state funding in the 2008-09 fiscal year based on state revenue figures
released by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education this week. |
Posted:4/10/2008
University of Arkansas Appoints McMath to Serve as Interim Provost
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Robert C. McMath, dean of the Honors College and professor of history at the University of Arkansas, has been named interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs by Chancellor Elect G. David Gearhart and Chancellor John A. White. |
Posted:4/10/2008
Free Speech Expert to Talk About Effect of Globalism on Rules, Norms of Speech
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr., professor of law at Washington & Lee University School of Law and visiting John S. Stone chair in law at the University of Alabama School of Law, will present “The Perils and the Promise of Comparative Constitutional Law: A Comparative Perspective on Freedom of Speech” at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 17, in the E.J. Ball Courtroom at the University of Arkansas Leflar Law Center. |
Posted:4/9/2008
Pornography and Intimacy in America
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – In the past two decades, pornography has become increasingly a part of mainstream U.S. culture, while at the same time the content of the material has become more and more overtly cruel and degrading to women. How do we explain this apparent paradox? |
Posted:4/9/2008
Professor Serves on National Panel Offering Blueprint for Success in Math
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Civics and, in particular, the constitution and democracy, have been special interests of educational researcher Sandra Stotsky for many years. So it should come as no surprise that, when charged with evaluating the state of mathematics education in the United States, Stotsky looked through the lens of democracy. |
Posted:4/7/2008
Festival to Celebrate University of Arkansas Writing Program
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – This year’s Arkansas Festival of Writers will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Masters of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing and Translation at the University of Arkansas. Distinguished alumni from around the nation will present readings, relate their experiences at the university and celebrate the legacy of the program in their lives and in literature. |
Posted:4/4/2008
Centers to Host Meeting Planner Open House
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The Center
for Management and Executive Education and the Donald W. Reynolds Center for
Enterprise Development in the Sam M. Walton College of Business are sponsoring
the Meeting Planners Showcase from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 10. |
Posted:4/4/2008
KUAF Public Radio Launches Spring Fundraiser
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - National
Public Radio affiliate, KUAF 91.3 FM, will launch its spring on-air fundraiser
Saturday, April 5. In addition to an eight-day goal of $140,000, the station
hopes to bring in 500 new members. The spring fundraiser is one of two annual
on-air campaigns. |
Posted:4/3/2008
Three University of Arkansas Students Named as Goldwater Scholars
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – For the sixth consecutive year, three University of Arkansas students have been awarded prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships. Rachel Thomas of Fort Smith, Whitney Gammill of Maumelle and Jordan Greenlee of Oak Ridge, Tenn., are among 321 students in the nation to be named Goldwater Scholars. They will each receive a $7,500 scholarship. All three are juniors and students in the university Honors College. |
Posted:4/3/2008
School of Law to Recognize Student Volunteers
Fifty-four law students participated in the Pro Bono Program this year through volunteer work in northwest Arkansas and their home communities. Together, they donated 1,987 service hours over the course of the 2007-08 academic year. |
Posted:4/2/2008
Sexual Assault Awareness Month Events Get Under Way at University of Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - A "Day of Action Rally," starting at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in the
Greek Theatre on the University of Arkansas campus, will be the first event for
Sexual Assault Awareness month. There will be a number of educational and
awareness events during the month of April to address and speak out against
sexual assault and violence, particularly violence against women. The awareness
campaign ends with the Take Back the Night March, starting at 7 p.m. Friday,
April 25. |
Posted:4/2/2008
University of Arkansas Press Celebrates National Poetry Month
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - April is national poetry month, and the University of Arkansas Press is celebrating, along with poetry lovers nationwide, by including a poetry sale on its Web site. Customers are invited to visit http://www.uapress.com to take advantage of the offer. |
Posted:4/2/2008
Arizona State Nursing Professor to Speak About Evidence-Based Practice
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Alyce Schultz, clinical professor at Arizona State University's College
of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation, will share her experiences and research
from four decades of nursing practice and teaching at the University of
Arkansas' 17th annual nursing research conference April 7. |
Posted:4/1/2008
Arkansas World Trade Center Hosts China Town Hall
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - The Arkansas World Trade Center will join in a virtual, national town
hall meeting about the opportunities and challenges posed by China's growing
economic and military power, and the roll these issues will play in the 2008
elections. |
Posted:3/27/2008
School of Architecture Offers Computational Design Workshop, a First in This Region
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Imagine skyscrapers that spiral
into clouds and office towers that harvest breezes and daylight to cut energy
costs. The University of Arkansas School of Architecture will show design
professionals and students how to make these ideas concrete in a workshop
titled "TransFORM Architecture" that will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, April 4-5, in Willard J. Walker Hall on the University of
Arkansas campus. |
Posted:3/27/2008
Medical Historian to Speak on Secret Weapons of the South
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -
Margaret Humphreys, the Josiah Charles Trent Professor in the History of
Medicine and an associate clinical professor of medicine at Duke University,
will speak on "The South's Secret Weapons: Disease, Environment and the Civil
War" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, in Giffels Auditorium at the University of
Arkansas. |
Posted:3/26/2008
University of Arkansas Student Chosen as Truman Scholar
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Olivia Meeks of Hot Springs is
the latest University of Arkansas student chosen as a Truman Scholar by the
members of the Truman Scholarship Foundation. Meeks is an Honors College Fellow,
Economics Honors Scholar and a senior majoring in economics and political
science in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. |
Posted:3/26/2008
University of Arkansas Pre-College Programs to Host Engineering Challenge Competition
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - More than 120 high school students will be on the University of Arkansas
campus Saturday, March 29, to participate in the annual Engineering Challenge
competition sponsored by the University of Arkansas pre-college programs office
and the College of Engineering. Students in this year's event will compete in
four individual categories that include a Styrofoam boat race, mousetrap car
race, egg drop competition and balsa wood bridge design. Individual
competitions begin at 10:15 a.m. in the Health Physical Education and Recreation
Building (gym 1, gym 3 and natatorium). |
Posted:3/26/2008
Political Science Expert to Discuss Effects of Political Fragmentation
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Mark A. Graber, professor of law
and government at the University of Maryland, will present "James Buchanan as
Savior? Political Power, Political Fragmentation and the Failed 1831 Repeal of
Section 25" at 8:30 a.m. Friday,
April 4, in E.J. Ball Courtroom in the Leflar Law Center at the University of
Arkansas. The event, sponsored the Thomas F. Butt Legal Excellence Fund and the
University of Arkansas School of Law, is free and
open to the public. |
Posted:3/25/2008
Scholars, Practitioners Gather to Promote Health of Arkansans
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - As the minority populations of Arkansas grow, the need to address the
varying health-care requirements of these populations increases as well. The
Hispanic, Marshallese and African American communities throughout the state
face unique issues affecting their health on a daily basis. |
Posted:3/25/2008
Star of Coffee and Trade Documentary to Attend Showing at University of Arkansas
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The star of
the documentary Black Gold, Tadesse
Meskela, will be on the University of Arkansas campus as the film is shown at
7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 3. The event is free and open to faculty, staff,
students and the public. The showing will take place in the First Security
Auditorium in Willard J. Walker Hall on the University of Arkansas campus. |
Posted:3/24/2008
Clinton School and Walton College Announce Dual Master's Degree
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - The University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service and the Sam
M. Walton College of Business today announced a new
dual degree program in which students can receive both a Master of
Public Service and a Master of Business Administration. |
Posted:3/10/2008
Chemist to Explore Big Bang, Stephen Hawking and God
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Henry F.
Schaefer III, a chemist whose research has been cited more than 39,000 times by
other scientists, will deliver a lecture on "The Big Bang, Stephen Hawking and
God" at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, in the E. J. Ball Courtroom in the Leflar
Law Center at the University of Arkansas. A book signing and reception will
follow in the Six Pioneers Room. |
Posted:3/12/2008
School of Law, School of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach Earn National Award
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Legal
e-Source, a multimedia online resource for nonprofit leaders and a collaboration
between the University of Arkansas School of Law, the School of Continuing
Education and Academic Outreach, and the Survey Research Center, recently won
the Innovations in Outreach and Engagement Award from the University Continuing
Education Association. |
Posted:3/12/2008
Edward Wade Jr. Transforms Moments
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - "A Diversity of Shape, Color and Design" is an exhibit of drawings and watercolors by Edward Wade Jr. currently on display in Mullins Library. Wade began drawing when he was three years old, a love that carried him through career stints as a shoe salesman, a firefighter, a substitute teacher, a correctional officer, a police officer and a pastor. Although Wade also works in pen and ink, graphite and creative digital photography, it is his love of the transparent medium of watercolor that gently glows through "Moments in Time." |
Posted:3/11/2008
University of Arkansas Press Author Featured in ESPN Documentary 'Black Magic'
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Historian Milton S. Katz, whose biography Breaking Through: John B. McLendon, Basketball Legend and Civil Rights Pioneer was published by the University of Arkansas Press in the fall of 2007, is featured prominently in the ESPN two-part, four-hour documentary Black Magic. Directed by Dan Klores (Crazy Love), it chronicles the Civil Rights Movement from the perspectives of players and coaches at historically black colleges and universities before integration. |
Posted:3/11/2008
Arkansas Newspaper Research Made Easy
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Researchers seeking
newspaper articles about historic Arkansas events and people now have an easier
task. Arkansas newspaper indexing has recently been added to Index Arkansas, an online database for
publications dealing with Arkansas topics. Sponsored by the special collections
department of the University of Arkansas Libraries, the index now contains
nearly 30,000 citations from Arkansas statewide and regional newspapers,
joining more than 60,000 citations from other historical and biographical
sources. |
Posted:3/6/2008
'Recycling with the Razorbacks' Keeps Tons of Material Out of the Landfill
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - University of Arkansas fans are doing their part for campus sustainability while they cheer for the Razorbacks this school year. Thanks to a new program called 'Recycling with the Razorbacks,' fans at home football and basketball games were able to provide more than 45 tons of recyclable material, more than a third of all the trash picked up after the games. |
Posted:3/4/2008
Arkansas Research and Optical Education Network Appoints Executive Director
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.
- Michael Abbiatti, the associate commissioner of information and learning technology
for the Louisiana Board of Regents, has been appointed as executive director of
the Arkansas Research and Optical Education Network at the University of Arkansas. He
will begin his duties on July 1, 2008. |
Posted:3/3/2008
University of Arkansas Press Issues New Edition of Its History of Oprah's Book Club
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Adored by its fans, deplored by its critics, Oprah's Book Club has been
at the center of arguments about cultural authority and literary taste since it
began in 1996. Reading with Oprah: The
Book Club that Changed America, by Kathleen Rooney, was originally published
by the University of Arkansas Press in 2005. The book explores the club's
revolutionary fusion of books, television and commerce and tells the engaging
and in-depth story of the OBC phenomenon. A new, updated paperback edition of
the book has just been published to cover the many events related to the book
club that have taken place in the past three years. |
Posted:2/28/2008
Arkansas World Trade Center Leads Trade
The Arkansas
World Trade Center led a week-long trade mission to India that began on
Tuesday, Feb. 5. Delegates returned on
Wednesday, Feb. 13. Representatives from
the ARWTC, the University of Arkansas Economic Development Institute, and Arkansas business owners attended the "Innovative
Technologies for Manufacturing Expo" hosted by the Mumbai, India World Trade
Center. Ram Chandrasakaran, a MBA graduate assistant from the Sam M. Walton
College of Business and an ARWTC intern accompanied the mission. |
Posted:2/27/2008
Groundbreaking History of the Slave Trade Published by University of Arkansas Press
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - A new book from the University of Arkansas Press sheds light on an
important topic that has been largely overlooked in the history of the slave
trade. Freebooters and Smugglers: The
Foreign Slave Trade in the United States after 1808, by Ernest Obadele-Starks,
shows the extent to which slave smuggling and trafficking persisted after the
government passed the Abolition Act in 1808. |
Posted:2/27/2008
Journalist to Speak on History of Hip-Hop Generation
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Jeff Chang, author of Can't
Stop, Won't Stop, the definitive history of the hip-hop generation, will
speak about hip-hop as a voice for marginalized populations as a part of the
Difficult Dialogues series funded by a Ford Foundation grant. He will offer an
informal question and answer session at 3:30 p.m. and a lecture with questions
afterward at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in the auditorium of Willard J. Walker
Hall. Both events are free and open to the public. |
Posted:2/25/2008
Research Expected to Answer Questions About School Choice in Milwaukee
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - The first in a series of research findings on the Milwaukee Parental
Choice Program will be released Monday, Feb. 25. Eventually, that longitudinal
research may answer many questions about whether a school voucher program can
improve student outcomes. The reports being released are baseline reports in a
five-year study. |
Posted:2/26/2008
VHA Inc. Becomes Strategic Partner in Center for Innovation in Healthcare Logistics
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - VHA Inc., the national health care
alliance that serves more than 1,400 hospitals nationwide, has become a
strategic partner in the University of Arkansas Center for Innovation in
Healthcare Logistics. As a strategic partner, VHA has agreed to contribute
$1,000,000 over five years to fund the center's work to develop innovative
solutions to increase efficiency in the health care supply chain. |
Posted:2/25/2008
Supply Chain Research Center to Sponsor FedEx Freight Logistics Case Competition
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- The Supply Chain Management Research
Center in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas,
in alliance with FedEx Freight and a group of corporate sponsors, is hosting an
international graduate logistics case competition from Feb. 28 to March 1. The
event will take place at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Fayetteville. |
Posted:2/21/2008
Associated Student Government Holds Town Hall Meeting Regarding the Tobacco-Free Campus Policy
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Students and others on the University of Arkansas campus will get a
chance to voice their opinion and hear discussion regarding the University of
Arkansas Tobacco-Free Campus policy at a town hall meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 27, in the Arkansas Union Connections Lounge. The event is being hosted by
the university's Associated Student Government. |
Posted:2/21/2008
Traveler Editor Wins Coveted Dow Jones Internship
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Amanda
Wells, a senior journalism major in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts
and Sciences, has won a competitive Dow Jones Internship to support her work as
a copy editor this summer at The San
Antonio Express-News, the biggest paper in the seventh-largest city in the
United States. |
Posted:2/21/2008
University of Arkansas Press's New Poetry Prize and Two New Collections
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The University of Arkansas Press has established a new poetry prize to honor the Press's co-founder and first director, Miller Williams. The Miller Williams Poetry Prize is a $5,000 prize to be awarded to the best poetry manuscript submitted to the Press in September and October of 2008, for publication in 2010. In addition to publishing the finalist, three semi-finalists will also be published in 2010. All books will be published in the Press's long-time Poetry Series, edited by Enid Shomer. Four new books of poetry have been published every year as part of this series. |
Posted:2/19/2008
Director of University of Arkansas Psychological Services to Assist in Aftermath of Northern Illinois University Tragedy
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Jonathan Perry, director of Counseling and Psychological Services at the
Pat Walker Health Center at the University of Arkansas, has been asked to
assist with counseling and training for faculty members at Northern Illinois
University as they prepare for classes to resume on Monday, Feb. 25. Classes at
Northern Illinois were canceled Feb. 14, after a former graduate student shot
and killed five students, wounded another 18, and then killed himself during a
geology class. |
Posted:2/20/2008
University of Arkansas Installing Supercomputer; 'Star of Arkansas' to Be State's Fastest
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Scientists and engineers at the University of Arkansas will soon be able
to conduct complex research projects using a new supercomputer system, dubbed
the "Star of Arkansas." Once it is installed later this spring, the Star of
Arkansas will be the fastest and most powerful computer in the state, allowing
researchers to design vastly more complicated experiments, models and
simulations than previously possible. The supercomputer will let scientists and
engineers push the boundaries of knowledge in subjects ranging from bird flu to
weather prediction. |
Posted:2/20/2008
CNN Anchor to Speak in University of Arkansas Distinguished Lecture Series
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Anderson Cooper, one of the most highly regarded television journalists
in America, will speak at the University of Arkansas at 8 p.m. Friday, March 7,
at Barnhill Arena as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series. The lecture is
free and open to the public; no tickets are needed. |
Posted:2/18/2008
Molecules Have Hands? Center for Space and Planetary Sciences Hosts Lecture on the Importance of 'Handedness'
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The University of Arkansas Center
for Space and Planetary Sciences will host its first public lecture of 2008 at
7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb.
20, in the Space Center Theater. Bob Gawley, a member of the center and a Distinguished
Professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry, will present a
lecture titled "Why Did Alice Say to Kitty 'Perhaps Looking-Glass Milk Isn't
Good to Drink?' A Brief Explanation of Handedness, From Weak Bosons to the
Double Helix." |
Posted:2/18/2008
Walton College Launches Executive MBA
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - A group of Chinese and U.S. nationals, working for American companies in
China, will travel to Fayetteville on Thursday, Feb. 21, to begin classes in an
innovative new Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA). The program
was recently launched by the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the
University of Arkansas |
Posted:2/12/2008
'Category 5 General' Russel Honoré to Speak Tonight on Leadership in Crisis
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Mayor Ray Nagin told reporters that when Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré stepped
off the helicopter in New Orleans, he "started cussing and people started
moving." Described by some as the "ragin' Cajun" and a "John Wayne dude,"
Honoré won wide praise from the public and the media for his leadership in
overseeing the military's efforts to secure the Gulf Coast and help residents
there recover after Hurricane Katrina. |
Posted:2/12/2008
University of Arkansas Students Awarded Burlsworth Scholarships
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - The ninth class of Burlsworth Scholars at the University of Arkansas was
honored on Saturday, Feb. 9, in a celebration during half-time of the
Arkansas-Ole Miss basketball game. In all, 18 students were selected as
Burlsworth Scholars. |
Posted:2/7/2008
Documentary History of University of Arkansas to Air This Month on UATV
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Anyone interested in the University of Arkansas will have three
opportunities this month to see "Beacon of Hope: The Story of the University of
Arkansas," thanks to UATV, the student-run television station. The documentary
will be shown in prime time, at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, on Cox Communications
cable channel 14. It will be re-broadcast again at noon on Sunday, Feb. 17, and
Sunday, Feb. 24. The film will also be shown in streaming video at these times
on the UATV Web site http://uatv.uark.edu. |
Posted:2/7/2008
Arkansas Judge to Address 'Call to Law'
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Judge
Wendell Griffen of the Arkansas Court of Appeals will present "A View from
the Woods" at noon Monday, Feb. 11, in the E.J. Ball Courtroom in the Leflar
Law Center on the University of Arkansas campus. |
Posted:2/7/2008
Meteorites, Comets, and the Origins of Life on Earth
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - George W. Cooper from NASA-Ames Research
Center will talk about the origins of life on Earth when he delivers the first
Barringer Lecture for the spring 2008 semester. The lecture will be held
at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, in the Space Center Theater, Room 201 of the old University
Museum building. Admission is free and open to all members of the university
community and the public. |
Posted:2/4/2008
Economic Research Center to Hold Quarterly Business Analysis
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- The Center for
Business and Economic Research in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the
University of Arkansas is partnering with the Northwest Arkansas Chambers of
Commerce to host the Quarterly Business Analysis on Wednesday, March 5. The
breakfast event will be held at 6:45 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Northwest
Arkansas, 1500 S. 48th St., Springdale, Ark. |
Posted:2/1/2008
University of Arkansas Announces Black History Month Celebrations
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The
University of Arkansas community will celebrate the heritage and contemporary
achievement of African Americans during Black History Month in February. The
Black History Month Planning Committee released the schedule of events on the
university campus, which include academic lectures, distinguished speakers and
cultural events. |
Posted:1/28/2008
School of Law to Recognize Integration Anniversary, Celebrate Six Decades of Success
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Silas Hunt, the
first African American student admitted to a Southern public university without
litigation in the modern era, registered to attend the University of Arkansas
School of Law Feb. 2, 1948. To
celebrate the 60th anniversary of Hunt's enrollment, the School of
Law will host a panel discussion titled "Sixty Since Silas: A Celebration of
Pioneering Excellence" at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, in the E.J. Ball Courtroom
in the Leflar Law Center. The event is open to the public, and a reception will
follow. |
Posted:1/31/2008
Arkansas Civil Rights History Internet Database Launched
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Historical materials documenting the changing
nature of civil rights in Arkansas will be available free to the public through
the Internet on Friday, February 1. Sponsored by the special collections
department at the University of Arkansas Libraries, "Land of (Unequal)
Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas" is an online
resource of documents and images that trace the history of civil rights in the
state. The Web site contains more than 2,000 pages of documents, photographs,
broadsides, pamphlets, drawings, cartoons and other images. |
Posted:1/31/2008
Accounting Professor Appointed to Influential National Council
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Carolyn M.
Callahan, holder of the Doris M. Cook Chair in Accounting in the Sam M. Walton
College of Business at the University of Arkansas, has been elected as one of
the two new faculty members nationally to represent the academic community on the
Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council. She will serve a four-year
term beginning in 2008. |
Posted:1/30/2008
ROHM Co. Ltd. Joins College of Engineering to Develop High Power Silicon-Carbide Integrated Power Modules
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- ROHM Co. Ltd. has signed an agreement with the University
of Arkansas' National Center
for Reliable Electric Power Transmission and Arkansas Power Electronics
International Inc. for a collaborative project that will result in the
development of high power silicon-carbide integrated power modules. In addition
to this agreement, ROHM has signed a separate agreement to become a full
industry-member of the center. |
Posted:1/28/2008
SEC Universities Collaborate to Study Abroad
FAYETTEVILLE, AR
- The Southeastern Conference Academic Consortium has been awarded an Institute for Study Abroad
Foundation grant of $94,000 to provide scholarship support for Southeastern
Conference students to study abroad together. The joint program focuses on community service
and will be hosted by Queen's University in Belfast, Ireland. |
Posted:1/22/2008
University of Arkansas Undergraduates and Their Mentors Earn State Research Grants
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - The University of Arkansas once again leads all state institutions in
the number and value of State Undergraduate Research Fellowships awarded to its
students. A total of 55 students, representing five of the university's
colleges, received SURF awards for the 2007-2008 academic year. The fellowships
total just over $115,000. |
Posted:1/18/2008
Dillard Receives 2008 'Salute to Greatness' Award from Arkansas MLK Commission
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Tom W. Dillard,
Arkansas historian and head of the special collections department at the
University of Arkansas Libraries, will receive a 2008 "Salute to Greatness"
Community Award from the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission. Given to
individuals and organizations displaying extraordinary commitment to Rev.
King's humanitarian ideals, the "Salute to Greatness" awards will be presented
on Friday, Jan. 18, in Little Rock. |
Posted:1/17/2008
The Blues in Many Colors
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - In "Vision of Blues Icons," an exhibit currently on display in Mullins Library on the University of Arkansas campus, George Hunt's "vision" of the blues is actually polychromatic, reveling in the brightest hues of the rainbow. |
Posted:1/16/2008
World-Class Violin Maker, Based in Fayetteville, to Speak at University of Arkansas
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Terry Borman, one of the
leading violin makers in the world, will give two lectures at the University
of Arkansas this spring. At 2:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at Giffels
Auditorium, he will speak about the history of the violin family of
instruments. His second lecture, on modern acoustical advancements in stringed
instruments will be held at 2:30 p.m.
Friday, March 7, in Giffels Auditorium. |
Posted:1/16/2008
Architecture Professor Coauthors Concise Guide to Science of Lighting
 FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. - Like the proverbial cobbler
whose children need new shoes, architecture professor and lighting expert Tahar
Messadi has the know-how but lacks the time to take care of business at home -
or in his case, the office. Co-author of the new Field Guide to Illumination, which promises to be the go-to
reference on lighting for building industry professionals, Messadi deals daily
with a textbook example of bad lighting. A large window behind his desk casts
him into gloom and floods his computer screen with glare; for a man keenly
aware of the optimal ratios between task, ambient and outdoor lighting, you
know this set-up has to hurt. |
Posted:1/15/2008
University of Arkansas Launches Campuswide Sustainability Initiative
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - The University of Arkansas' first
long-range, comprehensive and coordinated sustainability effort is under way
and will pick up speed early in the spring 2008 semester. The university is in
the early stages of developing a 12-part Environmental Stewardship Mission and
is establishing a University of Arkansas
Sustainability Council to oversee and implement
that mission. |
Posted:1/15/2008
Magazine Names University of Arkansas One of the Best Colleges for Hispanic Students
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - The University of Arkansas is the
best place for Hispanic students to attend college in the state. The University
of Arkansas is the only Arkansas
college or university named in The
Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education's Publisher's Pick issue, which was
sent to 3,500 high school counselors across the nation, as well as the
magazine's regular subscribers. |
Posted:1/14/2008
University of Arkansas Moves up on Kiplinger's 'Best Value' List
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - An education at the University
of Arkansas is among the "best
values" in the country for Arkansas
students, and an even better value for non-residents, according to an annual
survey published by Kiplinger's Personal
Finance magazine. The University
of Arkansas placed 59th
on the list of 100 Best Values in Public Colleges for 2008, a substantial
improvement from last year, when the university placed 95th on the
list. The university was ranked in 50th place for out-of-state
students. No other Arkansas
school was included in the list. The University
of Arkansas placed 5th
on the list among Southeastern Conference schools. |
Posted:1/10/2008
University of Arkansas Community Design Center Dominates 2008 AIA Urban Design Awards
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Here's one list with Arkansas at the top: the American Institute of Architects has selected three projects by the University of Arkansas Community Design Center to receive 2008 national honor awards for regional and urban design. A release by the American Institute of Architects noted that the Community Design Center "won three of the five awards in this category, displaying an unprecedented concern and devotion for improving the quality of their urban environment." Only a handful of organizations have matched the near-sweep by the design center in the award program's 59-year-history, winning three or more honor awards in one category in a single year (they include Chicago powerhouse firms Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, which won multiple awards in 1967, 1998 and 2000, and Murphy/Jahn, which won three architecture honor awards in 2004). The Community Design Center, an outreach of the University of Arkansas School of Architecture, is the only entity from Arkansas to win a national honor award in regional and urban design from the AIA (the design center also won national AIA honors in this category in 2005). |
Posted:1/9/2008
Genocide Dictionary Provides Comprehensive Look
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Samuel Totten, a University
of Arkansas professor and genocide
scholar, began work five years ago with an Australian colleague, historian Paul
Bartrop, on a dictionary of genocide. Sadly, between the many incidents of
genocide throughout history and the current state of world affairs, the project
turned out to be more like an encyclopedia - covering well over 600 terms in
more than 500 pages. |
Posted:1/8/2008
Events Planned to Celebrate and Remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at University of Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The University of
Arkansas and Fayetteville communities will celebrate the life, work and legacy
of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the annual "Days of Recommitment." Two
weeks of events are scheduled around the national Martin Luther King holiday,
Monday, Jan. 21. The events, planned on
the theme "Living the Dream in the 21st Century: Where do You
Stand?" were organized by the University of Arkansas MLK Committee and the
Northwest Arkansas MLK Planning Committee. |
Posted:1/7/2008
University of Arkansas Hires First Sustainability Coordinator for Campus
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. -Nick Brown, a Helena
native, has been appointed as the first executive assistant for sustainability
in the facilities management department at the University
of Arkansas. He will report to Mike
Johnson, associate vice chancellor for facilities. Brown is filling a new position,
created to co-ordinate sustainability efforts for facilities management, but
with broad responsibilities across the entire Fayetteville
campus. These include coordinating the campus sustainability speaker series
with Jon Johnson, executive director of the newly established Applied
Sustainability Center
in the Sam Walton College of Business. |
Posted:1/3/2008
Mayan Mystery Hosted by University of Arkansas Center for Math and Science Education
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - An
archeological team has disappeared from a dig site at an ancient Mayan temple
in Palenque, Mexico. The scientists were investigating rumors of a priceless
jade medallion buried in the ruins. Something horrifying apparently scared them
off, but they managed to leave behind a video with clues and a warning to all
who come after. Who can solve the puzzle, find the treasure and avoid the fate
of the unfortunate archeologists? |
Posted:12/21/2007
Holiday Trivia Test
In anticipation of a long, slow week over the holidays, the office of university relations offers this trivia quiz for your amusement and edification. Our caveats are that we have intentionally tried to fool you into choosing the wrong answer, and when you think you know which wrong answer is right, it will be the question in which the right answer is right, thus fooling you again. To see the answer to each question, roll your cursor over the box beneath each question. |
Posted:12/20/2007
Students' Designs Win Grant for West Memphis
 FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. - Grand-scale highway enhancements developed by University of Arkansas landscape architecture students have helped the city of West Memphis secure a $296,000 grant from the National Scenic Byways program, which has been matched by $74,000 from the West Memphis Advertising and Promotion Commission. The students proposed the use of colored LED lights, indigenous plants and monumental sculpture to celebrate West Memphis as a gateway to Arkansas and Arkansas' portion of the historic Great River Road, which follows the Mississippi through 10 states. The West Memphis Chamber of Commerce, the Crittenden Arts Council and the University of Arkansas Economic Development Institute partnered on the project. |
Posted:12/19/2007
School of Architecture Wins National Education, Teaching and Collaboration Awards
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The University of Arkansas School of
Architecture has won national recognition in awards programs co-sponsored by
the Association of Collegiate Schools of
Architecture, the American Institute of Architects and the American Institute
of Architecture Students.
The school's Community Design Center has won two awards for design education,
bringing the center's tally for national education honors to eight awards in
just four years. CITYbuild, a consortium of design schools that includes the School of Architecture, has won national recognition for design
collaboration. |
Posted:12/17/2007
University Student Wins $50,000 on Millionaire Show
Grace
Riley, a student at the University of Arkansas, walked away
with $50,000 in winnings from the syndicated television show "Who Wants To Be A
Millionaire," broadcast Monday, Dec. 17. In the show, contestants try to choose the correct answer among four possibilities, with increasing difficulty but also increasingly higher winnings with each correct answer and culminating with the potential to win $1 million. Riley started in the show's hot seat on Friday, Dec. 14, and correctly answered questions to reach winnings of $25,000 before time ran out. |
Posted:12/19/2007
University of Arkansas Names New Director of Development for School of Law
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Teresa Stafford, a former Fayetteville
resident, returns to northwest Arkansas
as the director of development
for the School of Law at the University of Arkansas. In addition to her
fundraising responsibilities, Stafford will oversee the communications and alumni relations
operation for the school. |
Posted:12/14/2007
Director of Financial Aid Named at University of Arkansas
 FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Kattie Wing, the interim director
of financial aid at the University of
Arkansas, can remove the "interim"
from her title. Following a national search that lasted nearly two years, Wing
has been selected as the permanent director. |
Posted:12/12/2007
Nationally Recognized Economists to Be Featured at Walton College 2008 Business Forecast Luncheon
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- The Sam M. Walton College of Business at
the University of Arkansas will host a panel of nationally recognized
economists for its 14th annual Business Forecast luncheon on Friday,
Jan. 18, 2008.
The event, coordinated by the Walton College Center for Business and Economic Research, will
be held from 11:30 a.m.
to 1:30
p.m. at the John Q. Hammons Convention Center in Rogers, Ark. |
Posted:12/12/2007
Senior Citizen Tuition Waiver Offered
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - It is never too late to
join the Razorback family. Senior citizens are welcome on the University
of Arkansas campus. They're so welcome,
in fact, they may attend courses and earn degrees tuition free. |
Posted:12/11/2007
Architecture Students Prep Miss Gloria's Kitchen
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. -
Professor Greg Herman and 19 architecture students are celebrating the season
by swinging hammers and ripping up floor joists. The University of Arkansas
School of Architecture group is in New
Orleans Dec. 11-16 to work on Miss Gloria's
Kitchen, a New Orleans
restaurant that has been shuttered since Hurricane Katrina. |
Posted:12/11/2007
University of Arkansas Army ROTC to Commission Officers; Pollock to Speak
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Maj. Gen. Gale S.
Pollock, acting army surgeon general and chief of the Army Nurse Corps, will be
the guest speaker during the University of Arkansas Reserve Officers' Training Corps
commissioning ceremony. The event will start at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, in the
University of Arkansas School of Law's E.J. Ball Courtroom. |
Posted:12/10/2007
University of Arkansas RESPECT Group Earns National Recognition
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - The subject matter is something most
people do not talk about openly, but one student group on the University
of Arkansas campus is not afraid to
speak up about the often-hushed topic of rape, and it has been recognized for
its efforts. |
Posted:12/10/2007
University of Arkansas Chemistry Building Renovation Earns Second Award
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - The $18 million dollar renovation of
the historic Chemistry Building
on the University of Arkansas
campus has been named Best Education Building Project of 2007 by "McGraw Hill's
South Central Construction" magazine. The project was selected by a regional
jury for Alabama, Arkansas,
Mississippi and Tennessee.
Earlier this month the project was also awarded an honorable mention for Excellence
in Preservation Rehabilitation by the Historic Preservation Alliance of
Arkansas. |
Posted:12/4/2007
Remembering What's Good for You
 FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - In the wake of Sept. 11,
media contacted University of Arkansas psychologist Denise Beike to ask how
mourning relatives and friends might eventually find "closure" for their grief.
She told them closure is a property of memory, and ultimately what counts is
how we remember our experiences, both painful and pleasurable. |
Posted:12/3/2007
Gift from Cox Communications Lets UATV Begin 24/7 Broadcasting
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - UATV, the
student-run campus television station at the University of Arkansas, is now providing
programming 24 hours a day, thanks to a grant from Cox Communications. UATV is
carried throughout northwest Arkansas on cable Channel 14. The $13,951 grant
allowed the station to purchase an automation system, enabling UATV programs to
be broadcast throughout the year, 24 hours a day. UATV shares its programming
time with local high school broadcast programs in Fayetteville, Springdale and
Rogers. |
Posted:11/20/2007
UPDATE: Three in Custody for Nov. 3 Drive-By Shooting Incident on Campus
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - All three people wanted in connection with a drive-by shooting near the University of Arkansas campus are in custody. Two men were arrested at about 10 a.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 20, in separate traffic stops. University of Arkansas Police
arrested John Chanthavong, 18, of Fayetteville, after Fayetteville Police
stopped Chanthavong during a traffic stop on Arkansa | |
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - A
University of Arkansas National Science Foundation program designed to improve
math and science education for middle school students in northwest Arkansas has
earned an award from the National Science Foundation.
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Christopher Lacy, visiting assistant professor of music and director of
Opera Theater at the University of Arkansas, has signed contracts with two
music publishers.
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - University of Arkansas professor William Schwab, chair of the department
of sociology and criminal justice in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts
and Sciences, has been named interim dean of Fulbright College, effective July
1. 
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Recently, Harvard University instituted a controversial new policy that prohibited men from visiting one of its on-campus gyms during certain hours to accommodate women who have cultural objections to exercising in mixed-gender environments.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – In telling the story of her family farm in Desha County in the Arkansas Delta, Margaret Jones Bolsterli brings together her own research, historical perspective and family lore as it reaches her from the days of her great-grandfather down to her nephew.
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - A couple of University of Arkansas students majoring in recreation will
extend their spring semester after classes this year, attending a five-day
course to certify them in an educational curriculum that emphasizes respect for
the environment.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Bradford E.
Choate, vice president of university advancement at the University of South
Carolina and regarded as one of the nation's top fundraising executives, has
been appointed vice chancellor for university advancement at the University of
Arkansas after a national search.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The man who shared a Nobel Prize in physics for causing atoms to “sing in unison” and discovering a new state of matter will speak on campus April 3.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – In 1907, shortly after Einstein published his theory of relativity, the University of Arkansas created its physics department.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas School of Law will dedicate one of its classrooms in honor of alumnus Bobby McDaniel, a longtime Jonesboro attorney, at 12:15 p.m. Monday, April 7, in Room 342 of the Leflar Law Center.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Teachers can learn “Earth lessons” to use in their classrooms at a workshop March 29 presented by the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks and the University of Arkansas.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The National Center for Reliable Electric Power
Transmission, the College of Engineering and American Electric Power are
sponsoring AEP's "The Future of Energy" University Listening Tour. Michael G.
Morris, AEP's chairman, president and chief executive officer, will lead a
discussion about the future of America's
energy sources from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Monday, March 10, at the Willard Walker Hall
Auditorium.
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Bob Smith, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the
University of Arkansas, has announced his intention to resign his position
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The United States
Supreme Court last week cited the research of Robert B. Leflar, Arkansas
Bar Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law. 
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - The world view of four Arab sects in 8th and 9th
century Iraq and Iran is powerful centuries later, influencing revolutionary
Shiites and their religious leaders in today's volatile Middle East. 
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - When University of Arkansas System
President B. Alan Sugg sought to find the next chancellor of the state's
flagship campus in Fayetteville, he didn't need to look very far to find his
nominee.
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Edward A. Pohl, associate professor in
industrial engineering, was named as the second recipient of the John L. Imhoff
Chair in Industrial Engineering at a recognition ceremony on Jan. 18 at Bell Engineering
Center. 
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Dr. John A. White, who has led the University of Arkansas through a period of unprecedented growth over the past 11 years, will step down as chancellor effective June 30, 2008.
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Tickets are now on sale for the 12th
annual Recommitment Banquet to commemorate and celebrate Martin Luther King Day
in northwest Arkansas. The
banquet will be held at 7 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 21, the Fayetteville Town
Center on the Fayetteville
Square. 
FAYETTEVILLE,
Ark. - Silas Hunt: A Documentary, the
in-depth story of the first African-American to break the color barrier at the
University of Arkansas, earned its fourth and fifth national awards from the
video and film industry: a gold Davey award and a platinum AVA award. 
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Developing
sustainable parks, neighborhoods and cities for a planet fundamentally altered
by humans is a challenge that Stephen Luoni faces every day.