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Page last updated: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:06

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:5/12/2008
University of Arkansas Program Wins National Science Foundation Media Award

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.


Posted:5/7/2008
University Revises Budget, Proposes Salary Increases for Faculty and Staff in 2008-09

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The University of Arkansas expects to offer modest raises to faculty and staff under a new budget model for the 2008-09 fiscal year, despite initial concerns that a proposed cut of nearly $5 million in state funding for the university might hinder its ability to offer pay increases.


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:5/8/2008
National Agricultural Law Center Creates Historical Farm Bill Database

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The National Agricultural Law Center at the University of Arkansas School of Law recently published a comprehensive digitized compilation of U.S. Farm Bills and their legislative history. The information is available free of charge on the center's Web site at http://NationalAgLawCenter.org/farmbills/.


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:5/6/2008
Composer to Have Works Published, Available to an International Audience

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.


Posted:5/1/2008
University of Arkansas to Open Global Campus Location in Rogers

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The University of Arkansas Global Campus will open a new location in Rogers to offer courses leading to degree completion programs for students pursuing University of Arkansas baccalaureate degrees.


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
Schwab Named Interim Dean for J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

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.


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
International Students on Campus: Rich Opportunities Plus Complex Cultural Issues

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.


Posted:4/28/2008
Schedule, Security and Parking Information for 2008 Commencement

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The University of Arkansas and most of its colleges and schools will hold commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 10. The University of Arkansas School of Law commencement ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 17.


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:4/22/2008
University of Arkansas Press Publishes Memoir of Five Generations Working Arkansas Delta Farm

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.


Posted:4/22/2008
Law Students to Host Fashion Benefit


Posted:4/22/2008
Jerry Rose Wins International Award for Mentorship


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

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
University of Arkansas Offers Five-Day Back Country Course to Instill Respect for Land

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.


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
Study: School Financing System Improved Following Lake View


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:4/15/2008
SEC Academic Consortium Officially Opens Fayetteville Headquarters

More information about the consortium can be found at www.secac.uark.edu


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 Engineering, Division of Agriculture Host Conference on Renewable, Efficient Energy

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -The College of Engineering and the Division of Agriculture will host the Conference for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 21 at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development on the campus of the University of Arkansas.


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:4/14/2008
Walton College Students to Compete in Wal-Mart's Better Living Business Plan Challenge

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Students from Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas will travel to the home office of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., to compete in the Better Living Business Plan Challenge on Friday, April 18.


Posted:4/11/2008
University of Arkansas Appoints Choate as Vice Chancellor for University Advancement

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.


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:4/9/2008
School of Law Professor Updates Famous Legal Education Book


Posted:4/8/2008
Sen. Argue to Assess State Educational System After Lake View Lawsuit

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – State Sen. Jim Argue, D-Little Rock, will speak about “Lake View and Beyond” at a daylong conference April 22 in Little Rock examining the current status of Arkansas public education.


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:3/27/2008
Maurer Lecture by Nobel Winner to Highlight Celebration of Physics Centennial

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.


Posted:3/31/2008
Physics Department to Unveil an Audiokinetic Sculpture During Centennial Celebration

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – In 1907, shortly after Einstein published his theory of relativity, the University of Arkansas created its physics department.


Posted:4/3/2008
School of Law to Dedicate Bobby McDaniel Trial Practice Classroom

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.


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:4/3/2008
David Williams Finds New Home at University of Arkansas


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:4/2/2008
University of Arkansas Bookstore 'Going Green' with Sustainability Initiative

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - This April, as the campus foliage turns green, the University Bookstore is launching a series of "green" initiatives to help the campus work toward environmental sustainability.


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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:4/1/2008
Global Supply Chain Key Topic at Logistics Conference

Featured topics include:


Posted:4/1/2008
Ferritor Lecturer to Focus on Immigrant Children in Arkansas


Posted:3/28/2008
Trustees Approve Tuition and Fee Increases at University of Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees approved on Friday, March 28, a request for an increase of tuition and fees for the University of Arkansas campus.


Posted:3/31/2008
Ambassador Mark Dybul to Discuss America's Response to Worldwide AIDS Crisis

 


Posted:3/31/2008
Sustainable Suburbs: Professor's New Book Creates Checklist for 'Green' Residential Development

Trees rate high, as well.


Posted:3/28/2008
School of Law to Host USDA General Counsel


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:3/20/2008
Olympic Medalist, Best-Selling Author Next Distinguished Lecturers at University of Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Apolo Ohno, winner of two Olympic gold medals in short distance speed skating, and Malcolm Gladwell, best selling author of The Tipping Point and Blink, will be the next speakers in the University of Arkansas Distinguished Lecture Series.


Posted:3/20/2008
University of Arkansas Teams with Botanical Garden to Offer Series of Environmental Workshops for Teachers

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.


Posted:3/13/2008
Updated Fayetteville Shale Study Projects $17.9 Billion Economic Impact, 11,000 Jobs, $1.8 Billion in State Taxes in Arkansas Over Next Five Years

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Within a few short years, the Fayetteville Shale has become one of the state's most significant new economic engines and is projected to continue making a substantial economic impact on Arkansas over the next five years. A study released Thursday, March 13, provided updated economic impact figures generated by the thriving natural gas industry concentrated in the north central region of Arkansas projecting its impact from 2008 to 2012 to include:


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:3/6/2008
College of Engineering and National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission to Host AEP Discussion on Future of Energy Sources in America

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.


Posted:3/6/2008
University of Arkansas Office of Admissions Receives Three Admissions Advertising Awards

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The University of Arkansas Office of Admissions was recognized in several categories in the 23rd Annual Admissions Advertising Awards.


Posted:3/4/2008
Children's Health and Safety Conference at the Center for Continuing Education

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The 2008 Children's Health and Safety conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at the University of Arkansas Center for Continuing Education located at 2 East Center Street on the downtown Fayetteville square.


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:2/29/2008
UA Q&A: Chancellor-Elect Gearhart Shares His Thoughts on Academic Leadership and Job He Assumes July 1

Gearhart, 55, was approved by the board on Jan. 25, 2008, to become the fifth chancellor of the University of Arkansas. He will succeed Chancellor John A. White on July 1, 2008. For more information on Gearhart's selection as chancellor, visit http://www.uark.edu/home/gearhart.php.


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:2/29/2008
Chief Academic Officer at University of Arkansas Stepping Down, Returning Full-Time to Faculty

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Bob Smith, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas, has announced his intention to resign his position effective June 30, 2008.


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:2/28/2008
National Expert to Headline University of Arkansas Symposium on Autism Disorders

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Every Arkansas special education teacher is likely to work with a child who has autism.


Posted:2/28/2008
University of Arkansas School of Law Professor's Research Cited in Supreme Court Decision

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.


Posted:2/28/2008
Violin Maker to Discuss the Sound Secrets of the Instrument at University of Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Terry Borman, a world-renowned violin maker now based in Fayetteville, will present a lecture, "Innovation in a Timeless Art - Science of the Stradivarius" at 2:30 p.m. Friday, March 7, in Room 132 of the Chemistry Building.


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
School of Architecture Plans Bicultural Brainstorm Session, Public Symposium on Cultural Landscape Preservation

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - How do you develop tourism in a richly historic, 74,000-acre mountain valley without sacrificing pure air, clean water, animal habitats and unsullied views? The University of Arkansas School of Architecture has organized a two-week, bicultural brainstorm session to explore this question. Beginning on March 3, a delegation of five Italian city and park officials will travel throughout Arkansas to discuss sustainable development ideas for Italy's Monti Simbruini Natural Regional Park.


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:2/14/2008
University Days 2008 Offers Invigorating, Hands-On Science, Math, and Technology Education

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -Researchers and staff in laboratories at the University of Arkansas will welcome K-12th grade students and teachers of science, math and technology during University Days 2008 on Thursday and Friday, Feb. 14 and 15.


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:2/13/2008
Shiite Muslims and Their Quest to Establish a Reign of Justice and Salvation on Earth

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.  


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

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - 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:1/30/2008
UA Information Technology Research Institute Presents Conference for Women

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The Information Technology Research Institute, a research unit in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, is sponsoring a day-long conference for women in technology on Friday, Feb. 29.


Posted:1/29/2008
UAMS Satellite, Collaboration to Strengthen University of Arkansas Nursing Program

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Officials of the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas are now actively planning to relocate nursing education to the planned Fayetteville satellite campus of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, which is based in Little Rock.


Posted:1/28/2008
Foo Fighters Concert Postponed Due to Illness, Fans Urged to Hold On to Tickets

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The Foo Fighters concert scheduled for 7:30 p.m. tonight, Jan. 28, at Barnhill Arena has been postponed due to an illness in the band. It will be rescheduled.


Posted:1/25/2008
Trustees Unanimously Approve G. David Gearhart as Fifth Chancellor of University of Arkansas

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.


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:1/23/2008
G. David Gearhart to Be Recommended as Next University of Arkansas Chancellor, Sugg Advises Faculty

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - University of Arkansas System President B. Alan Sugg will recommend Dr. G. David Gearhart as the next chancellor of the state's flagship university, Sugg told faculty and staff members today in Fayetteville.


Posted:1/24/2008
Industrial Engineering Professor Honored with John L. Imhoff Chair in Industrial Engineering

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.


Posted:1/22/2008
Report Finds Merit Pay in Little Rock Has Positive Effects on Students

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - An evaluation of a teacher pay-for-performance program in Little Rock finds that it produces significant gains in student performance on standardized tests.


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:1/9/2008
White to retire as University of Arkansas chancellor after 11 remarkable years in Fayetteville

Dr. John A. WhiteFAYETTEVILLE, 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.


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:1/7/2008
Former Dean, Ohio University President to Speak at Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Recommitment Banquet

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.


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
University of Arkansas 'Global Campus' Launches, Expands Reach of Top-Tier Educational Opportunity

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Not everyone who takes classes from the University of Arkansas is physically on the Fayetteville campus. Thanks to technology available through the School of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach students anywhere in Arkansas and around the globe have access to courses taught by world-class University of Arkansas faculty.


Posted:12/20/2007
Student Affairs Division Celebrates Diversity With Second Annual Awards

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Diversity is more than just a word at the University of Arkansas. In fact, it is the top priority for the institution.


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 Conference Fills Education Journal With Researchers' Best Ideas for Reform

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Papers about education reform submitted at a 2006 University of Arkansas conference make up the latest issue of the Peabody Journal of Education published by Vanderbilt University.


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:12/7/2007
University of Arkansas Community Exceeds United Way Goal and Sets Record for Contributions

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - As of December 7, the University of Arkansas has raised more than $170,000 for the United Way of Northwest Arkansas during its campus-wide campaign for 2007, surpassing the university's goal of $145,000 by more than $25,000.


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:12/6/2007
Silas Hunt Documentary Garners Two More Awards for Media Services at University of Arkansas

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.


Posted:12/5/2007
Monsanto and Northrop Grumman Join UA RFID Research Center

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas has announced that the Monsanto Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. have joined its advisory board.


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:12/4/2007
University of Arkansas Names Mock Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The University of Arkansas and the Division of Student Affairs are pleased to announce that Robert Mock has been named the new assistant vice chancellor for Student Affairs. Mock joined the university on Dec. 1.


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:12/3/2007
Architecture Professor to Lecture on 'Green' Planning, Design

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.


Posted:12/3/2007
University of Arkansas Programs That Prepare Educators Receive Renewed National Accreditation

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The quality of educators has a tremendous impact on the achievement of students, which is why officials at the University of Arkansas believe it is essential that programs preparing professional educators be held to the highest standards possible.


Posted:11/29/2007
Arkansas Food Scientists in Top 10 for 'Scholarly Productivity'

In the agricultural sciences category, the University of Arkansas was ranked No. 22. Only two other Southeastern Conference schools, Florida and Kentucky, were also ranked in the top 25 for agriculture.


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