EIT Alums Tie for International Award
Posted On Saturday, November 17, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: Ballou-Pazer, Dr. Ahmed Abi-Halimeh, Dr. Yinle Zhou, ICIQ conference in Paris
Two scholars from UALR’s Information Quality Graduate Program tied for second place for the 2012 Donald Ballou and Harold Pazer Information Quality Dissertation Award from the International Conference on Information Quality (ICIQ).
UALR alum Dr. Ahmed Abi-Halimeh and his paper, “Integrating Information Quality in Visual Analytics,” tied with fellow UALR alumna ...
Tibetan Catholics Subject of History Lecture
Posted On Saturday, November 17, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: Department of History, Jeff Kyong-McClain, Mabel W. Formica, Santo D. Formica, Tibetan Catholics
The next Mabel W. Formica and Santo D. Formica History Endowment Speaker Series lecture will be presented at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16 by UALR’s Department of History. Dr. Bo Chen of Sichuan University will speak on “Beyond Boundaries of Belief: The Tibetan Catholics of Mar-kham County.”
The lecture at the Arkansas ...
UALR-Trained Teacher Selected as NSTA Fellow
Posted On Friday, November 16, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: biology, Lundon Pinneo, master’s, NSTA, secondary education
Lundon Pinneo, a graduate of UALR’s master’s program in secondary education with an emphasis in science education, has been selected by the National Science Teachers Association as a member of the NSTA New Science Teacher Academy.
She joins a select group science educators in their second or third year of teaching who are ...
Scholar to Discuss Rise of Anti-Semitism in Europe and America
Posted On Saturday, November 10, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: Crain-Mailing, Hendrix College, Jewish Culture, Jewish-Israeli Relations, Orthodoxy, Terrorism, violence
CONWAY, Ark. – The Crain-Mailing Center of Jewish Culture at Hendrix College will present “The Rise of Anti-Semitism in Europe and America” with Dr. Steven Bayme on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in Mills B.
A reception and book-signing will follow. For more information, contact Ellen Kirsch at 501-450-4598 [email protected].
The author of Modern ...
Veterans Celebrated with Events on Campus and in NWA Community
Posted On Saturday, November 10, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: Arkansas Union, Celebrating Veterans Banquet, Northwest Arkansas Veterans Day Association, Veterans
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Veterans who attend the University of Arkansas and those living in Northwest Arkansas will be honored with a week of events leading up to this year’s Veterans Day commemoration. The events have been organized by the university, working with the Northwest Arkansas Veterans Day Association.
Among the commemorative ...
Governor Beebe Delcares Nov. 10 Alpha Chi Omega Day in Arkansas
Posted On Saturday, November 10, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: Alpha Chi Omega, Arkansas campus, Delta Rho colony, Governor Mike Beebe
Governor Mike Beebe has recognized the Delta Rho colony of Alpha Chi Omega on the University of Arkansas campus by declaring Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, Alpha Chi Omega Day in Arkansas.
Alpha Chi Omega first appeared on campus in 1960, and re-colonized at the University of Arkansas this fall. The Delta ...
Two Students Named Finalists for Nation's Top Scholarship Awards
Posted On Saturday, November 10, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: Christopher Moutos, Honors College, Marshall Scholarships, Rhodes, University of Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Two University of Arkansas students have been selected as finalists for the top two scholarships awarded to U.S. citizens — the Rhodes and the Marshall Scholarships.
Christopher Moutos, an Honors College senior majoring in chemistry in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, has been named ...
University of Arkansas Team Wins Prestigious Graduate Supply Chain Competition
Posted On Saturday, November 10, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: Bowersox Graduate, Supply Chain Competition, top-ranked schools, University of Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A team from the University of Arkansas recently won the prestigious Bowersox Graduate Supply Chain Challenge, held Oct. 25-26 at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich.
Teams from nine of the 15 top-ranked schools in supply chain management competed in the third-annual competition, including Carnegie Mellon University, Ohio ...
Professor Studies Civil War Re-Enactment
Posted On Saturday, November 10, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: Civil War, Gregory Benton, Prairie Grove, re-enactment, University of Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Gregory Benton is preparing for battle. Benton, an assistant professor of recreation and sport management at the University of Arkansas, has been studying Civil War re-enactment events in Northwest Arkansas to determine the motivations for and benefits of the activity. Benton studies the field of interpretation at national ...
Researchers Develop Effective Thermal Energy Storage System
Posted On Saturday, November 10, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: Engineering, Research & Innovation, Science Sustainability & Environment
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a thermal energy storage system that will work as a viable alternative to current methods used for storing energy collected from solar panels. Incorporating the researchers’ design into the operation of a concentrated solar power plant will dramatically ...
Space Photonics Enters Licensing Agreement With SCHOTT North America for Communications System
Posted On Monday, November 5, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: Business & Economics, Research & Innovation
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. 'e2'80ldblquote Space Photonics Inc., a Genesis Technology Incubator client at the University of Arkansas, announced Thursday, Nov. 1, that it has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with SCHOTT North America Inc. for the commercialization of its patented LaserFire Free Space Optical Communications Systems for military and ...
Campus ‘Hogs United’ Campaign Underway for United Way
Posted On Monday, October 29, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: Administrative, Giving, Hogs United, News Events
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas has launched its “Hogs United” annual fundraising campaign for the United Way of Northwest Arkansas. For the second year this is primarily an online campaign – with each member of the university community able to donate through a secure, personal link to the ...
Grant Provides Engineering Students New Graduate Education Opportunities
Posted On Friday, October 19, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: John L. Imhoff, Rossetti, SIIRE, University of Arkansas
Manuel Rossetti
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Manuel Rossetti would like to see more Arkansas students gain valuable experience in graduate school and use this experience to improve the state’s engineering work force. Rossetti, professor of industrial engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas, has initiated a new ...
Ochoa Named Director of Office for Sustainability
Posted On Thursday, October 18, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: Administrative News, Awards & Appointments, Sustainability & Environment
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Carlos Ochoa is the new director for the University of Arkansas office for sustainability. Ochoa began his appointment on Oct. 1 after serving as interim director of the office since October 2011. He was selected from 17 applicants following an extensive national search.
Ochoa will report to Marty ...
New Field Placement Officer Named for College
Posted On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: Awards & Appointments, Education
The College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas has hired Leah Chamberlain to direct the office of field placement, which places about 300 students each year in student teaching internships at local schools.
The college also coordinates the placement of about 1,200 students in observation settings. To ...
Joel Sanders to Discuss 'Groundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture' on Oct. 22
Posted On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: Architecture, Events, Lectures
Joel Sanders will present a lecture titled “Groundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture” at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, at Hembree Auditorium (Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences Building, Room 107E) on the University of Arkansas campus.
Sanders is principal of his New York-based studio, Joel Sanders Architect. He is also a professor ...
Shared Transportation System Would Increase Profits, Reduce Carbon Emissions, Study Finds
Posted On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: Business & Economics, Engineering Research & Innovation, Sustainability & Environment
Russ Meller, University of Arkansas.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Physical Internet – a concept in which goods are handled, stored and transported in a shared network of manufacturers, retailers and the transportation industry – would benefit the U.S. economy and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study ...
Garrett Uekman Memorial Scholarship Established
Posted On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS Tags: Garrett Uekman, Razorback, Uekman family
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Garrett Uekman Foundation has pledged $100,000 to help fund an endowed memorial scholarship within Razorback Athletics to honor the memory of former Razorback football student-athlete Garrett Uekman.
The gift agreement was signed in a ceremony held in Garrett’s hometown of Little Rock on Monday, Oct. 15. Vice ...
