Congressman Ray Thornton Donates Papers to the University Libraries

Posted On Thursday, November 14, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , , ,   
Former Congressman Ray Thornton FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University Libraries announce the acquisition of the personal and professional papers of alumnus Ray Thornton, who served, during his long public career as congressman, Arkansas attorney general, Arkansas Supreme Court justice and president of the University of Arkansas and Arkansas State University. As congressman he received ...

Second RazorVets: Event Celebrating Veterans to Wrap Up Veterans Week

Posted On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Lt. Gen. Bradley A. Heithold, a 1981 University of Arkansas graduate and vice commander, Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command in Washington, D.C., will be the keynote speaker for the RazorVets: Celebrating Veterans banquet at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 in the Arkansas Union Verizon Ballroom. The event, in ...

‘Shakers’ Help Engineers Develop Inexpensive System for Testing Condition of Bridges

Posted On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a new and inexpensive system to test the structural condition of short- to medium-span bridges. The system employs a network of tactile transducers – small-scale, inexpensive and off-the-shelf devices that create the sensation of shaking through feedback of low-frequency ...

Jean Tyson Child Development Study Center Earns LEED Gold Status from U.S. Green Building Council

Posted On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Jean Tyson Child Development Study Center in the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas has received a design and construction rating of LEED Gold from the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED, Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is a green ...

Sorority Celebrates a Century at the University of Cincinnati

Posted On Friday, October 11, 2013 By . Under OHIO  Tags: , , , ,   
They were a progressive group of UC college women with a shared set of ideals, who gained their charter on campus on Christmas Eve, 1913. That was seven years before American women won the right to vote, after the passage of the 19th Amendment. As it approaches a century on campus, ...

Trio Earn Research Honors at Enometrics Conference

Posted On Tuesday, October 8, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Professor Robert Harrington, assistant professor Han-Seok Seo and research assistant Jieun Min from the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas recently won top research presentation honors at the Enometrics XX Conference in Talca, Chile. Harrington holds the 21st Century Endowed ...

Pi Kappa Alpha Breaks Ground for Renovated Chapter House

Posted On Sunday, September 29, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – University of Arkansas officials joined current members and long-time alumni of the Alpha Zeta Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha – known on campus as PIKE – to celebrate the start of a major expansion and renovation project on the fraternity’s 63-year-old Chapter House on Arkansas Avenue. The ...

U of A Bookstore to Expand Its NWA Mall Razorback Shop Location

Posted On Friday, September 6, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , ,   
The University of Arkansas Bookstore is pleased to announce the expansion and anticipated October grand re-opening of the Razorback Shop located in the Northwest Arkansas Mall. The U of A Bookstore team is working to accomplish its goal of creating a premiere Razorback merchandise destination for shoppers in and around Northwest ...

UASuccess a New Online Appointment Scheduling and Retention Tool

Posted On Thursday, August 29, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , , ,   
Last week, the University of Arkansas released "UASuccess," a new online appointment scheduling and retention tool for faculty, staff and students. To support students and increase retention and graduation rates, the university has contracted with Starfish Retention Solutions to adapt its Student Success and Retention Platform to the needs of this ...

Online Catalog of Studies Gives Students Easier Access to Academic Requirements

Posted On Thursday, August 22, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas has published a new online version of the annual Catalog of Studies, the first designed for easy use on mobile devices such tablets and smart phones. “Having a Catalog of Studies that is fully digital is a service that the University of Arkansas is ...

Recycle Personal Computer Equipment, Parts and Electronics Today

Posted On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , , ,   
The collection of privately owned used, extinct, broken computer equipment, parts and electronics is a service the University of Arkansas Computer Store currently provides to the campus community. Personally owned electronics can be dropped off today between the hours of 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the Garland Center dock. A ...

Walton College Hosts Supply Chain Management Forum with J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.

Posted On Wednesday, August 7, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Nearly 300 sales executives from across the United States who work for J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. attended the company’s supply chain forum July 30-Aug. 1 on the University of Arkansas campus. The forum was organized and hosted by the department of supply chain management in the Sam ...

Walton College Alumnus to Discuss His Book on Panama

Posted On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , ,   
Rodolfo Leiton Rodolfo M. Leiton, a 1997 graduate of the M.B.A. program at the Sam M. Walton College of Business, will be on the University of Arkansas campus July 25 to discuss his novel I Took Panama: The Story of Philippe Bunau-Varilla. Leiton's novel is the story of how the Panama ...

Cooperative Program Boosts Internships With South African Retailer

Posted On Tuesday, July 16, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – You never know when you might make a long-lasting friendship. In 2004, Claudia Mobley, executive director for the Center for Retailing Excellence at the Sam M. Walton College of Business, attended an industry conference in New York and met three executives associated with South African retail. One of ...

Activities Continue Through Summer at Garvan Woodland Gardens

Posted On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Workshops and other activities geared for adults, children and entire families continue this summer at Garvan Woodland Gardens, in Hot Springs, the botanical garden of the University of Arkansas. "Splash of Glass: A James Hayes Art Glass Installation" is on display through Sept. 30. Art glass creations by ...

Rwandan Neighborhood Design Wins Top Honors in Charter Awards Program

Posted On Monday, June 10, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A collaboration between the University of Arkansas Community Design Center, the Fay Jones School of Architecture, the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology, and Peter Rich Architects took the Grand Prize, the top professional honor, in the 2013 Charter Awards, sponsored by the Congress for the New ...

Researchers Focus on Dairy’s Carbon Footprint

Posted On Monday, June 3, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , , ,   
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Researchers at the University of Arkansas are attempting to help the U.S. dairy industry decrease its carbon footprint as concentrations of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere reach record levels. In 2007, Americans consumed approximately 17.4 million metric tons of fluid milk – milk consumed as a drink ...

Arkansas Law School Web Home Page Ranked Third Nationally

Posted On Monday, May 27, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS  Tags: , , ,   
An article published by the Georgetown University Law Center ranks the University of Arkansas School of Law home page third in the nation. The article, “Top 10 Law School Home Pages of 2012,” measures objective criteria “to find the best-designed, best-performing sites” among the 202 law schools accredited by the ...
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