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U of A Humanities Center Announces Spring Funding Competitions
The University of Arkansas Humanities Center is happy to announce their spring funding competitions to help support humanities research and its distribution.
Fulbright College Awards 2021 Summer Stipends in Support of Humanities Research
Four humanities scholars in Fulbright College earned 2021 Summer Research Stipends to support their research and publication efforts, including Mengfei Guan, Fernando Riva, Bret Schulte and Valandra.
Pryor Center's Arkansas Atoll Podcast Shares Stories From Marshallese
The new podcast focuses on various topics including the Marshall Islands’ growing community in Northwest Arkansas.
Schulte Manuscript Wins Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Award
Bret Schulte, associate professor of journalism, won first place in the 2020 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference's manuscript competion for his book proposal on Father Flanagan and Boys Town.
U of A Humanities Center Announces New Round of Grant Recipients
Recipients for its second round of fall funding competitions include Alison Place, Manuel Olmedo Gobante, Valandra, Neba Evans, and Guillermo Pupo Pernet.
U of A's Humanities Center Announces 2020 Research and Workshop Grant Recipients
Recipients for the fall funding competitions include Confronting the Past/Interrogating our Present Research Grants and the Diversifying Research and Curriculum workshops.
Grants for Humanities Research by Faculty, Grad and Undergrad Students on Systemic Racism
The Steering Committee of the University of Arkansas Humanities Center has approved an expanded competition for grants funding humanities research on systemic racism. Applications due Oct. 31.
Journalism Student's Documentary Set to Screen in Three Film Festivals
A Promising Voice, created by Fulbright Scholar and School of Journalism and Strategic Media student Obed Lamy, featuring music alumnus Dekarius Dawson, will screen at three film festivals this fall.
Fulbright College Announces 2020 Annual Faculty Teaching and Research Awards
Fulbright College teaching and research faculty awards go to Todd Cleveland, Samantha Robinson, Bret Schulte, Lindsey Aloia, Susanne Striegler, Suresh Kumar Thallapuranam, and Kathleen Doody.
School of Journalism to Run Arkansascovid.com
Students in a data journalism course will manage operations of a website about COVID-19 in Arkansas, started by Misty Orpin and to be led by Rob Wells, assistant professor of journalism.