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Center for Ethics in Journalism Visiting Distinguished Professor 2017
Award-winning journalist and media writer Alicia "Lisa" Shepard is the 2017 visiting distinguished professor of ethics in journalism for the School of Journalism and Strategic Media.
German Professor Wins National Award for Teaching and Fostering International Cooperation
Kathleen Condray, an associate professor of German, will be honored with a Checkpoint Charlie Foundation Award by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Engineering and German Student Awarded International Fellowship
Senior Connor Heo has been awarded a fellowship for study at the Technische Universität Darmstadt from the German Academic Exchange Service.
Fulbright College Announces 2017 Winners of King, Nolan and OMNI Awards
Fulbright College has honored four professors — Robert Brady, Ron Warren, Adam Siepielski and Frank Scheide — with endowed faculty awards.
Interdisciplinary Team Awarded NSF Grant to Address Technology and Skills Gaps
An interdisciplinary team of researchers recently received an NSF grant to organize and host a workshop next fall about technology and skill gaps during adulthood transitions.
Todd Cleveland to Lecture on 'Soccer'
The lecture offers a preview of the Honors College Signature Seminar coming in the spring semester of 2018.
Schulte Awarded SEC Visiting Faculty Grant to Host University of Missouri Assistant Professor
University of Missouri's Julie Passanante Elman will travel to the U of A this spring to collaborate with Stephanie Ricker Schulte on a proposed interdisciplinary special issue of Feminist Media Studies.
Josh Smith to Lecture on Manuscripts
The lecture offers a preview of the Honors College Signature Seminar coming next spring.
Faculty: Apply Now for NEH Summer Stipends
The deadline for tenured and tenure-track faculty to be considered for a summer stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities is Sept. 15.
Arkansas Historical Association Invites Proposals for Annual Conference
The Arkansas Historical Association invites presentation proposals for its 77th annual conference in Fort Smith, April 19-21, 2018. The conference theme is Frontiers and Borders.