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Arkansas World Trade Center Receives $124,000 in STEP Grant Funding
The World Trade Center Arkansas received more than $120,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration on Monday, Sept. 28, to help Arkansas small businesses enter the global market.
Nursing Student Creates Health Product to Help Young Ghanian Women Stay in School
Nursing student McKenzie Canon was disappointed when her medical outreach trip was canceled this summer, but she continued her work on a reusable feminine hygiene solution for students.
Next Honors College Lecture to Discuss Global Social Change
Professors Rogelio Contreras, Laurence Hare and Jared Phillips will work globally and locally to tackle intractable issues such as hunger.
Hispanic Heritage Month Celebrated With Virtual Events for 2020
Hispanic Heritage Month provides an opportunity to learn and celebrate the vastness of Latin culture and the achievements and contribution of Latinx individuals across the world.
Holocaust Survivor to Speak to Campus on Oct. 1
Pieter Kohnstam, a survivor of the the Holocaust, will speak to the University of Arkansas via Zoom at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1. Registration required.
Diversity, Transformation and Italian Studies Hosts Its Inaugural Event
The collective endeavors to be a forum that encourages discussion and brings about meaningful transformation of Italian studies. A meeting via Zoom will be at 6 p.m. CDT Thursday.
UA Rome Center to Provide Student Access to NASA Leader's Event
Douglas Terrier, chief technologist for NASA, will discuss space technologies at 11:30 a.m. CDT Sept. 23. U of A students will have access to hear the discussion through the university's Rome Center.
Italian Professor Initiates 'Comic Relief: Making the Best of Things in the Italian Tradition' Seminar Series
Daniela D'Eugenio, assistant professor of Italian, will initiate the five-part series with "The Hopeless Tricked and the Clever Trickster from Boccaccio to Basile," via Zoom at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18.
Communication Sciences and Disorders Program Welcomes International Graduate Scholars
Samadhi Devayalage of Sri Lanka follows in the footsteps of Gayanthi Kodituwakku, a 2019 International Fulbright Scholar also from Sri Lanka.
Study Abroad Fair Lets Students Shop for Travel Options
The Office of Study Abroad and International Exchange is hosting its annual Study Abroad Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, via Zoom.