Three gifts totaling $3 million will support a new forest education facility, timber and wood design exhibition, and scholarships.

Nana Firman, an environment and sustainability specialist, will give a lecture titled "Teaching of Islam to Protect the Environment" at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Giffels Auditorium.

Garvan Woodland Gardens will open its annual Holiday Lights display in November with a week full of special events, including an inaugural tree-lighting ceremony, a visit with reindeer and concerts.

In the latest edition of the Short Talks From the Hill, professor Michael Plavcan talks about his research into a monkey that lived in Africa 4.2 million years ago. 

A recently published manuscript Tim Eichler, a visiting assistant professor at the U of A and an expert on climate change, focuses on Southern Hemisphere storm tracks.

Up to 60 percent of current production areas could see simultaneous, severe and prolonged water shortages by the end of the century.

This Friday, Sept. 27, the Center for Sustainability and the Young Democrats register student organization will be co-sponsoring and joining the Northwest Arkansas Climate Strike at the Fayetteville Square.

Three U of A students — Emily Sherrill, Jake Krier and Alyssa Ferri — were chosen to receive Joe M. Steele & Hardy W. Croxton Memorial Scholarships for the fall 2019 semester.

The University of Arkansas hosted the National Association of Black Geoscientists this past week with presentations on a broad spectrum of events and a field trip to learn about the Morrowan Continental Shelf.

University of Arkansas professors Frederick Paillet and Steven Stephenson have published a new book on the science of Northwest Arkansas' scenery.