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Journalism Students Investigate Child Abuse Reporting Practices
U of A students take part in research that shows half of U.S. abuse deaths are not being reported.
Fulbright College Announces 2019 Winners of King, Nolan and OMNI Awards
Professors Lori Holyfield, Mindy Bradley, Celina Suarez and Jim Gigantino were selected to receive Fulbright College's most prestigious endowed faculty awards.
WordPlay Lab Recruiting for Paid Research Study
The WordPlay Lab is recruiting 5- and 6-year-old children for a paid research study examining how accents influence children's social preferences.
Companies Benefit From Giving Congressional Testimony, Study Finds
Researchers studied aspects of testimony, including witness status, length of testimony and regulatory jurisdiction of the committee.
Explore the Spiro Mounds With U of A's Archaeology, 3D Virtual Reality Team, April 26-27
Arkansas Stories series continues April 26-27 with story-telling and 3D immersive VR experiences centered on a pivotal Native American site.
Libraries to Provide Display for Arkansas Women in Politics Event Sunday
Janine Parry, professor of political science, will present "The Nice Lady of Arkansas Politics: Virginia Johnson and the 1968 Governor's Race" at 3:30 p.m. April 28 at the Winslow Branch Library.
Explore the Spiro Mounds With U of A's Archaeology, 3D Virtual Reality Team
CAST Helps Identify Possible Archeological Sites, International Research Team Publishes Findings
A research team at the U of A help identify probable archeological sites of interest focused on the precolonial cities and kingdoms that arose in the African interior around the 1st millennium A.D.
Empathy and Perception of Others Shapes Political Ideology, Study Finds
The connectedness people feel to those like themselves, or unlike themselves, correlates to identifying as conservative or liberal.
U of A Expert Featured in PBS Documentary, 'Reconstruction: America After the Civil War' April 9 and 16
Fulbright College's Angie Maxwell is one of the experts included in a new PBS documentary presented by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and premiering April 9 and 16.