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Video Submissions for Fulbright College New Student Open House Website Due July 20
Faculty, staff, students and alumni are encouraged to submit videos for an online open house to welcome students back to campus. Submit by Monday, July 20.
Fulbright College Calls for Video Submissions for New Student Open House Website
The virtual open house, "We Welcome You: College of Arts and Sciences," will feature video introductions for each department or school within the college. Submit videos by July 20.
Libraries to Receive $35,000 Grant from National Endowment for the Arts
The grant will be used to relaunch the Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program and fund four master and apprentice teams.
U of A Researchers Develop Diversity Intelligence Scale for Organizations
The tool will help employers improve diversity, inclusion and equity within their companies and reduce labor lawsuits and EEOC complaints.
Department of Sociology and Criminology Welcomes New Faculty
Michael Niño joins the university with a research agenda touching international migration, race and ethnicity, demography, and criminology within the context of how they shape population health.
Debra Gage Hurd Elected Chair of the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board
Debra Gage, clinical full professor in the School of Social Work, was elected chair of the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board on June 8, 2020.
School of Social Work Receives $1.9 Million in Partnership with Sebastian County Veterans Treatment Court
The grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will allow 125 veterans who are not eligible for VA benefits to be added to the court docket.
Fulbright College Celebrates 2020 Scholars Who Graduated With a 4.0 GPA
More than 4,830 U of A students graduated this spring and 45 of those new alumni graduated from Fulbright College, after maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Grant Drawve to Lead New Crime and Security Data Analytics Lab in Fulbright College
Grant Drawve, an assistant professor sociology and criminology, will begin his new role as associate director of the newly formed Crime and Security Data Analytics Lab beginning July 1.
Journalism Students Report on Homelessness for National Project
Undergraduates Katy Seiter, Michael Adkison, Abbi Ross, Brooke Tomlin and Elena Ramirez, and graduate students Matthew Moore, Whitney King and Mary Morgan Ellis contributed to the reporting.