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U of A Set to Celebrate 2020 Graduating Class With In-Person Commencement
All ceremonies will be streamed live on the university’s official YouTube channel. In-person attendance is limited and tickets are required.
New Illustrated Field Guide to State's Woody Plants Distributed by UA Press
The new book serves as an essential outdoor Arkansas field guide, including more than 1,500 color photographs, illustrations and maps.
Practitioner and Researchers Partner to Analyze and Track Gun-Related Violence
Grant Drawve, associate professor of sociology and criminoly, has been award a grant to provide analytical support to police in Chattanooga, Tennesee, about shooting incidents in the city.
Three 2020 Hoyt H. Purvis Award Recipients Announced
Adnan Alrubaye, Keukeu Abdullah and Michael Freeman received the Hoyt H. Purvis Award for their service to the university's international students and programs.
Jones Publishes New Work on French Catholic Missionaries on the Mississippi
Linda Carol Jones explores the lives and work of five priests of the Séminaire de Québec, the first French Catholic missionaries to serve along the Mississippi River between 1698 and 1725.
Paid Research Study for Current Cigarette Smokers
If you are between the ages of 25 and 65 and you smoke, you may be eligible to participate in a study that examines smoking behavior in daily life.
Increased Social Media Use Linked to Developing Depression, Research Finds
Young adults who use social media more are also more likely to develop depression within six months, a U of A study shows.
Water on Mars Not as Widespread as Previously Thought, Study Finds
Researchers considered more variables and took global weather patterns into account to create maps of where water might be found.
Communication's Lindsey Aloia Wins Regional Journal Award
Lindsey Aloia, associate professor in the Department of Communication, has been named the recipient of the 2020 Rose B. Johnson SCJ Article Award for the Southern States Communication Association.
School of Art Mourns Passing of Art Education Professor Alphonso Walter Grant
Dr. Alphonso Walter Grant, endowed assistant professor of art education, passed away in December due to a heart attack at his home in Fayetteville. He was 50.