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Urban Radio Now in Northwest Arkansas Airwaves
You might have noticed new sounds as you tuned your car radio recently. Urban radio is here in northwest Arkansas. Hip hop and R&B is now blazing the northwest Arkansas airwaves. Many are excited about a new urban radio station. Commuter student, Emerald Cole said she always felt something was missing. “I’ve lived in Fayetteville…
Divers Set For Zone D Championships
Arkansas divers will compete at the NCAA Zone D Diving Championships March 7-9 at Texas A&M’s Student Recreation Center Natatorium in College Station, Texas. The NCAA Zone D Championships is one of five meets across the nation, serving as a qualifier for the 2016 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships March 16-19 at Georgia Tech’s McAuley Aquatic…
Honors College Fellowship Weekend Draws Top Students to Campus
If by chance you see any nervous-looking students dressed for success today, with Honors College nametags around their necks, please make them feel welcome! They are on campus to attend Fellowship Weekend, the Honors College’s premier recruiting event. The Honors College is hosting 144 high-achieving students from high schools across Arkansas and beyond. These students…
Fayetteville Ranked as 3rd Best Place to Live in the U.S.
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK.– Fayetteville has been growing more and more each year and with growth comes attention. The 2016 U.S News and World Report ranked the best places to live in the U.S. and Fayetteville, Arkansas came in third on the list. The report based out of Washington, D.C. and analyzed the 100 largest metro areas…
Chancellor Steinmetz Teaches Students in Infant Brain Development Class
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – University of Arkansas Chancellor Joseph E. Steinmetz recently taught a class on infant brain mechanisms being offered through the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. Steinmetz accepted an invitation to give a guest lecture to the 20 students in associate professor Glenda Revelle’s senior-level course, Infancy: Brain, Learning and…
No.1 Razorbacks Set for Regular Season Finale
The No. 1 Arkansas men’s track and field team will look to carry their momentum from last weekend’s Tyson Invitational through to the Arkansas Qualifier set for Friday, Feb. 19. The Razorbacks will also send their distance medley relay team to Notre Dame’s Alex Wilson Invitational on Saturday, February 20. USTFCCCA WEEK FOUR RANKINGS Coming…
No. 8 Razorbacks Rise to the Occasion
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. / Ames, Iowa – ‘The Fastest Track Indoor Track in the World’ witnessed extraordinary feats that were reached in the horizontal and vertical jumps on day two of competition at the Tyson Invitational. Arkansas upperclassmen Clive Pullen and Ken LeGassey both put forth superb performances in the triple and high jumps respectively. Kingston,…
Hogs for Hope to Host Dance Marathon Benefiting Arkansas Children’s Hospital
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas student organization Hogs for Hope will host their second annual Dance Marathon to benefit Arkansas Children’s Hospital on Saturday, March 12. Dance Marathon is a 12-hour event that will be held at the Fayetteville Town Center from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Families, businesses, and students especially are…
U of A Professor’s Documentary to Air on the MLB Network
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The MLB – Major League Baseball — Network has scheduled two showings of University of Arkansas journalism professor Larry Foley’s latest documentary,The First Boys of Spring. The one-hour documentary is narrated by Academy Award winning actor Billy Bob Thornton and recounts the origin of Spring Training in the Arkansas resort town of…
Transition Team Identified to Advise Chancellor
A group of nine faculty, staff and students has been assembled to participate in an ad hoc committee, designed to help Chancellor Joe Steinmetz become more educated about the university, get a clearer picture of the environment on campus, and to help guide priority action items. The committee will meet monthly for six months initially,…