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Housing prices continue to grow in Northwest Arkansas
By: Cogan Davis Fayetteville, Ark. (UATV) – People from across the country are starting to make their way to the state of Arkansas more and more. This causes affordable housing to become rarer, especially in Northwest Arkansas. In the past three years, Arkansas has seen a 33% increase in the median price of homes across…
Community Rallies For Palestine Peace March
By: Drew Chamberlain FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – Northwest Arkansas residents gathered in Fayetteville to march and protest the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza, demanding Arkansas’ cease funding to Israel. The Arkansas Anti-War Alliance and NWA for Palestine orchestrated the march to demand a cease-fire in Gaza in the interest of millions of bystanders, including women, children, and civilian males. …
New U of A Active Transportation Coordinator
By: Emma Rasmussen FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV)- The Office for Sustainability has hired Emma Armendariz to be the new Active Transportation Coordinator. Armendariz, Arkansas alumni, after seeing the job posting, reflected on her time on campus and the difficulties she saw with transportation. “ I reflected on the transportation barriers I faced as an undergraduate at…
Free Thanksgiving for everyone
By: Emma Rasmussen FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV)- Several places are offering free Thanksgiving meals for anyone in need. Both Thrive Real Estate and the Salvation Army of Northwest Arkansas will both be having meals in Bentonville. Thrive will have a drive thru meal service from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., and the Salvation Army will host…
FEMA Disaster declaration for Arkansas approved
By: Gabriella Phelan FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency has made federal disaster assistance available to Arkansas. President Joe Biden approved the declaration Nov. 14. In June, catastrophic tornadoes struck across the state. Counties of Arkansas, Faulkner, Lonoke and Poinsett, were of the most affected. According to a news release,…
Scholars-At-Risk to host panel
By: Emma Rasmussen FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV)- Scholars-At-Risk is hosting a discussion panel to speak on the topic of war. The panel will feature Uchenna Awoke, a Nigerian writer who has been awarded several fellowships, and Professor Salman Abdo Al-Shami, a Yemeni entomologist. Moderating the panel will be Padma Viswanathan, a U of A creative writing…
Arkansas in the world
By: Emma Rasmussen FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV)- This week the University of Arkansas is celebrating International Education week. Along with the theme, “Discover: The World in Arkansas, Arkansas in the World”, each day will consist of events catered around a different theme to allow students to learn more about international culture. Yesterday’s theme was “Discover Celebrations”,…
Speech and Debate team travels to Louisiana, returns with 16 awards
By: Gabriella Phelan FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – An annual speech and debate competition, the Red River Classic, took place this past weekend at the University of Louisiana, Shreveport. The University of Arkansas’ own Speech and Debate team sent 15 students to participate. This is the largest number of students the team has sent to the…
First-Generation student celebration
By: Emma Rasmussen FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV)- November 6th through the 10th has been declared First-Generation College Student Week. The Office of New Student and Family was created this week as a way to celebrate all students who are the first of their parents or guardians to go to a four-year university. This week will be…
Pi Kappa Alpha suspended on University of Arkansas campus in response to hazing allegations
By: Elena Thompson FAYETTEVILLE, Ark (UATV)—The University of Arkansas announced the suspension of one of it’s fraternities on campus, Pi Kappa Alpha, following hazing allegations. The Director of Media Relations and Core Communications, John F. Thomas, released a statement that said “the University is aware of this report and the U of A chapter of…