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Hunter Henry Named The Best Tight End In The Nation
Since the preseason, that’s what college football’s top coaches, NFL Draft analysts, national media members and fans across the country have called him. No one ever questioned it. But today, it’s official. Arkansas junior tight end Hunter Henry has been named the 2015 John Mackey Award winner as the nation’s most outstanding collegiate tight end,…
UAPD Uses Canines to Protect Campus
By: Antoinette Grajeda Inside the Randal Tyson track center on a Tuesday morning you’ll find athletes with four legs instead of two. It’s here University of Arkansas Police Department officers like Corporal David Nguyen train their canine counterparts. “If they don’t train, they lose that skill and we don’t want that,” Nguyen said. Training UAPD’s…
UofA Staff Warming Hearts on Campus
Even though the weather is cold there is a warm heart on campus spreading cheer.
University Team is Recruiting Young Scientists
“It’s energizing to work with the teachers and to go into the schools and work directly with the students,” said Assistant Dean for Student Recruitment & International Programs, Bryan Hill. The University’s Science and Engineering Partnership, or UASEP, have teamed up with the Arkansas Department of Education for the past ten years to promote science.…
Crime Rises as Holiday Season Approaches
With the holiday season in full swing, Fayetteville Police warn of a spike in crime, particularly credit card fraud. Katie Shuster, a senior at the U of A, saw this first hand when her debit card was compromised. Shuster said she knew something was wrong when her card got declined at a food court…
President Obama Addresses the Nation
President Obama addressed the nation Sunday evening during a national broadcast from the Oval Office. The President officially announced that the massacre in San Bernardino, California last week was an act of terrorism. The couple that conduced the killings had in the President’s own words, “gone down the dark path of radicalization,” and embraced a…
Nursing Students Provide Health Services at Nonprofit Organization
University of Arkansas students in the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing spent the morning of Dec. 2 at Lifesource International in Fayetteville, providing blood pressure screenings and information about nutrition to clients of the nonprofit organization. Lifesource provides food, clothing, counseling, children’s programing, educational services and other assistance. The students in clinical instructor Janet Gardner’s community health…
Arkansas Union to Close for Electrical Upgrades From Dec. 19 to Jan. 11
While University of Arkansas students are on a break between semesters the Arkansas Union will be closed for an extended period of time for essential electrical panel upgrades. “We typically close the Union for several days during the semester break around the Christmas and New Years holidays,” said Rob Stagni, director of the Arkansas Union.…
Economics Professor Examines Teacher Salary Increase Effect on Student Performance
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Karthik Muralidharan, associate professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego, will speak at noon Friday, Dec. 4, in Room 309, Graduate Education Building. His lecture is titled “Double for Nothing? Experimental Evidence on the Impact of an Unconditional Teacher Salary Increase on Student Performance in Indonesia.” The lecture is…
Honors College and Mortar Board to Host Literacy Awareness Week
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — During this season of giving University of Arkansas Honors College students and members of Mortar Board, a national honor society for college seniors, are joining forces to raise literacy awareness in Northwest Arkansas. “Service is one of the three core tenets of the Honors College,” said Chelsea Hodge, Honors College assistant director…