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Pat Walker Health Center raises awareness for students who struggle with eating disorders
By: Shelby Mills FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV)- According to the National Eating Disorder Association, research shows that 15% of female and 7% of male college students struggle with an eating disorder in the United States. Pat Walker Health Center has an eating disorder treatment team to combat this issue for students at the University of Arkansas.…
U of A’s 20th edition of the Human Library
By: Katie Beth Haidet FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – This year marks the University of Arkansas’s 20th edition of the Human Library which will take place March 14-16. The Center of Multicultural and Diversity Education and the Department of International Students and Scholars announced the 20th edition mid February. Human Library Coordinator, Sophia Ordaz said Human…
Spring semester Campus Lighting Tour
By: Katie Beth Haidet FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – The University of Arkansas hosts a bi-annual Campus Lighting Tour where volunteers walk in groups around campus identifying and reporting areas that need improved lighting. The Resident’s Interhall Congress, also known as RIC, will host the tour on Thursday, March 9. This tour will last from 8:30…
University student helps find solution to fast fashion
By: Katie Beth Haidet FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – Many popular brands use the concept of fast fashion, manufacturing their clothing rapidly and producing high volumes of clothing, With the accessibility of getting fashion delivered to your front door, it is easy to fill up a closet quickly. With trends going in and out, nearly 60%…
Black music symposium will resume from March 14-16
By: Tanner Shotwell FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – The University of Arkansas is hosting the Black Music Symposium starting March 14-16. The event was set to happen in February but a lot of the acts had to postpone due to the inclement weather that struck Northwest Arkansas. The symposium is meant to celebrate and illuminate black…
Graduate student’s thesis covered by chancellor
By: Stuart Martin FAYETTEVILLE, Ark (UATV) – Students and staff from the School of Art gathered at an event Thursday to voice their concerns to Chancellor Charles Robinson regarding the university’s handling of a student’s art exhibition. The thesis by graduate student M’Shinda Abdullah-Broaddus included nudity and sexual acts, which led the chancellor to order…
Pat Walker Health Center wins the Innovation Award for Vaccine Challenge
By: Tanner Shotwell FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – The Pat Walker Health Center won the Innovation Award for the Vaccine Challenge across the state of Arkansas. The University of Arkansas participated in a challenge with other colleges and universities across the state of Arkansas. The vaccine challenge tests schools and their ability to spread awareness of…
Experience Fayetteville wins Tourism Organization of The Year award
By: Tanner Shotwell FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – Experience Fayetteville won the Tourism Organization of the Year Award for the state of Arkansas, and won the Natural State Tourism Development for Art Court. Experience Fayetteville is a website that keeps up with Fayetteville’s events and shows off the fun things going on around the city. The…
Arkansas bill would require Naloxone kits in every schools
By: Tanner Shotwell FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – Arkansas State Legislature has passed a bill that would require every school and campus in Arkansas to have Naloxone rescue kits on standby. Opioid overdoses have been on the rise in Arkansas over the last five years. In each of the last five years, the increase has been…
Razorback Diamond Dolls
By : Lauren Spencer FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – The Razorback Diamond Dolls are a group of 24 girls who work for the baseball team selling programs, writing the lineup board, and being bat girls. And with Razorback Baseball in full swing, so is the Diamond Dolls season. “They get to be on the field right…