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Sexual Assault Awareness Month recognized on campus
By: Alex Altman FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) — The month of April is Sexual Assault Awareness month. In an effort to acknowledge sexual assault awareness on campus, the Associated Student Government partnered with the Campus Sexual and Relationship Violence Center to create Safety Week. Each day this week, there will be informational and interactive events to…
Phishing attacks on campus emails
By: Lauren Spencer FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (UATV) – Thousands of University of Arkansas email users have been targeted by a recent phishing attack. This message asked users to either enter a code to view a shared file on Google Drive or respond to a job offer request from a different university. If users respond, the scammers…
UofA Open With Temperatures Below Freezing
by Nanci Flores FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – In cases of extreme weather, the University of Arkansas chancellor can decide to cancel classes if the outside conditions cause a threat to the safety of students, faculty and staff. The university respond to weather emergencies by changing its hour operations in one of three ways: cancellation, delayed start…
Acapella Group Preforms Friday
By: Erica Rankin FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – University Programs will host BackTrack at 7 p.m. on Feb. 23. The group will preform in the Union Theatre on the fourth floor of the Arkansas Union. This performance is sponsored by the University Programs. It is through the Office of Student Activities and is supported by the Student…
AIM Conference to Attract Underrepresented Students
By: Erica Rankin FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas Black Graduate Students’ Association will host the Attracting Intelligent Minds Conference from Feb. 22 to Feb. 25. The goal of the conference is to give more opportunities for prospective graduate students from underrepresented populations. They want to feed information to the students about U of…
How The 2016 Presidential Debate Will Impact Students
UATV News Reporter Mary Kate Carson tells us how the 2016 debates will help engage students in the 2016 election. Students in the U.S. have potential to make a major impact on the upcoming election coming up, but do they plan to watch the debates or show up to the polls? Young adults make up…
Full Circle Food Pantry
The University of Arkansas Full Circle Food Pantry is making sure students and staff have a good Thanksgiving. According to pantry workers, there are more than 60 Thanksgiving baskets to give away. Each basket is stocked with everything needed for a traditional Thanksgiving meal for an individual or a family. To get a Thanksgiving basket visit…
Athlete Graduation
Campus Power Outage
Many buildings at the University of Arkansas were without electricity this morning after a construction accident. U of A Media Relations Manager Steve Voorhies said a high voltage line was cut during construction near Kimpel and Brough dining hall around 9 A-M. Several buildings lost power, including Old Main, Kimpel, Pomfret, the Student Union and…
Record Enrollment
University of Arkansas officials have announced record-breaking enrollment this semester. At nearly 24,600 students, the school passed last year’s fall enrollment total by almost 15 hundred students. These totals also show undergraduate enrollment has topped 20 thousand for the first time. Official enrollment numbers will not be available until after the “11th day snapshot” required…