Alumni
Communication Degree Earned Online Expands Options
At just 25 years old, Brooklyn Jackson has two bachelor's degrees, and as she sees it, double the career options. After earning a degree in education from a university near her Morrilton home, Jackson decided she wanted to study communication because of the broad...
Fulbright College’s Connor Fellowship Acts as a Career Catalyst
Donors’ Support Helps Rising Academics Thrive and Better the World For more than two decades, each year a new group of outstanding rising faculty members are selected to become the latest class of Connor Faculty Fellows in the University of Arkansas' Fulbright College...
Italian Program Celebrates $1.5M Gift, Names New Endowed Chair and Receives Honors
University of Arkansas’ Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences celebrated the creation of its new Professor Antonio Marinoni and Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni Endowed Chair in Italian at a campus luncheon earlier this month. The Endowed Chair was made possible by a $1.5...
Fulbright College Remembers Noted Physics Alumnus Robert D. Maurer
Robert D. Maurer, alumnus of the Department of Physics, was an industrial physicist noted for his leadership in the invention of optical fiber. He passed away at the age of 101 on September 9, 2025, in Eugene, Oregon. Maurer, a native of Arkadelphia, enrolled at the...
Stepping Through Time: Repeat Photography in Petra, Jordan
Professor Kaelin Groom recently visited campus in early October to discuss her exciting new book on Petra, Jordan, that explores the use of repeat photography to document, examine and analyze environmental and cultural change in the magical, ruined city of Petra....