by Shelby Gill | Dec 1, 2025 | Classroom Innovations, Features, Field Notes, Research, Student Success
History Held in Place: Humanities Research Program Guides Students into the Past Soft rain trickled through the branches as a group of honors students huddled beneath one of the larger trees in the cemetery. Oaks Cemetery sits adjacent to the National Cemetery of...
by Taylor Hermes | Mar 10, 2025 | Awards & Honors, Features, Field Notes, Research, Research and Innovation
Anthropology Professor Awarded €100,000 to Study Ancient Plague in Central Asia Taylor Hermes, an assistant professor of anthropology at the U of A, received a grant of €100,000 (about $105,000 U.S.) from the Max Planck Society in Germany to research the evolution and...
by John Shaw | Jan 30, 2025 | Features, Field Notes, Research, Research and Innovation
Department of Geosciences Hosts Mars Scientists to Look at Arkansas Rocks The planet Mars is 140 million miles away from the University of Arkansas (on average). Even so, 12 planetary scientists from around the country gathered on campus to learn more about Mars on...
by Ani-ya Beasley and Angela Disney | Jan 2, 2025 | Features, Field Notes, Research, Student Success
African and African American Studies Program Successful in Election Day Research Project The African and African American Studies Program at the U of A has completed a significant election day research project, collecting essential data on voter perspectives across...
by Joe Hatfield | Nov 6, 2024 | Features, Field Notes, Research and Innovation
Assistant Professor Joe Edward Hatfield Wins Major Research Awards Joe Edward Hatfield, assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Arkansas, recently received the 2024 Golden Anniversary Monograph Award from the National Communication...
by Claire Terhune | Oct 31, 2024 | Features, Field Notes, Research, Research and Innovation
Tiny Scans, Massive Impact: MICRO Helps Researchers Win $12 Million in Funding MICRO, the University of Arkansas MicroCT Imaging Consortium for Research and Outreach, was established in 2018 as part of a National Science Foundation’s Major Research...