by Hardin Young | Mar 13, 2024 | Features, Field Notes, Research, Research and Innovation
AI Outperforms Humans in Standardized Tests of Creative Potential Score another one for artificial intelligence. In a recent study, 151 human participants were pitted against ChatGPT-4 in three tests designed to measure divergent thinking, which is considered to be an...
by Susan Kendrick-Perry | Mar 8, 2024 | Features, Field Notes, Outreach & Impact, Research, Statewide Impact
Pryor Center Debuts ‘Blue to Red Oral History Project’ Tracing Political Shift The David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History recently debuted “The Blue to Red Oral History Project,” which includes unique firsthand accounts and...
by Jennifer Ogle | Jan 3, 2024 | Features, Field Notes, Research, Student Awards & Achievements, Student Success
Andrew Ruegsegger Documents Over 100 Plant Species at the U of A’s Oak Knoll Over several weeks during the fall 2023 semester, Andrew Ruegsegger spent much of his free time exploring a small, undeveloped area on the south end of campus in search of plants....
by Peter Ungar | Dec 28, 2023 | Features, Field Notes, Guest Writers, In Their Own Words
Office Hours: An Honors Professor Reflects on His Office and Lab There are 54 stairs between Peter Ungar’s office and his lab; two microscopes (one adorned with googly eyes), more than 50 skulls, one miniature putting green, five plastic figurines of famous...
by Matt McGowan | Dec 27, 2023 | Features, Field Notes, Research, Research and Innovation
Biologists Discover New Rodent-Based Virus Biologists at the U of A have discovered a new virus that belongs to a family of viruses that transfers from rodents to humans, some of which cause a fatal cardiopulmonary disease. Ozark orthohantavirus, or simply Ozark...
by John Shaw | Dec 8, 2023 | Classroom Innovations, Features, Field Notes, Student Success
New Geology Course Ends With Trip to El Dorado to Study Lithium Resources A new course offered by the U of A’s Department of Geosciences concluded its first semester with a trip to El Dorado. Students studied cores from a sedimentary layer called the Smackover...
