Events
U of A Plans Slate of Events Celebrating Black History Month 2023
February is Black History Month, and the U of A is celebrating with a series of events on the university’s campus and in the Northwest Arkansas community. Black History Month, or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of the accolades,...
U of A Hosts 2023 Black Music Symposium, ‘Lest Our Feet Stray,’ Feb. 1-5
The U of A Department of Music will host its highly anticipated 10th annual Black Music Symposium Feb. 1-5, which is dedicated to educating and exploring the music contributions of Black Americans. "This year's theme, 'Lest Our Feet Stray,' aims to invoke a spirit of...
Restoration of U of A’s Fine Arts Center Begins
The U of A recently hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the restoration of its Fine Arts Center which begins in January 2023 with plans for the building to reopen in fall 2024. Current students participated in the Nov. 29 ceremony alongside university leadership, and...
Recording of Political Sciences’ Angie Maxwell and Hillary Clinton’s ‘Evening Talk’ Available
As part of its free exhibition We the People: The Radical Notion of Democracy, which explores the importance of the U.S. Constitution and free speech to democracy, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art recently hosted the event "Evening Talk: Hillary Clinton and...
New Living ‘GeoLab’ Slated to Become Education and Art Space at the U of A
While the impressive 150-year story of the University of Arkansas began in 1871, the story of the GeoLab, a new public education and art space on campus, began many, many years earlier. Millions of years, actually. “Think about something like the Arkansas...