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U of A Humanities Center Names First Fellows, New Project Funding
The U of A Humanities Center is delighted to announce the selection of recipients for their fall 2024 funding competitions. HUMANITIES CENTER FELLOWS This year the center's selection committee chose its inaugural group of two UAHC Fellows from a group of nine...

Art Major Creates Video Game Featuring Fictional Arkansas Town
Larking, Arkansas consists of one gas station, a main street and a few factories. The entire settlement could fit inside a single postcard photo and feels like many other small towns in the state … except for the ominous red glow emanating off shadows. “It gives off a...

U of A to Host Celtic Studies Conference in Spring
The 2025 Celtic Studies Association of North America Annual Conference will take place on the U of A campus April 3-5. Registration is free and open to the public. This will be the first time the university hosts the conference. Past conferences have been hosted by,...

Gov. Sanders, Division of Higher Education Announce $1.75 Million for U of A Training Grants
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Ken Warden of the Arkansas Division of Higher Education Commission and Mike Rogers, chief workforce officer, awarded nearly $26 million in training grants last week to support workforce development efforts at 14...

U of A Ranked No. 13 for Innovation Impact Among Mid-Sized Schools
The U of A is ranked No. 13 for “innovation impact productivity” among mid-sized universities by the George W. Bush Institute. The “Engines of Opportunity” report recognized the economic contribution of university research in creating new products and services,...