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U of A Mock Trial Wraps Up Season With Wins Across All Teams
The U of A Mock Trial team concluded its fall invitational season on a high note, earning trophies across all Arkansas competing teams. Teams Never Say Never, Currents and Eras traveled to the University of Kansas City, Missouri, to compete in the sixth annual Derek...

English’s Joshua Byron Smith Begins Work on Critical NEH Scholarly Translation Grant
Last fall, Joshua Byron Smith, an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Arkansas' Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded a prestigious $200,000 Scholarly Editions and Translations Grant from the National Endowment for the...

Fulbright College Faculty Recognized Among World’s Most Cited Researchers
Thirteen esteemed faculty members from across the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences have earned recognition among the top 2 percent of researchers worldwide, demonstrating the college's commitment to research and innovation. The Stanford/Elsevier Ranking List,...

Cracking the Code of Pompeii With Artificial Intelligence
A capstone project by four seniors in computer science at the U of A -- Shaun Bobbitt, Cade DuPont, Bethany Terry and Rafael Villaroel -- is opening a new window on the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. Buried by volcanic ash during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE,...

U of A, ASU-Newport Partner to Strengthen Data Science Workforce
The U of A and Arkansas State University-Newport signed a memorandum of agreement on Nov. 11 to align the schools' data science curriculum and allow ASU-Newport graduates who earn an associate degree in data science to seamlessly transfer to the U of A to complete...