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U of A Music Researchers Win $45,000 National Endowment for the Arts Grant
The U of A has been awarded a $45,000 research grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The grant will support researchers Jake Hertzog and Justin R. Hunter in the Department of Music as they examine the importance of collegiate jazz programs to the jazz...
Record Number of U of A Students Studied Abroad in 2022-23 School Year
More U of A students participated in global learning experiences last school year than ever before. A record 1,255 students studied abroad in the 2022-23 school year, a more than 10% increase over the previous record of 1,130 students in the 2018-19 school year....
TIME Magazine Names U of A Among U.S.’ Best Colleges for Future Leaders
Part of the University of Arkansas’s land-grant mission is to provide life-changing opportunities that lead to building a better world. As a pillar of the university’s 150 Forward strategic plan, student success is at the forefront of that mission and U of A graduates...
New Peer-Reviewed Journal on Literacy, ‘The Sandbox,’ Launched by U of A’s Brown Chair
The Community Literacies Collaboratory, the signature program of the university's Brown Chair in English Literacy, today launches the publication of its new scholarly peer-reviewed digital journal, The Sandbox: Short Papers, Big Ideas on Literacies and Learning. The...
Lauren Quetsch Receives Two Awards at International Conference on Psychotherapy
Lauren Quetsch, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychological Science, received two awards at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) International Conference in the fall of this year. She was selected for the Anne Marie Albano Award,...