Student Success

Eight Students Named Semi-Finalists in Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship Program
Eight U of A undergraduate and graduate students have been chosen as semi-finalists for the Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship Program at the United States level. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers two primary awards: the English Teaching Assistantship, which...

Department of Communication Alumnae Earn Award at the BEA Festival of Media Arts
Department of Communication alumnae Rhonda Gulliver (middle) and Fedora Young (right), featured here with actress Geena Davis (left), took first place for their work on A Home for Change: An Interactive Experience in the Student Interactive Media & Emerging...

Anthropology Professor Awarded €100,000 to Study Ancient Plague in Central Asia
Taylor Hermes, an assistant professor of anthropology at the U of A, received a grant of €100,000 (about $105,000 U.S.) from the Max Planck Society in Germany to research the evolution and spread of the plague-causing bacterium Yersinia pestis in Central Asia during...

U of A, SAU Tech Partner to Strengthen Data Science Workforce
The U of A and Southern Arkansas University Tech signed a memorandum of agreement on Feb. 25 to align the schools' data science curriculum and allow SAU Tech graduates who earn an associate degree in data science to seamlessly transfer to the U of A to complete their...

U of A Students Achieve Outstanding Success in Chemistry and Math Courses
U of A students are achieving outstanding success in introductory chemistry and math courses, due to innovative student success programs provided through a collaboration between faculty, the Student Success Center, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and the...