Author Archives: Hunter Hawk
Writers Say Arkansas Finds ‘Perfect’ Hire
The Arkansas Razorbacks officially announced Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema as the new head football coach today. At 2 p.m. yesterday, Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long tweeted, “New Football Coach release at 6:15 PM Today #GoHogs!!!” Bielema has a record of …
New Event will Return Next Year
The International Business Club hosted the Sam M. Walton College of Business Study Abroad Fair for all UA students. The fair was sponsored by the International Business Club, Global Engagement Office and the Associated Student Government. During the fair, students …
UA Partnership Expands Military Communications
Space Photonics Inc., a company based in Fayetteville, has partnered with SCHOTT Defense, which has been supplying the U.S. defense market with advanced technologies for more than 40 years. The UA affiliated company has announced that they have entered an …
International Professor Designs Building in Italy
UA landscape architecture professors and urban planners have helped create a multinational, interdisciplinary study center, set to open next summer, that will economically aid Cervara di Roma, a small Italian hill town. “If the goal of the University of Arkansas …
UA Professors Study Athlete Endorsements
A study at UA revealed that an athlete’s performance in games is an important factor in their credibility when it comes to endorsing products. The research was published in the September 2012 issue of Sport Marketing Quarterly by Gi-Yong Koo, …
UA Theory Leads to Nobel Prize
A UA researcher’s work inspired a Nobel Prize winner to experiment and discover a quantum physics observation. In the early 1990s, Julio Gea-Banacloche, a physicist and professor in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, calculated that a …
Xbox 360 Allows Gamers To Follow Campaign Updates
Xbox 360 may serve as an information center for the 2012 Presidential Election. Xbox Live members will be able to access the Election 2012 hub, which will include NBC news coverage, information about candidates, live coverage of the presidential debates …
Foreign Ambassadors to Experience NWA
The State Department will conduct international business meetings in northwest Arkansas this week and in December as a part of their international business program, Experience America. The State Department’s Protocol Chief Capricia Penavic Marshall will be leading the events, the …
Violence in Countries Not Stopping Studying Abroad
Parts of the world might be on the brink of calamity, but that is not stopping students from studying abroad. An incident that received attention worldwide was the violent protests in Cairo, Egypt in late January. Panic infiltrated residents of …
UA Receives New System for Breast Cancer Research
UA researchers can further their investigation of alternative methods for detecting and treating breast cancer. With the installation of a state-of-the-art terahertz imaging system,. The unique imaging system, made possible by a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, will …
UA Alum to Talk About Designing Halo 4
Quentin Rezin, a Halo 4 designer and UA graduate, will be visit UA to discuss his path to breaking into the lucrative video game industry. The presentation will be Friday Oct. 5 at 3:30 p.m. in Willard J. Walker Hall …
More Latinos Attend UA, Diversify Campus
Perhaps due to near exponential population growth over the past decade in NWA, Latino students growing up in northwest Arkansas are making their mark on the UA. Latino student enrollment grew by 233 this semester, increasing by 21.8 percent. African …
Coursera Announces Expansion
Coursera, a company that offers free online classes to top U.S. colleges, has announced they have expanded to 17 new universities. The higher education platform allows students with a financial disadvantage to access Harvard-level courses and open new doors to …
Students Excited About Recent iPhone 5 Release
Apple, one of the most successful technology corporations in the world, released the iPhone 5 in stores on Friday, giving the company an edge on Samsung Electronics right before the end-of-year holiday shopping season. Some UA iPhone users are already …
Razorback Book Soon to be Movie
A Former Arkansas Razorback football player and legendary collegiate and professional head football coach is days away from signing a contract for a movie adaptation of his book “The Bootlegger’s Boy,” according to Michael Smith, Tulsa World Movie Critic. Barry …
