Events and Lectures
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Jannee Sullivan on October 13, 2011 at 8:22 am • 1 Comment •
This year, UA students will have fall break Monday Oct. 17 through Tuesday Oct. 18, said the provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs.
The break will give students a four-day weekend to help revitalize them for the second half of ...
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Jannee Sullivan on October 12, 2011 at 12:50 pm • 0 Comments •
A new documentary about mid-century modern architecture in Arkansas, set to premiere next month on the Arkansas Educational Television Network, will feature Fayetteville buildings and UA alumni and faculty.
The documentary will air Nov. 14 at 9 p.m., in addition to ...
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Chad Woodard on October 12, 2011 at 12:20 pm • 0 Comments •
A Professions in Sports Panel will be open to UA students, noon Thursday in the E.J. Ball Courtroom, provided by the sports and entertainment law society, a law school official said.
The event is comprised of professionals who have experience in ...
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Chad Woodard on October 12, 2011 at 11:42 am • 0 Comments •
UA students and residents of Fayetteville took part in the “Occupy” movement, 3 p.m. Tuesday on the steps that lead to Old Main lawn from Arkansas Avenue.
The “Occupy” movement began in New York and is unified by a cause, as ...
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Joseph M. Porter on October 11, 2011 at 9:10 am • 0 Comments •
The UA Registered Student Organization PRIDE, or People Respecting Individual Differences and Equality, will celebrate National Coming Out Day with the NOH8 Campaign next week.
Tuesday, Oct. 11 is National Coming Out Day, an internationally recognized day of civil awareness and ...
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Landon Reeves on October 11, 2011 at 8:54 am • 0 Comments •
Last week was Mental Illness Awareness Week, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The week of events originated in 1990 when Congress declared the first week of October mental Illness awareness week and since then mental health advocates ...
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Sarah Derouen on October 10, 2011 at 2:00 pm • 0 Comments •
A bus filled with excited Razorback students can only mean one thing — Rollin’ with the Razorbacks.
Rollin’ with the Razorbacks is a program sponsored by UA Associated Student Government that transports students en masse to away games. This year, ASG ...
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Matilde Bonifaz on October 6, 2011 at 9:30 am • 0 Comments •
Robert Swan, the first man to ever walk to both the North and South poles will talk about the effort to preserve the Antarctic as the earth’s last wilderness at the UA.
The speech will take place at the First Security ...
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Bernard Oliver on October 3, 2011 at 9:31 am • 0 Comments •
The Northwest Arkansas Gridiron Show, featuring local journalists, UA faculty, students and local celebraties, had its last performance Saturday at the Rogers Little Theatre in downtown Rogers.
Anything and everything from the Dalai Lama to Charlie Sheen to Razorback football came ...
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Nick Oliver on September 28, 2011 at 8:00 am • 0 Comments •
Researchers Jerry King and Keerthi Srinivas at the Engineering Research Center demonstrate the operation of a modified-expeller into which water is injected to obtain antioxidant-laden aqueous extracts for use in food fortification and nutraceutical concentrates. (Photo by Jacki Frost)
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Brady Tackett on September 28, 2011 at 7:00 am • 2 Comments •
Two weeks ago, when Chancellor G. David Gearhart announced that the UA was considering capping enrollment at 25,000 students, he said the cap might not take effect for at least a couple years.“I doubt we will reach 25,000 next year, ...