With more than 9,000 students and 100 programs, UA Little Rock offers learning, research, service, social and career opportunities that can only be found at a metropolitan university located in Arkansas' capital city.
(see more)With more than 9,000 students and 100 programs, UA Little Rock offers learning, research, service, social and career opportunities that can only be found at a metropolitan university located in Arkansas' capital city.
Teal Battle Named to Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
UA Little Rock senior forward Teal Battle, from Millington, Tennessee was named to the Sun Belt Conference's All-Tournament Team March 8, after averaging 16.7 points per game and leading Little Rock to the semifinal round.
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2021 Mar 22
Grom Earns Missouri Valley Conference Swimmer of the Week Honors
UA Little Rock sophomore Annya Grom of Eilat, Israel has been selected as the Missouri Valley Conference's Swimmer of the Week, announced March 17. This follows her two record-breaking performances at the tri-meet against Southern Illinois University (SIU) and Valparaiso University, earning the league recognition.
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2021 Mar 22
Kobe Barnum Named Sun Belt Player of the Week
UA Little Rock senior first baseman Kobe Barnum, from Temple Terrace, Florida, has been named the Sun Belt's Player of the Week, announced March 9. It is the first weekly honor in Barnum's career and the first for the Trojans in 2021.
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2021 Mar 22
Battle Named Sun Belt Player of the Week
UA Little Rock senior forward Teal Battle of Millington, Tennessee was named the Sun Belt Player of the Week Feb. 15, following her outstanding performance in two wins over Arkansas State.
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2021 Mar 22
Fall 2020 Dean's List
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock announces students who have made the Dean's List for the fall 2020 semester, recognizing nearly 1,200 students whose academic performances have been superior at the end of each semester. To be on the Dean's List, UA Little Rock students must earn at least nine credit hours and maintain at least a 3.5 GPA.
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2021 Mar 11
Fall 2020 Graduation - Multiple Degrees
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock congratulates its fall 2020 graduates with multiple degrees.
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2021 Mar 8
Law student's soft diplomacy research published in entertainment law journal
Kalen Coleman, a student in the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's William H. Bowen School of Law, has published an article in the University of California Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal.
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2021 Mar 5
Ranked Win Tops Off Paul Bianchi's Perfect 3-0 Record on Senior Day
Senior wrestler Paul Bianchi, from Two Rivers, Wisconsin, highlighted the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Senior Day with a perfect 3-0 record and a ranked win on Jan. 31.
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2021 Mar 5
Fall 2020 Graduation
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock announces its fall 2020 graduates.
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2021 Mar 8
UA Little Rock graduate looks forward to sharing her story
Kathryn "Roza" Bost recently graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. At the age of four, Bost was adopted from Russia and raised in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. "I wrote a short story called 'The Sweet Exchange' about my memories of the orphanage," Bost said. "My goal is to share my story with international adoptee parents and international adoptees."
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2021 Feb 5
UA Little Rock grad Tyra Robinson looks forward to career in physical therapy
Tyra Robinson, a recent graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, said she was inspired to pursue a career in physical therapy after an unexpected experience with her mother.
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2021 Feb 5
Rodricka Blanks Graduates from University of Arkansas at Little Rock after unique college journey
A recent University of Arkansas in Little Rock graduate said she considers herself a "super-transfer student" after her unique college journey. Rodricka Blanks graduated Dec. 19 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communication with an emphasis in mass media. Her college journey began in her hometown of Magnolia, Arkansas, after graduating high school in May 2014.
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2021 Feb 5
Clement Awarded Jefferson County Single Parent Scholarship
Erin Clement, a recent graduate of UA Little Rock from Pine Bluff, received a 2020 scholarship from the Jefferson County Single Parent Scholarship Fund.
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2021 Feb 1
UA Little Rock announces Fall 2020 Chancellor's List
UA Little Rock announces its Fall 2020 Chancellor's List, recognizing students with superior academic performance in a semester. To be eligible for the Chancellor's List, students must earn at least nine credit hours and at least a 3.9 grade point average.
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2021 Feb 4
Bowen Law Student Receives Single Parent Scholarship
Shyteria Dunlap, a second-year student at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, has received the 2020-21 Jennifer Carson Single Parent Scholarship, endowed by the Bowen alumni and faculty.
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2021 Feb 1
Ruot Monyyong Named to Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch List
Little Rock senior forward Ruot Monyyong has been named to the Mid-Season Lou Henson Award Watch List, announced Jan. 26 by College Insider. The award is given annually to the top mid-major player in Division I basketball. The 2020-21 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Player of the Year, Monyyong has picked up right where he left off last season when he was tabbed the league's Newcomer and Defensive Player of the Year. Monyyong is averaging 13.0 points and 11.1 rebounds on the year, including 15.3 points and 13.1 rebounds in Sun Belt play.
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2021 Feb 1
Monyyong earns Sun Belt Player of the Week Honor
University of Arkansas at Little Rock senior forward Ruot Monyyong has been named the Sun Belt Conference's Player of the Week, announced Jan. 11 by the league office. He becomes the third different Trojan to earn conference weekly honors this season.
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2021 Jan 12
Bassett Finds New Love of Learning, Second Chance at College Degree with UA Little Rock
Julian Bassett, who graduated with a bachelor's degree in applied communication in December 2020, said coming to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock made him a more independent learner and gave him a second chance to earn his college degree.
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2021 Jan 6
Little Rock Student-Athletes Complete Another Successful Academic Semester
Little Rock student-athletes once again posted another stellar performance in the classroom during the fall 2020 semester, finishing the fall term with a department GPA of 3.30. It extends the Trojans impressive streak of semesters above a 3.00 to 17-straight as the department boasts an overall cumulative GPA of 3.34.
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2021 Jan 5
UA Little Rock Grad Jason Littleton Details Heroic Life of Missionary Pearle McCain
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock student has detailed the life of Pearle McCain, a missionary from Arkansas who spent 40 years serving in Japan and China, in his graduate research.
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2021 Jan 5
Bost Graduates UA Little Rock
Roza Bost graduated in December 2020 with a Master of Arts in applied communication. Her goal is to work at an international nonprofit organization because of her interest in multicultural issues.
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2021 Jan 5
Cadence Baize Graduates UA Little Rock
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock employee has completed her bachelor's degree and is one step closer to fulfilling her childhood goal of becoming an advocate for the elderly. Cadence Baize, an administrative analyst in the Facilities Management office at UA Little Rock, graduated in December 2020 with a bachelor's degree in psychology and minor in sociology.
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2021 Jan 5
Rodricka Blanks Graduates UA Little Rock
Rodricka Blanks will graduated in December 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communication with an emphasis in mass media. She considers herself a "super-transfer student" because of her college journey.
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2021 Jan 5
Ben Coupet Jr. Named Lou Henson National Mid-Major Player of the Week
On the heels of a career weekend, University of Arkansas at Little Rock senior guard Ben Coupet Jr. has been named the Lou Henson National Mid-Major Player of the Week, announced Jan. 4 by College Insider. The accolade for Coupet comes hours after he was tabbed the Sun Belt Conference's Player of the Week for the first time in his career.
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2021 Jan 5
Ingrid Safina Graduates UA Little Rock
Ingrid Safina, an applied biosciences doctoral student, graduated in December 2020 with a Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a job offer from Columbia University to continue her nanotechnology research. Safina first joined UA Little Rock in 2009 as an undergraduate student intent on a career in medicine. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree, she began pursuing a doctoral degree in applied biosciences.
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2021 Jan 5
Dahl Gets Second Chance at Finishing College 16 Years After Leaving
While 2020 was a year of unprecedented challenges for many individuals, one woman took the opportunity to complete the college degree she started in 2002 at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Lorien Dahl graduated in December 2020 with a bachelor's degree in applied communication after rejoining her program online in the spring 2020 semester.
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2021 Jan 5
Valerie Plate Graduates UA Little Rock
Valerie Plate, a business major from Little Rock, graduated this semester with her bachelor's degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock about 14 years after first starting college.
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2021 Jan 5
Graduate Spotlight on Daysia Klossner
Daysia Klossner is a first-generation student who graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in construction management in December 2020 from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The fall 2020 graduate is currently a project estimator at Baldwin & Shell construction company.
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2021 Jan 5
Esther Mead Graduates from UA Little Rock
Esther Mead graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in December 2020 with a Ph.D. in integrated computing with an emphasis in information quality as well as post-doctoral research position to continue her research at UA Little Rock's Collaboratorium for Social Media and Online Behavioral Studies (COSMOS).
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2021 Jan 5
Graduating Student-Athlete Returns to Germany to Pursue Professional Soccer Career
After graduating with two bachelor's degrees, a University of Arkansas at Little Rock soccer star has returned home to Germany with her sights set on a professional soccer career.
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2021 Jan 5