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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.

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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.

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UA Little Rock students investigate migrant crisis in Europe

A group of University of Arkansas at Little Rock students saw firsthand how the growing migrant crisis has changed Europe in recent years. Dr. Rebecca Glazier and Dr. Christopher Williams, professors in the UA Little Rock School of Public Affairs, led 10 students to Europe June 4-20, where they visited London, Paris, and Berlin to learn more about the challenges Europe faces in light of the migrant crisis.
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Study Abroad - 2018 Jul 27

Bolt creates virtual computer monitor system

For those who have seen Tony Stark effortlessly controlling virtual computer screens in the "Iron Man" and "Avengers" movies, you have seen Zack Bolt's vision for his research. Bolt, a graduate student in computer science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has developed a virtual computer monitor system that he hopes can eventually replace its physical counterparts.
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Research / Grant - 2018 Jul 27

Social bots disrupt online communication about natural disasters

Researchers at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock are studying how social bots influence the delivery of news via social media during major disasters. The study examines the role of social bots - automated Twitter accounts that attempt to affect or influence the behaviors of others - and their coordination and communication patterns with complex organizational structures to disseminate information during four natural disasters that occurred in 2017.
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Research / Grant - 2018 Jul 27

Trojans earn 13th AVCA Team Academic Award

For the 13th time in program history, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock volleyball team has earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association's Team Academic Award for the 2017-18 academic year.
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Academic Award - 2018 Jul 27

UA Little Rock golfers named All-America Scholars

Little Rock juniors George Scanlon and Justin Warren have been named Division I Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars for the 2017-18 season.
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Academic Award - 2018 Jul 26

UA Little Rock's Human Resource Society earns Superior Merit Award

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Human Resource Society has earned a Superior Merit Award designation highlighting the student chapter for providing superior growth and development opportunities for its members during the 2017-18 academic year.
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Business/professional - 2018 Jul 16

Bowen Law School Class of 2018 graduates from UA Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law announces its spring 2018 graduates.
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Graduation - 2018 Jul 16

UA Little Rock students compete in university's first human powered vehicle challenge

A team of systems engineering students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has gone where no UA Little Rock students have gone before by participating in the Human Powered Vehicle Challenge. For their senior design and capstone project, Team Captain Hugh Benfer, Nathanael Menhinick, Cameron Palmer, Jason Reed, and Shelby Wingate designed and built the university's first human powered vehicle. Dr. Jin Lee, professor of systems engineering, and Dr. Samer Yahya, visiting scholar of systems engineering, served as the team's faculty advisors.
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Achievement (Other) - 2018 Jul 16

Olson receives Gilman Scholarship to study abroad in Spain

Erica Olson, of Gassville, Arkansas, received $2,500 from the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program. She will use the money to study at the University of Granada: Center of Modern Languages in Spain during the fall semester.
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Scholarship - 2018 Jul 16

UA Little Rock social work students honored at state conference

Several University of Arkansas at Little Rock students from the School of Social Work were honored at the National Association of Social Workers Arkansas Annual Conference.
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Academic competition - 2018 Jul 13

UA Little Rock game designers start Kickstarter campaign to manufacture Galactic Scoundrels

A group of University of Arkansas at Little Rock employees, students, and alumni have joined forces to create a game to bring out the space scoundrels in all of us. The space-western storytelling card game - dubbed Galactic Scoundrels - is inspired by beloved fictional scoundrels like Han Solo from "Star Wars" and Malcolm Reynolds from "Firefly."
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2018 Jul 13

Taemora Williams wins scholarship to intern abroad

Taemora Williams plans to improve her language skills and gain professional experience by interning at a nonprofit organization promoting children's film in Valencia, Spain, this summer. To help pay for the trip, Williams received a scholarship from the Fund for Education Abroad. The fund contains 100 scholarships totaling $335,000, which are awarded to U.S. students who are consistently underrepresented in study abroad programs. The students come from a variety of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The 2018 Fund for Education Abroad winners were selected from a pool of over 2,300 applicants from 517 colleges and universities across the country.
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Scholarship - 2018 Jul 13

Bonanno's experience as a student-athlete builds skills for successful future

Sabrina Bonanno, a recent graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and four-year veteran of the Trojans Women's Golf Team, has been playing golf for as long as she can remember. Bonanno began playing golf with her father at the age of 3. One month later and the toddler/rising golf star already had her first golf coach. However, Bonanno said she didn't get "serious" about golf until she was 6 or 7 and began playing in tournaments. "Most kids got to play with their friends, but I got to play at the golf course," Bonanno said. "During my junior year at Ridgewood Community High School in Norridge, Illinois, I started looking at schools to play golf, and I really wanted to go south. I liked Little Rock from the moment I stepped on campus and met my coach."
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Sports - 2018 Jul 13

Humphrey wins $10,000 on 'Match Game'

Cheryl Humphrey, a graduate student studying music education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, won $10,000 on the fourth season premiere of the ABC game show "Match Game."
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Achievement (Other) - 2018 Jul 13

Brooke Cornelius finishes in 2018 Miss Arkansas Top 10

Miss Greater Jacksonville Brooke Cornelius, a second-year student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, was among the Top 10 finalists for the 2018 Miss Arkansas Pageant, winning $6,500 in scholarships.
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Drama, Artistic, or Musical Achievement - 2018 Jul 13

UA Little Rock students ride Tour de Rock in honor of vice chancellor's brother

UA Little Rock students rode the Tour de Rock in honor of the brother of Steve McClellan, vice chancellor for finance and administration. McClellan's brother, Bruce, was diagnosed with lung cancer last year.
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Volunteer - 2018 Jul 13

Bates named winner of Bowen Law School's Student Public Service Award

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law has recognized recent Bowen graduate Cory Lee Bates as the recipient of the 2018 Student Public Service Award. Every year at commencement, the faculty, staff, and students at Bowen Law School select one of its graduating students who exemplifies the law school's core value of public service to receive the award. Bates will also receive $1,000 to go toward the cost of a course to prepare him to take the bar exam.
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Academic Award - 2018 Jul 13

Watson receives 2018 Parins Scholarship from Sequoyah National Research Center

Tori Watson, a graduate student pursuing a Master of Arts in professional and technical writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is the 2018 recipient of the James W. Parins Intern Scholarship at the Sequoyah National Research Center. The Parins scholarship was established in 2017 as a way to honor the legacy of SNRC's co-founder Dr. James W. Parins. The scholarship is awarded to a student who demonstrates a knowledge of Native American cultures and is in good standing with the university.
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Scholarship - 2018 Jul 13

Bolt researching how to create virtual computer monitoring system

For those who have seen Tony Stark effortlessly controlling virtual computer screens in the "Iron Man" and "Avengers" movies, you have seen Zack Bolt's vision for the potential of his research. Bolt, a graduate student in computer science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has developed a virtual computer monitor system that he hopes can eventually replace its physical counterparts.
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Research / Grant - 2018 Jul 12

Research study outlines business faculty views on teaching social media

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock doctoral student and professor are investigating how professors are preparing business students for their future careers by assessing their implementation of social media in the classroom. Kayla Sapkota, of Cabot, is pursuing a Doctorate in Education in Higher Education with a concentration in Faculty Leadership. She became interested in exploring the use of social media in the business curriculum during a course, College Teaching Problems and Issues, taught by her dissertation advisor, Dr. Jim Vander Putten, associate professor of higher education. Their paper, "Social media acceptance and usage by business communication faculty," was recently published in the "Business and Professional Communication Quarterly."
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Research / Grant - 2018 Jul 12

Alaska Native students learn about heritage through internship at Sequoyah National Research Center

Two Alaska Native students are getting in touch with their heritage by serving as interns at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Sequoyah National Research Center. The goal of the Native American Student Internship Program is to provide students an experiential learning environment in which to acquire an understanding of the value of archives and the research potential of the collections of the center and to engage in academic research and practical archival activities related to tribal culture, society, and issues. The interns work 25 hours a week from June 4 to July 27 and receive on-campus housing and a $2,000 stipend. Recent UA Little Rock graduate Heidi Davis and senior Stephanie Rabaduex, who are continuing internships from last summer, spend their internships archiving an important part of their Native Alaskan heritage. They are both Alaska Natives who are members of the Haida and Tlingit tribes. In 2014, the center acquired the Jeanie Greene Heartbeat Alaska Film Collection, which included 1,263 videos. Thanks to a $24,000 grant from the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council, Rabaduex and Davis now decipher the videos, cataloging names, dates, places, and issues for the center's archives. While growing up in the small village of Kake, Alaska, Davis, 29, fondly recalls tuning into "Heartbeat Alaska" as a child to watch the show's host, Jeanie Greene, broadcast heartfelt stories of Alaska. "I would have been happy to do anything interning here, but the Jeanie Greene productions were special," Davis said. "I grew up watching her shows in Alaska. Jeanie Greene actually babysat my dad, so my dad can tell me stories about her, but she is like a celebrity to me since I never met her." Davis, who graduated in May with bachelor's degrees in criminal justice and political science, will attend William H. Bowen School of Law in the fall. One day Davis would like to return to Alaska to represent Alaska Natives in the court system. Davis worked for the Alaska Court System before she and her husband moved with their two small children to North Little Rock, following her husband's return from the Coast Guard. While she enjoys living in the Natural State, working on the Jeanie Greene collection gives Davis a little piece of home. "It was pretty hard to adjust the first couple of years I was here and then I found Sequoyah and they kept reaching out to me," Davis said. "I'm all the way in Little Rock working on a project that is close to my heart, so it's amazing. I have family members on these videos who have passed away, so anytime I am watching and come across a family member, it is really exciting. It definitely gives me a new perspective because I grew up in southeast Alaska, but my kids will not grow up there, so it's important for me to keep informing them on who they are." On the other hand, Rabaduex, who will graduate this summer with a Bachelor of Art in English with an emphasis in creative writing, grew up in Ward, Arkansas. Her mother was adopted from Alaska and grew up in San Diego, so Rabaduex sees the Jeanie Greene project as a way to learn more about her heritage. "I didn't know anything about my heritage. I have never even been to Alaska," Rabaduex said. "Having the opportunity to see the videos, I've learned so much, so it's important for everybody who wants to learn about the cultures of the Alaska Natives to have access to the videos." Rabaduex, who also works at Baptist Health, learned about Sequoyah National Research Center when she took a tour during a mythology class. At first, she didn't know the center also did research on Alaska Natives. "Erin Fehr (archivist) mentioned all these scholarships and the summer internships, and I never realized they would accept me, so that is a real thrill," Rabaduex said. "I like the atmosphere here. Everyone makes you feel at home, like you are just part of this place since day one. It was an amazing opportunity for me to experience, not just my culture, but Alaska Native culture in general. I encourage anyone who has Native American background should come check out the Sequoyah National Research Center. You never know what you might find." For more information about the Sequoyah National Research Center, contact Erin Fehr at ehfehr@ualr.edu or 501-569-8336.
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Internship - 2018 Jul 12

Catherine McGibbony interns at Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock student is spending the summer gaining valuable professional experience by interning at the Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas in Pine Bluff. Catherine McGibbony, who will graduate in December with a Master of Art degree with a concentration in art history, is spending days handling fine art, caring for the art collections, researching, event planning, and organizing an exhibit.
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Internship - 2018 Jul 12

Student-athlete Brandon Bracy looks forward to future as sports trainer, coach

Brandon Brady, who is pursuing a master's degree in sport management at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, can't imagine a better future than to help young student-athletes pursue their dreams. Brady completed his last year as a member of the Trojan men's basketball team in 2018 and plans to make a career of helping high school and college student-athletes, the same way his father and coaches did for him.
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Sports - 2018 Jul 12

UA Little Rock students lead geology camp

UA Little Rock students Elizabeth Haralson, a graduate student studying environmental geology from Wynne, and Callie Pace, a senior geology major from Mountain Home, led a Geology Camp for nine Arkansas students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
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Achievement (Other) - 2018 Jul 12

Student researchers help create virtual reality experience for Doomsday Clock exhibit

Student researchers from the Emerging Analytics Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock helped create a virtual reality experience made in honor of Martyl Langsdorf, the Chicago artist who designed the Doomsday Clock, that is on display at the Weinberg/Newton Gallery in Chicago May 11-19.
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Achievement (Other) - 2018 May 11

UA Little Rock announces Student Research and Creative Works participants

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock announces its research and creative works showcase participants.
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Achievement (Other) - 2018 May 11

Phi Beta Lambda members take home awards during Arkansas' annual state leadership conference

Members of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Phi Beta Lambda chapter took home several of the top awards during the annual state leadership conference April 6-7.
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Student Competition - 2018 May 10

Student research and creative works winners announced

The winners of the 2018 Student Research and Creative Works Showcase at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock were announced during an awards ceremony May 1 in the Student Services Center.
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Academic Award - 2018 May 10

Department of Nursing honors outstanding students

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Nursing honored this year's top students during an awards ceremony on May 4.
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Academic Award - 2018 May 10

College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences honors top students, scholarship recipients

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences recognized its top students and scholarship recipients during the college's awards ceremony on May 1.
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Academic Award - 2018 May 8
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