Five UA Little Rock students gather in front of the Student Services Center on campus before class. (Photo by Ben Krain). With just under two weeks until classes begin at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, preliminary enrollment data…
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Trojan Rising Sophomore Participates in First International Competition
Little Rock setter Sophia Reynolds is preparing to return to Little Rock and the United States after spending the past six weeks training and playing in Mexico at the Women’s U21 Pan American Cup, guiding the Dominican Republic to an…
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Phillips Named Chief Communications, Marketing Officer at UA Little Rock
Dr. Carrie Phillips has been named the chief communications and marketing officer for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. “I am certain that Dr. Phillips’s professional experience in this area will serve our campus and community well in the…
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Patel Joins KUAR as Political and Government Affairs Reporter
Ronak Patel has joined UA Little Rock Public Radio as the new political and governmental affairs reporter for KUAR-FM 89.1, a National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate. His duties include covering Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s administration as well as the Arkansas General…
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Matson Donates $25k for Rhetoric and Writing Students at UA Little Rock
Dr. Joanne Liebman Matson, professor of rhetoric and writing, is celebrating her department’s and her parents’ commitment to education with the creation of an endowed scholarship at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Matson’s donation of $25,000 will establish…
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UALR Awarded $165K Grant to Support Research Efforts to Monitor Cyber Warfare Tactics on Social Media
Dr. Nitin Agarwal, Jerry L. Maulden-Entergy endowed chair and distinguished professor of information science at UA Little Rock, has received a grant for $165,540 that will support research efforts to monitor cyber warfare tactics through social media. UA Little Rock…
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Little Rock University District Receives $30k Donation from Cadence Bank to Offset Rising Building Costs for New Homes
The University District Development Corporation, based at UA Little Rock, recently received a $30,000 donation from the Cadence Bank Foundation (formerly BancorpSouth Bank Foundation) to help offset rising building costs for seven new houses being built within University District. The…
Arkansas Press Women (APW) has selected Emma Jones, a junior at Harding University, as the recipient of its 2022 scholarship. Jones will receive a $1,000 scholarship and a membership to APW during the Arkansas Press Women Awards Ceremony May 21…
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Meyer Donates $50k to UALR Construction Management Students
One UA Little Rock alumnus has made the university’s annual Giving Day celebration extra special with the day’s largest donation of $50,000. Chris Meyer, president and CEO of James A. Rogers Excavating, Inc., made the donation on March 29 to…
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will celebrate its spring 2022 graduates with three commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 14, at the Jack Stephens Center. More than 1,250 students are eligible to graduate during the spring 2022 semester. The 10…