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  • 1,500 expected to graduate Saturday, May 18
    More than 1,500 students are expected to participate in UALR’s Spring Commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 18, at the Jack Stephens Center. Among them are graduates like Azure Yarbrough, Bethany Hodges, and Dawn Teer, who attribute hard work and family support as reasons for their success. Ceremonies will begin at 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Both […]
  • Undaunted biology student among leading grads this Saturday
    Senior biology major Azure Yarbrough is among the more than 1,500 students who are expected to participate in UALR’s Spring Commencement on Saturday, May 18, at the Jack Stephens Center. Yarbrough, 35, knows a thing or two about diligence. She is graduating after a 17-year gap since she first enrolled as a full-time college student. There will […]
  • Science leadership winners desire to serve
    Danielle Kemmer and Saad Azam, the most recent recipients of the UALR College of Science Leadership Endowed Scholarship, both said that their desire to serve is the reason they chose to major in science. The scholarship is funded to assist undergraduate studies in health, mathematics, and science. Kemmer and Azam received their awards at a […]
  • Journal Publishes Recent UALR Grad’s Research
    Vanessa Young, a recent graduate of UALR’s masters program in biology, will see her research on the capacity for physiological adjustment of salamanders published in the international Journal of Comparative Physiology, Part B. The research, conducted under the supervision of UALR Biology Professor Matthew Gifford, tests whether stream salamanders can adjust […]
  • Senior’s Photo Lands on National Journal Cover
    A photograph taken by UALR biology senior Katherine F. Simmons of Little Rock graces the cover of the September issue of the journal BioScience, the heavily cited journal covering all biological disciplines. The photo of a hispid cotton rat as it appears under mixed ultraviolet and visible light after it has been dusted with nontoxic […]
  • Ecology Group Awards Prof for Service
    Janet Lanza, a professor in the UALR Department of Biology, has received the Distinguished Service Citation from the Ecological Society of America. She has served the society for two decades as Book Review Editor of its flagship journal, Ecology. As book editor, Lanza selects the books to review from those sent by publishers, finds appropriate […]