Kristi Smith

Kristi Smith named UALR senior director of development

Kristi Smith, a University of Arkansas at Little Rock graduate, has been selected to fill a key fundraising role for the university.

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Steve Stephens and Belinda Shults endow UALR Golden Mike Award

Legendary television and radio personality Steve Stephens and Belinda Shults recently established an endowment for the Steve Stephens Golden Mike Award in the Department of Mass Communications at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

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Artist rendering of the Windgate Center of Art + Design

UALR launches construction on Windgate Center of Art + Design

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock ceremonially broke ground Tuesday for the Windgate Center of Art + Design, which university officials say will be the finest art and design education facility in the region.

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Artist renderings of future eStem High School on the UALR campus

eStem, UALR break ground for new high school

Work is underway on an innovative partnership that will bring eStem High School to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus.

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Lana Bethune, daughter of George Douthit, helps present a ceremonial check to UALR, KUAR and Arkansas Public Media staff.

‘Dean of the Capitol press corp’ honored with endowed scholarship

In the mid-1980s, the current and former living governors of Arkansas gathered to honor George Douthit, the “dean of the Capitol press corp.”

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Congressional Robotics Caucus features Professor Cang Ye

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock researcher was among a select group of robotics innovators who were featured at a national event — the Congressional Robotics Caucus — in Washington, D.C.

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UALR student Everett Elam earns Gilman Scholarship

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock student will spend the final weeks of his undergraduate studies in Spain this summer — thanks to a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.

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