A $22,000 donation from Verizon will help the University of Arkansas at Little Rock further prevent campus violence.
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If employee participation during the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s 2014 fundraising campaign was special, UALR’s performance in 2015 sent campaign director Derek Boyce searching for new superlatives.
After UALR hit the 60 percent participation mark in 2014, seven out of 10 employees donated to the 2015 campaign.
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock turned to a familiar leader to become its new vice chancellor for finance and administration.
UALR Chancellor Joel E. Anderson announced today that Steven J. McClellan accepted an offer and will start in the key leadership position on March 1.
The University Arkansas at Little Rock plans to build a new baseball field and expand its sports complex — thanks to a donation from a local family, the university announced today.
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A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor and a Ph.D. candidate recently earned a prestigious honor from an international conference.
Dr. Nitin Agarwal, a leading social media scholar, and one of his Ph.D. students, Amit Saha, garnered a top paper award at the Social Media Technologies, Communication and Informatics Conference.
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A University of Arkansas at Little Rock dean is leaving his mark on law school education in the Middle East.
Michael Hunter Schwartz, professor and dean of the William H. Bowen School of Law, traveled to Saudi Arabia on Jan. 10 to lead workshops for law professors who teach at Prince Sultan University, the country’s first all-women law school. The institution is located in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital.
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock study that examines effective ways to identify high-potential science and engineering students from traditionally underrepresented groups recently was featured in the Engineering is Elementary (EIE) Blog.
Jennifer Hilderbrand heard the doubters.
People wondered if Hilderbrand really would earn a college degree. They weren’t shy about sharing those thoughts, either.
After all, she had followed in her father’s footsteps, joining the military right out of high school. While stationed in South Carolina as a member of the Air Force, she met her future husband.
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Susanah Shaw Romney, assistant professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received a $50,400 fellowship award from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct research on the Dutch empire.
Romney was awarded the maximum amount under the Fellowships for University Teachers category to pursue her project titled “Personal Interactions and Imperial Geographies in Early Modern Dutch Colonies.”
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Gerald Lambert took a chance. He took several chances, really.
Lambert moved from Ireland to New York and then relocated to Little Rock, where he met his future wife. With her encouragement, he left a well established career in the restaurant industry.
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