Dr. Allan Ward,UALR professor emeritus and civil rights activist, was featured in a recent episode of the KUAR radio show Arts & Letters. Ward’s latest book,Civil Rights Brothers, The Journey of Albert Porter and Allan Ward, published by Award Press in Little Rock, talks about his friendship with civil rights activist Albert Porter. Read more at the College of Social Sciences and Communication »
Nickole Brown, assistant professor of English, was the March 9 featured poet on Poem-A-Day, a service from the Academy of American Poets. Brown, who was recently selected by the Arkansas Times as one of “the 15 Little Rock artists you should know,” has a new book of poems coming out in April. “Fanny Says” is available for early orders from publisher BOA Editions, LTD.
Former Donaghey Scholar Alex Leme, a UALR alumnus and former Donaghey Scholar, recently opened his new show, “Small Town: Portraits of a Disappearing America” at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center in Oklahoma City, Okla. The exhibit is open through May 2. Leme’s haunting photographs capture the mood of Cotton Plant, a once thriving small town in rural northeast Arkansas now filled with abandoned schools and crumbling buildings. Leme–a multilingual Brazilian who first came to the U.S. as a stockbroker before his acceptance into the Donaghey Scholars program at UALR–is currently pursuing graduate studies in art history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is a curatorial fellow at the UM Amherst Museum of Contemporary Art. In 2013, Leme became the first UALR Donaghey Scholar to earn the distinction of earning the prestigious Portz Prize by the National Collegiate Honors Council.
A UALR William H. Bowen School of Law student team is headed to national competition in Houston this week after defeating host school University of Kentucky in finals to win the Region 11 Trial Team Competition in February. Continue reading “Law school team heads to national competition”
Editor’s Note: As part of Women’s History Month, UALR is profiling a few of its women faculty of distinction. This is the second in a four-part series.
Although more than 50 institutions of higher education across the country have implemented the Green Dot program, UALR was the first, and is still the only college campus in Arkansas, investing resources to host the violence prevention program. Continue reading “Professor helps lead charge for Green Dot program”
The UALR Sustainability Committee invites the submission of innovative research or teaching proposals for a $2,500 grant toward the development and promotion of the principles of sustainability. Continue reading “Sustainability grant proposals being accepted through April 1”
A book authored by a professor of history and current interim chair of the UALR Department of Mathematics and Statistics has received a favorable review in the New York Review of Books. Continue reading “Anson receives favorable reviews for work on Alexander the Great”
The Annual Homecoming Cardboard Boat Regatta for Thursday, Feb. 26, has been postponed until Monday, March 2, at 12pm. Continue reading “Cardboard Boat Regatta set for March 2”
UALR Student Housing will be hosting its first Alternative Spring Break, a service and volunteer trip offered to all students. Continue reading “Student fundraiser for Alternative Spring Break volunteer trip”
The 2015 ranking of the top schools for online graduate counseling degrees has been published, and UALR ranks fourth in the nation, according to a list published by bestmastersprograms.org. Continue reading “UALR’s online graduate counseling program ranked fourth overall”