An international delegation of eight women — all successful in their respective STEAM fields — will visit the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Monday, Nov. 5, as part of a “Hidden No More: Advancing Women in STEAM Fields” program. Continue reading “International STEAM delegates to visit UA Little Rock”
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra will perform “Elgar’s Enigma” with guest conductor Sara Ioannides on Nov. 10-11 at Robinson Center, and University of Arkansas Little Rock students and employees can get discounted tickets. Continue reading “Free, discounted tickets available to Elgar’s Enigma”
Elvin White knows that if at first you don’t succeed at something, you have to try again. Continue reading “Determined to succeed”
Little Rock Athletics has announced a change to the Trojan men’s basketball exhibition scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 1, at the Jack Stephens Center. Little Rock will now hold a Maroon and White scrimmage on Nov. 1, instead of the previously scheduled exhibition against LeMoyne-Owen. Continue reading “Little Rock Announces change to Nov. 1 basketball exhibition”
The Department of Theatre Arts and Dance seeks student submissions of 10-minute plays and performance pieces to be produced in the Student Fringe Festival V on April 2-5, 2019, in the Haislip Theatre. Continue reading “Student plays, performances needed for Fringe Fest”
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Department of Theatre Arts and Dance will host Dance Harvest 2018 on Nov. 8-11, featuring choreography by dance faculty member Robin Neveu Brown and eight undergraduate Bachelor of Fine Arts students who are completing the required two-year choreography sequence. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Dance Harvest set for Nov. 8-11”
UA Little Rock students will take to the stage Saturday to showcase their performing arts talents at the Little Rock Theater Guild’s Student Showcase on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. in Haislip Theater in the Center for Performing Arts. Continue reading “Little Rock Theater Guild to host student showcase”
Wildwood Park for the Arts is offering reduced pricing to UA Little Rock faculty, staff and students for its production of “Seussical the Musical,” running Oct. 26-28 at the center, 20919 Denny Road, Little Rock.
The discounted ticket price is $20 for the general public and $10 for students, which includes anyone under 18 and college students of all ages. That’s $10 off the regular general public price and $5 off the regular student price. Tickets can be purchased online here. The discount will automatically apply and no additional code is needed.
The show’s dates and times are as follows:
- Friday, Oct. 26 – 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, Oct. 27 – 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
- Sunday, Oct. 28 – 3 p.m.
“Seussical” is directed by Dr. Bevan Keating, who is associate professor of music and director of conducting and choral studies at UA Little Rock. Keating also serves as director of music and the arts at Little Rock’s Second Presbyterian Church, home to the Praeclara performing arts organization. He recently became Wildwood’s executive director.
For more information, call Wildwood Park for the Arts at 501-821-7275.
Pictured top right are Gertrude, Horton, Mayzie and Thing from “Seussical the Musical” at Wildwood Park for the Arts.
Dr. Kieng Bao Vang-Dings, research assistant professor at the Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received $49,509 from the Center for Advanced Surface Engineering to study the effects of tunable nanosystems on the human immune system.
This study will help scientists understand the immune system’s response to nanosystems – important knowledge as nanosystems are increasingly used in both medical interventions and everyday products.
Tunable nanosystems are tiny materials (measured between 1 to 100 nanometers) that can be manipulated for use in various science and engineering applications, including cancer treatments, regenerative medicine, and neural stem cell differentiation. With this growing prevalence in mind, Vang-Dings will study how one commonly used nanosystem, gold nanoparticles coated with silver, interacts with the immune system.
“The immune system is the body’s primary defense against pathogenic microorganisms,” Vang-Dings said. “If tunable nanosystems are to be used in biomedical applications, we must fully understand how they can influence the immune system.”
Vang-Dings will collaborate with Dr. Alexandru Biris, director and chief scientist of the Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences at UA Little Rock. The research team will use surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy to monitor the nanomaterials’ interaction with primary immune cells for seven days. The team will then assess any surface protein or cytokine changes caused by treatment with the nanosystem.
The project was awarded through the Arkansas Economic Development Commission’s seed grant program, which supports Arkansas researchers in higher education who focus on creating nanomaterials that are useful for various science and engineering applications.
Vang-Dings joined UA Little Rock in 2015. She received a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Minnesota in 2002 and a doctorate in microbiology, immunology, and cancer from the University of Minnesota in 2010.
This project is sponsored by the National Science Foundation under award number 1457888. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Contributing Editor Lydia Perry / Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Photo by Benjamin Krain
Members of the community can safely drop off leftover and expired prescription and over-the-counter medications during the National Take Back Drug Day on Saturday, Oct. 27. Continue reading “National Drug Take Back Day to be observed on campus Saturday, Oct. 27”