On March 5, 1959, a horrific fire broke out at the Negro Boys Industrial School in Wrightsville, just 12 miles south of Little Rock, that left 21 children, ages 13 to 17, dead. Continue reading “UA Little Rock professors featured in CNN docuseries investigating tragic Wrightsville fire that left 21 black boys dead”
The artwork of two art educators at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will be on display at a new exhibit at Boswell Mourot Fine Art Gallery. Continue reading “Two professors featured in new exhibit at Boswell-Mourot Gallery”
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences awarded $12,000 in Summer Research Fellowship Grants to four professors who are spending their summer breaks performing unique research. Continue reading “College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences awards $12,000 to promote summer faculty research”
A Little Rock Central High School senior who conducted research under the mentorship of a UA Little Rock faculty member has been named the Google Science Fair State Winner from Arkansas. Continue reading “Central High research student from UA Little Rock named Google Science Fair State Winner”
A former University of Arkansas at Little Rock Student Government Association president is putting his passion for politics to work as a political organizer trying to elect the next president of the United States. Continue reading “Former UA Little Rock SGA president utilizes political expertise on presidential campaign trail”
Stacy Owens, an art teacher at Pinnacle View Middle School, found the opportunity to take a free graphic design workshop for teachers at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock this summer serendipitous, considering she will begin teaching graphic design again this fall after many years of not teaching the course. Continue reading “Arkansas teachers learn new skills at UA Little Rock graphic design workshop”
Erasto Carrananza, a photographer since 1989, has been studying historic photographic processes for more than 15 years. Continue reading “Photographers learn historic 19th-century photographic process at UA Little Rock”
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock senior and Donaghey Scholar has found her passion working in animal rescue. Continue reading “To the Rescue: UA Little Rock student finds passion working for animal rescue organization”
Researchers at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have developed a new and inexpensive method to fabricate thin film electrode materials for supercapacitors that produce higher power at a lower cost. Continue reading “UA Little Rock researchers develop new, low-cost method to create thin film electrodes for supercapacitors”
New artwork by Michael Warrick, professor of art at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is on display at a new exhibit at Boswell Mourot Fine Art Gallery. Continue reading “Works by Warrick on display at new Boswell-Mourot Gallery exhibit”