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Mary-Kate Williams is one of several who received awards for original research at the IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence Conference Nov. 7-14 in Fayetteville.

International Celebration Week honors diversity of cultures, ideas, music, food, and traditions around the world and on campus and celebrates the benefits of international education and global exchange. The initiative promotes programs that prepare students for the global setting and attracts future leaders from abroad to study and learn in the U.S. UALR will host … International Celebration Week honors diversity Nov. 17-20

The Office of Study Abroad will host a UALR Passport Day Wednesday, Nov. 19, during the 2014 International Celebration Week, to give students an opportunity to apply for their U.S. passports.

UALR senior Wendy McCloud of North Little Rock received her second consecutive $2,500 AT&T War Memorial Scholarship Oct. 18 at the University of Arkansas Razorback game at War Memorial Stadium.

Jeff Cowton, curator of the Wordsworth Trust at Dove Cottage, will visit UALR at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, in meeting room G of the Donaghey Student Center. Dove Cottage is poet William Wordsworth’s first family home located in Grasmere, Cumbria. Cowton oversees care of the Wordsworth papers and is in charge of educational programs … Wordsworth curator to visit UALR

An assistant professor of international relations at the University of Groningen in Groningen, Netherlands, will address how Libya and Tunisia are dealing with post-conflict transitions following revolution and regime change three years ago.

TrojanCache for Cash, a geocache event for students to learn beneficial information about UALR, continues through Friday, Nov. 7, in 10 locations throughout campus. “This is a real-life campus treasure hunt for students to have the opportunity to learn more about the university, earn paraphernalia along the way and be entered to win cash prizes,” said … Students cash in on TrojanCache for Cash

The UALR EAST (Environmental and Spatial Technology) Club will hold its first EAST Night Out, where members will present current projects from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, in Dickinson Hall Room 109. “It’s an opportunity for our community to witness firsthand the ideals that EAST Club stands for,” said EAST Club Vice President … EAST Club offers open invitation to EAST Night Out

Ashley Mosley, a junior psychology major at UALR, will represent Little Rock in the Miss Arkansas USA 2015 pageant at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Arend Arts Center in Bentonville.

The Latina/o Student’s Guide to Law Schools named the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s William H. Bowen School of Law a Top Five Regional Law School for Latina and Latino students in its inaugural 2015 edition.