Brad Cushman

UA Little Rock Gallery Director Brad Cushman Retires After 22 Years

Brad Cushman, art gallery director and curator of exhibits at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has retired after spending more than two decades bringing art and culture to Arkansas. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Gallery Director Brad Cushman Retires After 22 Years”

Dr. Rebecca Glazier on a city wall in the old city of Misfah.

UA Little Rock Professor Travels to Oman to Study Middle Eastern Food Security and Environmental Sustainability

Dr. Rebecca Glazier, a professor in the School of Public Affairs at UA Little Rock, spent two weeks in January studying food security and environmental sustainability in Oman, a small county on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Professor Travels to Oman to Study Middle Eastern Food Security and Environmental Sustainability”

Amazon Career Choice Classroom

Amazon Selects UA Little Rock, UA – Pulaski Tech for Career Choice Program

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Arkansas – Pulaski Technical College were selected as education partners for Amazon’s Career Choice program, providing Amazon’s hourly employees in Central Arkansas with access to more than 180 accredited degree programs.  Continue reading “Amazon Selects UA Little Rock, UA – Pulaski Tech for Career Choice Program”

All Voices Welcome to Attend Open Campus Climate Survey Forum

UA Little Rock faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend an open forum at 2 p.m. April 1 to discuss the results and implications of the campus climate survey. This virtual event will last about 90 minutes. Continue reading “All Voices Welcome to Attend Open Campus Climate Survey Forum”

Molly Smith

Women to Watch at UA Little Rock 2022: Molly Smith

In celebration of Women’s History Month, UA Little Rock is profiling women in leadership positions who are making a difference at the university and in the community. Continue reading “Women to Watch at UA Little Rock 2022: Molly Smith”

A student studies in the new Learning Commons at Ottenheimer Library.

UA Little Rock Opens Learning Commons to Provide All-Access Tutoring to Encourage Student Success

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has opened a new learning center that will help students succeed by providing a convenient one-stop location for tutoring. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Opens Learning Commons to Provide All-Access Tutoring to Encourage Student Success”

Faculty Excellence nominee Nitin Agarwal. Photo by Ben Krain.

COSMOS Researchers Win Best Paper Award for Research into Dynamics of COVID-19 Misinformation Themes

Researchers at UA Little Rock’s Collaboratorium for Social Media and Online Behavioral Studies (COSMOS) won the Best Paper Award for their paper studying the dynamics of COVID-19 misinformation themes using topic streams. Continue reading “COSMOS Researchers Win Best Paper Award for Research into Dynamics of COVID-19 Misinformation Themes”

UA Little Rock student Mariela Saavedra Duran, third from right, attends an intensive research trip in Mexico in January.

UA Little Rock Geology Student Selected for U.S.-Mexican Research Program

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock student is participating in a unique U.S.-Mexican collaborative research opportunity that combines digital field mapping techniques with state-of-the-art laboratory analytical work on the tectonic evolution of the Santa Rosalía basin area in the Gulf of California rift. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Geology Student Selected for U.S.-Mexican Research Program”