A majority of political science teachers in higher education felt more positive about teaching online after the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study by a University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Professor Explores Attitudes of Faculty Members Toward Online Teaching as a Result of the Pandemic”
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”
Ever since COVID-19 started, schools across the country have pivoted back and forth between in-person and virtual learning, leaving educators with a need to find reliable online teaching resources for their students. Continue reading “‘History Alive, Virtually’ Project Provides Online Education Materials for Arkansas’s K-12 Teachers”
UA Little Rock will offer its first Covid-19 booster shot clinic for Pfizer’s vaccine on Tuesday, Oct. 19. Continue reading “UA Little Rock to Hold Covid-19 Pfizer Booster Shot Clinic Oct. 19”
UA Little Rock is preparing to return to in-person and on-campus activity for the Fall 2021 semester. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Announces Plans and Preparations for Fall “
Dr. Catherine Crisp, an associate professor of social work at UA Little Rock, is using her training in mindful self-compassion to help fellow educators reduce the stress in their lives brought on by a global pandemic. Continue reading “Crisp uses Mindful Self-Compassion to help people de-stress during the pandemic”
The results of the 2020 Little Rock Congregations Study (LRCS), a research project based at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, shows that COVID-19 had a major impact on religious institutions in Little Rock. Continue reading “Little Rock Congregations Study shows impact of COVID-19 on religious institutions”
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has waived its student application fee and initiated other efforts to ease the financial burden for incoming college students and their families.
While college students across the country have faced unprecedented challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has created a new team of student advocates who have been making a difference for students in need.
Continue reading “Care Team makes difference in lives of UA Little Rock students in need”
Tutors in the Math Assistance Center (MAC) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock are finding ways to help UA Little Rock students despite being in the midst of a pandemic.