FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas Razorback Marching Band, complete with university cheerleaders, mascots, majorettes, twirlers and flag line, will perform its 15th annual Band Spectacular at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at Barnhill Arena. The concert is free to the public and will feature University of Arkansas spirit songs and highlights from this year’s halftime shows, such as music from the movie Back to the Future and “Bohemian Rhapsody.” In 2006, the band was awarded the Sudler Trophy, the nation's highest and most coveted award for college and university marching bands.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A panel of working “online” journalists will discuss “The Fog of New Media” during a three-day forum, Nov. 4-6, hosted by the Walter J. Lemke department of journalism in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Julian Stewart (B.S.C.E. 1957) and his wife, Nana, have generously supported students at the University of Arkansas for years. They knew the next priority area for their educational philanthropy would be Access Arkansas, the university’s current initiative to raise money for need-based scholarships. Because of their belief in helping students who may not otherwise have an opportunity to start or continue their education, the Stewarts have given $100,000 to endow two Access Arkansas scholarships.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Jim Stice (B.S.C.H.E. 1949) left his industry job and began teaching at the University of Arkansas in 1954. He took a break to earn his doctoral degree and returned to teach another six years in Fayetteville. At that point, he joined the faculty at the University of Texas in Austin where he taught until retiring in 1996. In addition to teaching, Stice also directed UT’s Center for Teaching Effectiveness. His passion for this area has resulted in a planned gift of two gift annuities totaling $50,000 to the Ralph E. Martin department of chemical engineering at the University of Arkansas to provide professors with valuable training in teaching effectiveness.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The University of Arkansas Women’s Giving Circle is requesting proposals for programs and initiatives supporting our campus and our community. Projects may include work that focuses on or serves campus initiatives, community needs or statewide programs. Since 2003, the circle has awarded almost $500,000 in grants to faculty and staff members from various departments and academic units at the university.
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Please visit http://researchfrontiers.uark.edu/16145.php to see the reply by Ned Snow, associate professor of law in the School of Law.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – With senatorial elections a year away and health care reform on the congressional docket, the 11th annual Arkansas Poll finds Arkansans of mixed minds about changing the health care system and that it’s too early to tell about next year’s senatorial race. The poll also surveyed Arkansans about various social issues, including beliefs about the effectiveness of the death penalty.
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At NCREPT, University of Arkansas researchers develop advanced power electronics to modernize the nation's power grid. Learn about their work at http://researchfrontiers.uark.edu/16088.php, the newest addition of Arkansas 180.
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“The most exciting aspect of my study abroad experience was meeting new people and making life friends from around the world,” said Shaina Armstrong, a senior majoring in interior design in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. She participated in the spring semester study abroad program at the UA Rome Center, located near the famous Piazza Navona. All courses were taught in English by UA faculty.
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