Latest Issue of The Arkansas Catalyst Highlights Campus Research
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The latest issue of The Arkansas Catalyst, an online monthly newsletter from the Office of Research and Economic Development, highlights research at the University of Arkansas.
This issue features news about the University of Arkansas’ record-setting year for research funding and research expenditures, spotlights U.S. Department of Energy and Defense Advanced Research Projects grants to faculty in the College of Engineering and the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, and highlights a new book by a political scientist about President Lyndon Johnson and the Democratic Party.
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Contacts
Chris Branam, research communications writer/editor
University Relations
479-575-4737,
cwbranam@uark.edu
Headlines
PetSmart CEO J.K. Symancyk to Speak at Walton College Commencement
J.K. Symancyk is an alumnus of the Sam M. Walton College of Business and serves on the Dean’s Executive Advisory Board.
Faulkner Center, Arkansas PBS Partner to Screen Documentary 'Gospel'
The Faulkner Performing Arts Center will host a screening of Gospel, a documentary exploring the origin of Black spirituality through sermon and song, in partnership with Arkansas PBS at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2.
UAPD Officers Mills and Edwards Honored With New Roles
Veterans of the U of A Police Department, Matt Mills has been promoted to assistant chief, and Crandall Edwards has been promoted to administrative captain.
Community Design Center's Greenway Urbanism Project Wins LIV Hospitality Design Award
"Greenway Urbanism" is one of six urban strategies proposed under the Framework Plan for Cherokee Village, a project that received funding through an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Spring Bike Drive Refurbishes Old Bikes for New Students
All donated bikes will be given to Pedal It Forward, a local nonprofit that will refurbish your bike and return it to the U of A campus to be gifted to a student in need. Hundreds of students have already benefited.