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The ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ Debate Team recently made an excellent showing recently at the Boosier Parrish Community College debate tournament with four competitors going a combined 16?8 and advancing two ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ competitors to octofinals. Jonathan Welk, a junior Political Science major, went 5?1 in his first collegiate debate competition and advanced to octofinals. Chris White, a freshman Political Science major, went … [Read more...]

ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ professors JD Swanson, Kari Naylor, Lance Bridges, Brent Hill and Melissa Kelley received a $25,000 grant from Arkansas INBRE to expand the incubation and freezer equipment in ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾'s College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ will match the grant with an additional $5,000. The funds will be used to increase -80 degree freezer space by one-third and update incubator space, allowing … [Read more...]

ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ President Lu Hardin recently joined the leaders of the other member institutions of the Arkansas Association of Public Universities on Mount Magazine for the first AAPU Presidents and Chancellors Advance/Retreat. A major topic of discussion among the leaders was working together to increase the number of Arkansans holding a bachelor's degree by formulating strategies to increase college-going … [Read more...]

ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ Theatre will present six evenings of totally improvised theatre entitled The Flaky Biscuit Convention on February 13-15 and 20-22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Bridges/Larson Theatre in the Snow Fine Arts Center on the ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ campus. The company cast includes John Brunson and Jackie Rivera, both of Jacksonville, Meg Graham of Rogers, Josh Heffington of Greenbrier, Megumi Kabe of Japan, Aaron Kopf and … [Read more...]

Tim Thornes, assistant professor of Linguistics in ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾'s Department of Writing, has an invited book review that will appear in the spring issue of the International Journal of American Linguistics (University of Chicago Press). He reviews "Timbisha (Panamint)" by John McLaughlin, a grammatical description of a highly endangered language of the Death Valley region of southeastern California. Jim … [Read more...]

Terry Weidner will be the keynote speaker at the 2008 ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ China Symposium on Fri., Mar. 7, from 12 noon to 4 p.m. at the McCastlain Ballroom on the ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ campus. This year's symposium, titled ?The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: China in 2008,? is sponsored by a Title VI Federal Grant and the ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ Confucius Institute for Arkansas, in conjunction with ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾'s Instructional Development Center and ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾'s … [Read more...]

The ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ Board of Trustees will hold a regularly scheduled meeting this Friday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. in the Board of Trustees Conference Room in Wingo Hall on the ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ campus. The meeting agenda is available on the ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ website at this link. … [Read more...]

Arkansas State Sen. Tracy Steele will be featured at February's edition of "Tuesday with a Professional," which will take place next Tues., Feb. 12 during X-period (1:40 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.) in Student Center 215. Steele will discuss his political career as well as the foundation he leads, The Stand Foundation, which is designed to provide young adults with opportunities for leadership, community … [Read more...]

John Vanderslice, assistant professor of Writing at ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾, has had new short stories accepted for publication by the journals Eureka and Boston Literary Magazine. Renee Ryburn, instructor in ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾'s Department of Family & Consumer Sciences, completed her Ph.D. at Iowa State University this Fall. She graduated in December with a doctoral degree in Family and Consumer Sciences Education. Her … [Read more...]

Arkansas native Lula Washington, who founded the Los Angeles-based Lula Washington Dance Theatre, returns to her home state for the first time for two concerts in the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall at ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ on Feb. 21 and 22, at 7:30 p.m. each night. Tickets range from $23 to $35, and there is a $10 student ticket, all seats, all sections, pending availability. Contact ÿÈÕ´óÈüÍøÕ¾ Ticket Central toll … [Read more...]