UA Board Backs Plan to Keep Fulbright Statue
The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees approves a plan to keep a statue of the late Sen. J. William Fulbright on its flagship campus, despite calls to remove it. read more >
The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees approves a plan to keep a statue of the late Sen. J. William Fulbright on its flagship campus, despite calls to remove it. read more >
University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt proposes keeping a statue of the late Sen. J. William Fulbright on its flagship campus but add "contextualization" about his legacy read more >
The University of Arkansas says it will establish the Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research with a $194.7 million grant from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation. read more >
With Arkansas’ public colleges in historic financial distress, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Chancellor Christina Drale prescribed a bitter remedy this month — cuts deep enough to cost tenured professors their jobs — and state education leaders fear other state universities may have to take a dose. read more >
A majority of Arkansas college administrators saw a bump in their total compensation package between fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2019. But for most of them it wasn’t much. read more >
As the growth spree in northwest Arkansas rolls on, worries like scarce housing and infrastructure arise. read more >
Chancellor Joseph Steinmetz of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville knows the goal that he and the Northwest Arkansas Council have set for the university’s research and development funding will be a tough nut. read more >
Stacy Leeds, a former dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law, has been appointed vice chancellor for economic development. And Chris McCoy has been appointed vice chancellor for finance and administration. read more >
Northwest Arkansas business executives and academic leaders say there is no longer any question that the area’s population is growing more diverse. read more >
Joseph E. Steinmetz, chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, has been named to the board of directors of the Association of Public & Land-grant Universities as a member at large. read more >
The Windgate Charitable Foundation has donated $40 million to the University of Arkansas for the creation of a new Windgate Art & Design District in south Fayetteville. read more >
Arkansas ended its nearly three-week search for an athletic director Monday by naming Houston's Hunter Yurachek as the replacement for Jeff Long. read more >
Will it be Julie Cromer Peoples, Joseph Steinmetz or the UA board of trustees who is in charge of handling the more immediate question hounding all of Arkansas: What to do with Bret Bielema? read more >
Northwest Arkansas' strong employment doesn't yet pose a threat to its economic growth. That was one of the many positive messages delivered at the seventh annual State of Northwest Arkansas Region Report luncheon. read more >
Between fiscal 2012 and fiscal 2017, a more typical compensation increase for Arkansas university administrators was between 10 and 20 percent. read more >
Dr. Mark McCoy has joined Mercy Clinic Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery in Fort Smith as a cardiovascular surgeon. read more >
University of Arkansas Chancellor Joseph Steinmetz is the new presiding co-chair for the nonprofit Northwest Arkansas Council. read more >
University of Arkansas Chancellor Joseph Steinmetz has eight priorities for the university's future, and the planned $160 million stadium expansion on the Fayetteville campus isn't one of them. read more >
The University of Arkansas announced Monday that Chris Wyrick, vice chancellor for University Advancement, had stepped down and will be replaced by Mark Power, effective immediately. read more >
A hotel and conference center planned by the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville is no longer on the to-do list. read more >
