‘Razorvets’ to be hailed at inaugural UA event
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville’s efforts to recruit and support more military veterans as students will grow more Friday when it hosts its inaugura…
Stories by Tracie Dungan
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GOP out front in 2 Senate contests
In two Northwest Arkansas state Senate races in which legislative experience was a common denominator, returns Tuesday night showed state Sen. Bruce Holland wa…
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Expert advises flu shots, says virus knocking at state’s door
An influenza researcher with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital urged science students at the University of Arkansas to get their flu shots this year becau…
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UA Board Backs Technology-Learning Expansion
The University of Arkansas board of trustees voted Friday to encourage and support its campuses statewide in expanding their online and distance-learning progr…
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Building buy gets backing at UA
A committee of the University of Arkansas System’s board of trustees on Thursday approved plans by its flagship campus to buy more than 68,500 square feet of s…
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‘Pot’ act draws officials’ concern
A group of Northwest Arkansas politicians, law enforcement officials and a doctor turned out Friday to oppose a ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana, s…
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Poll offers election snapshot
A majority of Arkansans who are “very likely voters” oppose legalizing medical marijuana and favor a statewide sales tax increase to fund highways by a nearly …
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Rivers and Trails opening Fayetteville regional office
The National Park Service’s Rivers and Trails program is opening its first office in Arkansas in a partnership with the University of Arkansas and the city of …
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In Carroll County race, it’s old vs. new
For the two men vying for the seat as county judge in Carroll County, the issues boil down to old ways of doing things vs. new ideas.
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Rivals spar on spending in race for county judge
The race for county judge in Sebastian County involves two candidates with starkly different views on how to spend county tax dollars.
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Providers toss recalled drugs
Dr. Rhys Branman’s Little Rock cosmetic practice was among those medical providers in Arkansas who voluntarily pulled pharmaceuticals shipped from a Massachuse…
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State decides to recall drugs
Medical providers in Arkansas complying with a state and federal recall of possibly tainted pharmaceuticals have sequestered their drug shipments and — in at l…
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State recalls drugs
Arkansas health officials say neither of the two drugs implicated in a multistate fungal meningitis outbreak were shipped to the state, but they are recalling …
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Flu shot clinics start next week
The Arkansas Department of Health will begin its annual mass flu vaccination clinics around the state next week, officials have announced.
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Benefits changes laid out
Employers gained a clearer understanding of how they will administer changes in employee health-insurance plans under “Obamacare” during a forum with the Arka…
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University of the Ozarks trustees name Dunsworth 25th president
The University of the Ozarks in Clarksville will have its first new leader in 16 years when Richard “Rich” Dunsworth becomes its 25th president on July 1.
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Panel debates mental health
As the Fayetteville man stepped up to the audience’s microphone during a forum about mental health Wednesday, he introduced himself almost as if those in the r…
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UA faculty senate creates ‘intersession’ calendar
University of Arkansas’ faculty senate adopted an “intersession ” calendar for compressed course work Wednesday that would allow students more options for acce…
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New company to administer UA insurance
For the first time since 1995, the University of Arkansas System is changing the company that administers its self-funded insurance plan as a means of averting…
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Traveling clinics caring for kids
To look at 7-week-old Crawford Cox as he cooed and wriggled in his mother’s arms during a doctor’s appointment, there were no visible clues that he endured sur…
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Chimp researcher’s head, heart in work
Jane Goodall doesn’t put stock in the scientific school of thought holding that researchers must maintain an analytical distance from the animals they’re stud…
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Exonerated in ’02, man tells death-row tale
When he was exonerated from death row in 2002, Ray Krone had served more than a decade behind bars in Arizona — and two years and eight months of those sentenc…
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On pathway to citizenship, hurdles arise
Marshallese living in the Springdale area are learning that their special visa-free status has a downside: It adds hurdles should they seek a path to U.S. citi…
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Builder at UA site hospitalized
A construction worker at a University of Arkansas job site was transported to a Fayetteville hospital Thursday morning after a section of support wall in an ex…
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Bikes, Blues, BBQ ready to rev it up
Bikes, Blues and BBQ organizers expect the rumble and roar of up to a quartermillion motorcycle enthusiasts to invade the Fayetteville and Springdale area for …
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During drought, native plants thrive
Arkansas gardeners tired of shriveled plants and high water bills during this and last year’s summer droughts can take note from an expert: Start choosing nat…
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UA sorority swings open ornate gate
FAYETTEVILLE — More than 3 1/2 years after a University of Arkansas sorority announced plans to build an ornamental gate near Old Main, its alumnae and members…
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Minority-group students gain at UA
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville’s preliminary 11th-day head count of 24,537 students includes a 10.4 percent increase from racial and ethnic minorit…
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Museum gets pledge to aid art scholars
A $5 million pledge from the Tyson family of Springdale and Tyson Foods Inc. has allowed Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art to begin a research and residen…
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Site targets college dropouts
An economic-development nonprofit has joined with five Northwest Arkansas highereducation schools in creating a website to help college dropouts find programs …
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Measles outbreak contained to family
Officials for a private boarding school in Gentry believe an outbreak of measles that originated at the school was contained to three siblings from one family.
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Grant triples speed for top UA computer
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville has tripled the computational prowess of its top supercomputer, dubbed Razor, with the help of a $900,000 National S…
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UA studying compressed course periods
The University of Arkansas’ faculty leadership is considering a major change to its academic calendar that would allow coursework during “intersessions” that o…
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UA students get OK to camp near stadium for 2 games
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville students will be allowed to camp outside Razorback Stadium for this Saturday’s football matchup with Alabama, administra…
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Students at UA remember 9/11, turn to service
It was not long after the 9/11 terrorist attacks 11 years ago that University of Arkansas at Fayetteville’s Hameed Naseem recognized how misunderstood his Isla…
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Colleges beef up rules on conflict of interest
Research universities around Arkansas have just completed a federally mandated, year-long project to beef up their conflict-of-interest policies for the increa…
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$6 million gift pledged to UA
The University of Arkansas System’s flagship campus has a $6 million gift commitment from a Little Rock couple to show UA System trustees today and Friday when…
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Assault at UA adds to patrols
Two days after a University of Arkansas student reported that she was raped by a stranger in a campus parking lot, UA’s police force was still looking for the …
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UA: No camping to gain tickets
University of Arkansas administrators have banned student plans to camp outside Razorback Stadium for first dibs on coveted student seating near the field for …
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2 in Gentry test positive for measles
Measles was confirmed in two of three suspected cases in Gentry from cultures federal health investigators took earlier in the week, state and school officials…
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UA program offers career coaches to teens
Sometimes the difference between going to college and not going is helping a student’s family believe it is possible.
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Gentry school giving adults vaccinations
State health officials spent Tuesday afternoon giving measles vaccine to adult employees of a private high school in Gentry after two of its students and their…
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Dental work for Ty a little different
Anyone who’s ever watched the family cat or dog endure oral surgery or dental cleaning can appreciate what Ty the tiger was going through as he lay unconscious…
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Health professionals learn about new system at forum
Concerns doctors expressed at a town hall meeting Thursday evening regarding a new Medicaid reimbursement model the state has begun testing included whether th…
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Arkansas pilot for innovations in medical care
Dr. Stacy Zimmerman recalls that when she began her medical practice nine years ago, her excitement in beginning her mission of bettering patient care in an un…
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Insurers cover recommended hepatitis C test
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation Thursday that baby boomers get a one-time screening for the hepatitis C virus will be c…
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2-, 4-year campuses OK credit transfers
In an effort to increase the number of college graduates in the state, the University of Arkansas signed a “reverse credit” transfer agreement with its communi…
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UA raises $108 million in 2012
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville recorded $108.1 million in fundraising for the fiscal year ending June 30, less than the previous year’s $121.3 mill…
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Springdale health center awarded $500,000 grant
Five low-income health clinics in Arkansas were awarded grants totaling nearly $11.2 million in May and June — part of $857 million in such Affordable Care Act…
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Vehicle deaths warrant cautions
The deaths of three Arkansas children in hot cars this past weekend has prompted state agencies and law enforcement officials to urge adults to “step up” and t…
