For all the details, please read the UCA News story by clicking here.
Environmental Science
Geography Awareness Week 2018 Events
The Geography Department is hosting several events this week, November 12 – 16, for Geography Awareness Week. Date, time, and location details on flyers below — no geography experience necessary to participate! Please visit the Geography Department’s Facebook page for more information.
CNSM Events Week of 10/1/18
CNSM Annual Student Research Symposium on 4/20/18
The College of Science and Engineering 24th Annual Poster Symposium will be held on April 20, 2018 in the Farris Center Gymnasium from 1 – 3 pm. Deadlines below:
Abstract submission: Due by April 9, 2018 at noon.
Poster submission: Due by April 16, 2018 at noon.
For templates and submission guidelines, please go to the event website: https://uca.edu/cose/cose-annual-symposium/
Women in STEM Celebration 3/9/18
The Women and Minorities in STEM class is hosting a Celebration of Women in STEM on Friday, March 9 with speakers in Griffin Planetarium. A lunch will be served at 11:30 am in Lewis Science Center 100, followed by a panel discussion with diverse STEM professional women. Also, UCA’s STEM Institute will be hosting an event for central Arkansas high school girls in the Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center. For more details, please see UCA News. Registration is required for the lunch at https://form.jotform.com/80445049671156
UCA Day of Giving, 3/8/18
“I will be better prepared for a future because of my research.” – Kristen Jones.
UCA’s Day of Giving is Thursday, March 8, 2018. The College of Science and Engineering has two different funds from which donors can choose — the CNSM Advancement Undergraduate Research Fund or the CNSM Enhancement Fund.
For more details, please read the full story on UCA News.
Winners of Photo Contest Announced
Congratulations to the winners of the 2017 Jewel Moore Nature Reserve Photography contest!
For more details, please go the UCA News link.
CNSM Featured in UCA Magazine
UCA Magazine’s Fall 2017 issue focuses on science, thus CNSM faculty, students and alum are featured in several articles. “Passing the Torch” discusses undergraduate student research in Chemistry and Geography. “Conway Corporation Center for Sciences” shows off our brand new state of the art science building and Griffin Planetarium. Drs. Azida Walker, Ginny Adams, Uma Garimella, Karen Thessing, Debra Burris and alum Dr. Missy Clifton are featured in “Women in STEM” for the outreach they do. UCA’s new partnership with the Research Learning Center at Steel Creek Campground is the topic of “Preserving Arkansas’s Natural Treasures”. Please read these great articles by Chelsea Huckabay and Fredericka Sharkey of University Relations and Creative Services to see what CNSM has been doing! UCA Magazine Fall 2017
Eclipse Viewing Links for Monday 8/21
Dr. Scott Austin, Director of Astronomical Facilities at UCA, shares the following website links for your live eclipse viewing on Monday, 8/21:
https://www.nasa.gov/eclipselive
http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv
JMNR Prairie in Full Bloom!
The JMNR committee wanted you all to know that the Jewel Moore Nature Reserve prairie will be on fire with blooming Blazing Star and other perennial prairie plants from June 23rd until July 3rd or so. If you’re in Conway, please consider a walk through the reserve on UCA’s campus to see the show and you’ll notice many improvements Dr. KC Larson and her crew have made in the last year.