UCA News

Tim Thornes, assistant professor of writing and linguistics at UCA, was invited to the third annual Workshop on Syntactic Complexity at the University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico, where he presented the paper "The development of complexity in Northern Paiute verb structure." He will also be presenting the paper "Polyfunctionality and the Northern Paiute middle voice marker" at the annual … [Read more...]

The Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre announced that the second annual Arkansas Shakespeare Festival will present three productions over three weekends in June at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. AST also is introducing a membership campaign to support the Festival, which will include Shakespeare's classic "Romeo and Juliet," the perennial musical favorite "The Sound of Music," and … [Read more...]

UCA Honors College student Jordyn Haught recently agreed to live for three days within a tastefully prepared cardboard house inside the lobby of Farris Hall as part of a canned food drive organized by her suitemate and fellow Honors College student Felecia Cagle. Students, staff, and faculty members were encouraged to keep Haught in the house by donating the food items, and donations also were … [Read more...]

Danny Arrigo, an associate professor in UCA's Department of Mathematics, and Luis Suazo, an undergraduate mathematics and physics major, have recently had their article "First order compatibility for the (2 + 1) dimensional diffusion equation," accepted for publication in the Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. This is their second article together. Their first article, "Symmetry … [Read more...]

Chenyi Hu, professor and chairman of UCA's Computer Science department, received a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for a project focused on knowledge processing with interval methods. Knowledge processing with interval methods presents qualitative properties as ranges of data attributes rather than specific points. By grouping attribute values into meaningful intervals, … [Read more...]

The UCA Concert Choir will team up with the Arkansas Chamber Singers and members of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra to present the Christmas portion of Handel's oratorio, Messiah, this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall on the UCA campus, and again on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Little Rock. ?Our upcoming concert will feature the grandest of … [Read more...]

UCA's Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble Winter Concert, which will take place tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. at the Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall, will feature Hendrix College piano professor John Krebs as soloist for Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." The concert is free to the public, although donations will be accepted in the lobby for the UCA Wind Ensemble?s trip to Austria in May, where it … [Read more...]

The NYU Tisch School of the Arts in February will hold auditions at UCA for its prestigious graduate acting program in conjunction with auditions for the Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre's internships. NYU's graduate acting program is arguably the best in the nation. Only 18 students are accepted into the program each year, and auditions normally are reserved for large American cities. This will be … [Read more...]

UCA Theatre?s production of The Pillowman, by Martin McDonagh, recently was honored with awards at the Arkansas Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). The Pillowman won both the Respondent?s Choice Award and Director?s Choice Award at the festival, which was held Nov. 6-10 at UCA. The award for Excellence in Directing went to Chris Fritzges, who directed UCA's production, and … [Read more...]

Bob May, an adjunct instructor in UCA's writing department, will have his play "Beanie and the Bamboozling Adventure Machine" published by Samuel French, Inc. of New York. The play is the third in a series; the first is "Beanie and the Bamboozling Book Machine" and the second is "Beanie and the Bamboozling Horror Machine." John Vanderslice, assistant professor of Writing, has published short … [Read more...]