UCA News

The UCA Community School of Music will offer an 8-week Kindermusik course for babies and their parents beginning Friday, March 5. Imagine your child swinging softly in a blanket or dancing with you around a maypole. Kindermusik Village provides a delightful environment unlike any other. Through a unique blend of multi-level activities that includes creative movement, vocal play, object and … [Read more...]

The biggest gift to the University of Central Arkansas in 2003 came from its own employees who brought in nearly $3.3 million in grant money for academics and research, nearly $1 million more than in 2002. On Wednesday, the 127 faculty and staff who were instrumental in bringing those dollars into the university were honored during a reception. UCA President Lu Hardin, Provost Gabe Esteban and … [Read more...]

Dr. Steven Runge, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and student Brandon Walser received a $2,650 State Undergraduate Research Fellowship to conduct a study that could lay the groundwork for future cancer therapies. The team will study the identification of the proteins contributing to the regulation of intracellular pH in human breast cancer cells. … [Read more...]

Dr. Jane Elphingstone, College of Health and Applied Sciences, received a $76,716 grant from the Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services to assist with planning and development of the Arkansas Prevention Incentive. According to Elphingstone, the grant is designed to develop strong inter-agency collaboration and a common vision for the state?s prevention system. The goal of this grant … [Read more...]

That?s not George Washington staring back at you ? it?s a toad that graces the front of some unusual local currency. The currency is part of the Conway Community Hours project that is designed to bring the community together while boosting the local economy. UCA Honors College senior Chris Massingill, who is spearheading the project, first learned about local currency in a UCA Honors College … [Read more...]

Following is a list of grants that recntly have been awarded to UCA faculty: Dr. Danny Arrigo, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and student Luke Brown received a $2,650 State Undergraduate Research Fellowship. The grant money will be used to conduct research on the generalized compatibility for the two-dimensional nonlinear diffusion equation. Arrigo said he hopes the results of … [Read more...]

Noted television producer and Emmy Award-winning scriptwriter Rick Cleveland will give a lecture and multimedia presentation at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, in Stanley Russ Hall 103. A short question and answer session will follow the lecture. The event is free and open to the public. Cleveland is a writer and supervising producer on HBO?s award-winning series ?Six Feet Under.? In 2000, … [Read more...]

The Student Activities Board invites you to come hear one of the leading profilers and experts on serial killers. FBI Profiler, Robert Ressler Wednesday, February 25 7 p.m. Student Center Ballroom Robert Ressler is considered the world's leading authority on violence in contemporary society. Founder and former director of the FBI's acclaimed Violent Criminal Apprehension Program, Ressler … [Read more...]

Their name, the Nuclear Whales, may have a contemporary flair, but their concert feels like a bit of a throwback to vaudeville. It is, in fact, just that. Adolph Sax invented the saxophone in the late 19th century. In the teen years of the 20th century, when the sax craze was at its peak, more saxophones were purchased than guitars were purchased in the 1960?s. Numerous saxophone orchestras … [Read more...]

The UCA Staff Senate is now accepting applications for the Staff Senate Student Book Scholarship and for the Staff Senate Employee Book Scholarship for the fall semester. The Student Book Scholarship is for children of full-time UCA staff employees who are in good standing academically and have completed at least 30 hours of college credit, while the Employee Book Scholarship is for full-time … [Read more...]