By Nick Brothers Lemke Newsroom As millions of Internet users nationwide log on, sign in, search this, and buy that online in this holiday season, they face the growing threat of what’s called malvertising, fake online advertisements that — once clicked — can surreptitiously download viruses or other malware into users’ computers. These malicious ads [...]
Living Invisible: Northwest Arkansas Homeless Increases by 36 Percent
December 4, 2012 By
By Whitney Green Lemke Newsroom Northwest Arkansas homelessness increased 36 percent in two years, according to the UA most recent homeless census. Shelters have prepared to help the nearly 2,000 homeless people prepare for cold weather. Many organizations in northwest Arkansas have resources available for the homeless to receive food and clothing, but The Salvation [...]
UAPD Use Social Media and Mobile Devices to Help Daily Operations
December 3, 2012 By
By Nick Brothers, Lemke Newsroom. In a booming age of mobile phones and wireless technology, campus police are using social media, tablet devices, and mobile emergency programs as part of their daily operations. New in the fall semester, the addition of smart911 to the UA community allows students to register their phone number with their [...]
Dressed in Yellow: Women Tell Stories about Life Behind Bars
December 3, 2012 By
By Karen Stigar LEMKE NEWSROOM Time is precious. That’s clear in the voices of women inmates whose work was presented in the “Prison Stories Project” performance recently at St. Paul’s Episcopal. Nine women participated in the program and their work was written into a script that was performed actors, said Kathy McGregor, prison stories project [...]
Increased Popularity in Renaissance Faires Bring Fairytale Endings For Local Economies
November 27, 2012 By
By Karen Stigar, Lemke Newsroom. Jousting, sword fights and the renaissance era came to Fayetteville when the Ozark Renaissance and Fantasy Faire converted the Washington County Fair Grounds. Knights and belly dancers might seem an unconventional way to bring revenue to Fayetteville but visiting patrons’ need for lodging, food, entertainment, transportation and their other discretionary [...]
Students Give Feedback on Required Volunteering for Campus Organizations
November 27, 2012 By
By Whitney Green, Lemke Newsroom. Volunteering — for high school and college students — has gained significance because of the variety of community service hours that are often required to gain eligibility for schools, study programs, scholarships, internships and jobs, according to interviews. Required volunteering has encouraged students to get involved in the community, however [...]
UofA Adds Bilingual Staff to Increase Latino Enrollment
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By Sarah Villegas LEMKE NEWSROOM UA Latino enrollment has steadily increased in the past 10 years, and the office for diversity affairs implemented a new office to meet the needs of Hispanic students on campus and in northwest Arkansas. The bilingual staff at La Oficina Latina is a UA first, said Brande Flack-Armstrong, assistant director [...]
Students Attend an Election Day party in the Union Connections Lounge
November 7, 2012 By
By Karen Stigar Lemke Newsroom University Programs played host to an Election Day party in the Union Connections Lounge to encourage students to vote Tuesday. Rachel Ludeman, university programs daytime chairwoman, created the event with the goal of getting students involved in the presidential election. “We wanted to encourage people to go out and vote [...]
Finding a Better Process: UA Functional Foods Researchers Work to Improve Food Processing
November 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By Nick Brothers, LEMKE NEWSROOM. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foePSEsMtco As health food standards gain popularity, companies are eager to get the maximum benefits in their foods, and UA Food Science department researchers are finding better methods to retain health-promoting compounds in processed foods, a UA researcher said. Luke Howard, professor of food science, leads the Functional Foods lab [...]
