University of Arkansas

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Group.png University of Arkansas  
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MottoVeritate Duce Progredi
(Latin)
Formation1871
HeadquartersArkansas, USA
Type•  Public
•  Flagship
•  Land-grant
Other nameRazorbacks
The largest university in Arkansas

The University of Arkansas is a public land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas.[1] It is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas System and the largest university in Arkansas. Founded as Arkansas Industrial University in 1871, classes were first held on January 22, 1872, with its present name adopted in 1899.

It is noted for its strong programs in architecture, agriculture (particularly animal science and poultry science),[2] communication disorders, creative writing, history, law (particularly agricultural law),[3] and Middle Eastern studies,[4] as well as for its business school, of which the supply chain management program was ranked the best in North America by Gartner in July 2020.[5]

History

The university was founded as Arkansas Industrial University in 1871 and took its current name in 1899. As the first state university in the southern states, the UAF accepted an African-American student in 1948.

Though neither attended the university, both former president Bill Clinton and former secretary of state and presidential nominee Hillary Clinton taught at the University's law school in the early 1970s. The house where they lived in Fayetteville is now a historic site and museum.[6]

Military research on deviant socio-technical behaviors

In November 2023, Dr. Nitin Agarwal, founding director of the Collaboration for Social Media and Online Behavioral Studies (COSMOS) Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, received $5 million from the Army Research Office to "evaluate and defend against emerging cognitive threats". The project aims to identify research gaps in "deviant socio-technical behaviors", "shape an agenda focused on developing strategies that can counter emerging threats, and create tools for near real-time analysis of such threats".[7]





 

Alumni on Wikispooks

PersonBornDiedNationalitySummaryDescription
J. William Fulbright9 April 19059 February 1995USPoliticianThe longest serving chairman in the history of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Brooks Hays9 August 189811 October 1981USPoliticianAttended the February 1957 Bilderberg meeting as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
Asa Hutchinson3 December 1950Lawyer
Mack McLarty14 June 1946USAssociate of Bill Clinton and Henry Kissinger
Mark Middleton12 October 19627 May 2022USEpstein Affair/Premature death
Clinton body count		Special assistant to US President Bill Clinton in the 1990s, where he admitted Jeffrey Epstein to the White House on multiple occasions. Shot dead like other former Epstein friends in 2022.
Hugh Rodham26 May 1950LawyerBagman for his sister Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton.
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References

  1. ↑ http://campusmaps.uark.edu/ Zoomable Map.
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20050309021215/http://www.meatpoultry.com/articlearchives/archive_article.asp?ArticleID=72713
  3. ↑ http://newswire.uark.edu/Article.aspx?id=15743%7Caccess-date=September 17, 2017
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20051231083410/http://dailyheadlines.uark.edu/5292.htm
  5. ↑ https://www.scmr.com/article/gartner_gives_first_place_supply_chain_management_ranking_to_university_of
  6. ↑ https://clintonhousemuseum.org/bill-clinton/
  7. ↑ https://ualr.edu/news/2023/11/27/agarwal-army/
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