Walker Donation
October 4, 2026
David Walker proposes to donate two pieces of property to the university’s board of trustees if the university is established in Washington County. … More Walker Donation
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Sid Davis
February 6, 2026
A great oak has fallen. Sidney Parker Davis Jr. passed away at his home on February 6, 2026, at the age of 94. As news of his passing spread, tributes poured in describing him as a patriarch, mentor, legal giant, father figure, and remarkably, simply as “sweet.” His loss will be deeply felt by all … More Sid Davis
Inn at Carnall Hall
January 31, 2026
Carnall Hall was built in 1906 as the first women’s residence hall at the University of Arkansas. … More Inn at Carnall Hall
University of Arkansas Cross Country Course
January 22, 2026
A cross country course was developed by the University of Arkansas on land at the university’s Agricultural Experiment Farm. The university’s cross country team had become a national powerhouse by the 1980s under the coaching of John McDonnell, but through the 1970s and 1980s, its home courses were set up as hoc using available open … More University of Arkansas Cross Country Course
Razorback Field (soccer)
January 14, 2026
Razorback Field is the name of the women’s soccer field at the University of Arkansas. It is located near the northwest corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Stadium Drive. When it opened in 1992, it was known as LadyBack Field, and it was the first soccer stadium in the United States dedicated solely … More Razorback Field (soccer)
Harvey House
December 30, 2025
Professor Tom Paradise and University of Arkansas students went through the records of the Harvey House company, which operated restaurants, hotels and newsstands along major western railway routes, and showed that the Fayetteville Depot on Dickson Street included a Harvey House newsstand, starting about 1945 and continuing until at least 1965, when the St. Louis … More Harvey House
Gordon Morgan
December 17, 2019
Sociologist Gordon Morgan was the first tenured Black professor at the University of Arkansas. … More Gordon Morgan
University Archives
October 17, 2012
The Special Collections Department of the University Libraries at the University of Arkansas has created an archive of collections related to Fayetteville and to the university itself. Manuscript collections and publications of faculty and administrators are listed below by institutional unit followed by the name of the collection, its call number and a link to … More University Archives
Rhodes Scholars at the University of Arkansas
September 12, 2012
2006 — Anna Terry 1985 — Eric Wear 1957 — William Huff 1935 — Gaston Williamson 1925 — J. William Fulbright 1913 — Phillip H. Brodie 1911 — John Shipley 1908 — Grover Cleveland Morris 1907 — Charles A. Keith 1904 — Neil Carothers
Chancellors of the University of Arkansas
May 1, 2009
1982-83 — Bill A. Nugent1984-85 — Willard Gatewood1986-97 — Daniel Ferritor1997-2008 — John A. White2008-15 — G. David Gearhart2016-21 — Joseph Steinmetz2022-present — Charles Robinson See also the list of presidents of the University of Arkansas and UA System.