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Volume 9, Issue 2; July 2008

The UA Physics Department: One-Hundred Years of Wonder

Bob Smith, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Arkansas

Our Turn

Terrence J. Roberts, Professor and Chair of the Master’s Program in Psychology at Antioch College in Los Angeles, California

Shooting Free Throws and Modeling the Keys to Professional Success

Tommy Boyer, distinguished alumnus, founder, Micro Images, member, Chancellor’s Society and the Board of Advisors, University of Arkansas

Dirac Operators in Analysis and Geometry

John Ryan and Junxia Li, Professor of Mathematical Sciences and graduate student in the Department of Mathematical Sciences of the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas

Farewell and Fare-well University of Arkansas

Bob Smith, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Arkansas

Chronolog: March 1, 2008 through June 20, 2008 (PDF)

Headlines from the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Most Georgia Students Say They're Free to Speak Their Minds

Most students on University System of Georgia campuses believe their freedom of speech is respected, although some say they've taken a course in which they felt obliged to agree with the professor's point of view, a survey found.

Proportion of Professors Hired as Couples Rises, Study Finds

Thirteen percent of professors hired at the nation's leading universities since 2000 came with their partners, and the growing trend has provoked questions about the proper guidelines for such hires, a Stanford University study found.

New High-Tech Teaching Center, Pushed by Congress, Lacks Funds

The National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technologies would develop technologically advanced ways to improve teaching, but ambitions for the center may need to be scaled back.

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