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Grant allows professor, students to study at NASA

MAGNOLIA – A professor and two students from Southern Arkansas University have recently returned from a research trip to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The trip was funded through a NASA EPSCOR grant. Dr. Abdel Bachri, assistant professor of physics at SAU, was awarded the grant to work on a research project related… Read More

Governor Beebe will speak at University Science Center dedication

MAGNOLIA – Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe will be the featured speaker when Southern Arkansas University dedicates the new University Science Center at noon on Monday, April 5. The outdoor ceremony will take place in the plaza area directly in front of the facility. In case of inclement weather, the ceremony will be held in the… Read More

SAU will host regional science fair

MAGNOLIA – Southern Arkansas University and the Center for Teaching Excellence in Math and Science will co-sponsor the Southwest Arkansas Regional Science Fair from 7 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., Friday, March 12, on the SAU campus. The 29th annual regional science fair for 3-12 graders will host as many as 600 students from local and… Read More

SAU assistant professor to be featured on AETN

MAGNOLIA – Dr. Jamie Brandon, research station archeologist and assistant professor of anthropology at Southern Arkansas University will be featured in an upcoming program on the Arkansas Educational Television Network. “Silent Storytellers,” an original documentary produced by AETN, will premiere on the network at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 11. “Like many others, I used… Read More

Aerojet grant provides new physics equipment at SAU

MAGNOLIA – The College of Science and Technology at Southern Arkansas University has received specialized equipment for use in its physics laboratories, thanks to a grant from Aerojet Corporation through the GenCorp Foundation. Connie Wilbur, human resources manager of Aerojet in Camden, visited SAU recently to observe students using the Millikan’s Oil Drop Apparatus purchased… Read More

Associate Professor Tim Daniels elected to ASTA board

By Abigail Holihan, SAU Communications MAGNOLIA – Tim Daniels, associate professor of biology at Southern Arkansas University, has been appointed to the Arkansas Science Teachers Association board as the Southwest Region Director. The ASTA has a statewide membership of more than 1,000 primary, elementary, middle school, high school and college teachers. Daniels was elected to… Read More

SAU recognizes students named to Who’s Who

MAGNOLIA – Twenty-three students from Southern Arkansas University have been selected as national outstanding leaders and chose for inclusion in Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.  The students were recognized at a banquet held in their honor on Nov. 22 in the Grand Hall of the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community… Read More

SAU Mulerider Sunny Wilcox Places Second at Pea Ridge Mule Jump

Southern Arkansas University Mulerider Sunny Wilcox and the University’s mule, “Molly B.,” finished second in the 21st annual Pea Ridge Mule Jump on Saturday, Oct. 10, at Pea Ridge High School. The pair competed against approximately 25 mules in the amateur mule jump division. During a mule jump competition, a canvass-covered bar is positioned about… Read More

Southern Arkansas University Faculty Member and Three Physics Majors Use Their Summer to Complete Project at the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory

Three physics engineering majors from Southern Arkansas University spent the bulk of their summer working, but these students were not waiting tables to earn extra cash for the fall semester, they were constructing a cosmic radiation detector inside the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory—the same lab associated with 11 Nobel Prize Laureates in physics. Amanda Taylor,… Read More

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