Nanotech research gets federal grant
FAYETTEVILLE -- Two University of Arkansas at Fayetteville researchers are recipients of a $595,000 grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
The grant will fund research into quantum semiconductor photon detectors, tiny devices that are thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair. Research will explore limits of the nanoscale technology.
Existing photodetector devices have applications in communications and computing systems, among other uses.
Shui-Qing "Fisher" Yu and Greg Salamo will collaborate with researchers at Dartmouth College and the University of Wisconsin. Their group is part of a larger project funded with $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Defense.
"This is an extremely competitive project, and we are very proud to be selected for the award," Yu said in a statement.
$599,373 to fund ammonia study
A $599,373 federal grant will support a University of Arkansas at Fayetteville researcher's work to find a cleaner and more efficient way to produce ammonia.
Lauren Greenlee, a chemical engineering assistant professor, will collaborate with researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Pennsylvania State University as part of the U.S. Department of Energy-funded project.
Ammonia, used commonly in cleaning products and a basic material used in making drugs, is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen. But the process used to make it requires lots of energy and produces large amounts of carbon dioxide, a gas described by scientists as contributing to climate change.
As Hispanic writer, UA poet wins prize
Jacob Shores-Arguello has won the inaugural CantoMundo Poetry Prize for poetry by a U.S.-based Hispanic writer.
The $1,000 prize, from arts organization CantoMundo, includes publication by the University of Arkansas Press. Shores-Arguello's book, Paraiso, will be published next fall, according to UA.
His work has appeared previously in The New Yorker, among other publications.
Teaching program to host 8-10 Iraqis
Eight to 10 college teachers from Kirkuk in northern Iraq will come to Fayetteville next year as part of a training program funded by a $101,448 grant from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, according to the University of Arkansas.
Before any travel, 30 to 45 Iraqi educators will be taught online by UA faculty. Some will then travel to Fayetteville for five weeks of immersion instruction at UA by a teaching team from the Spring International Language Center, a part of UA's Graduate School and International Education.
The program is designed for Iraqi college faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields to improve their English and teaching skills.
Food pantry adds drop-off locations
A campus food pantry at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville now has a van service that drops off items at other UA-affiliated locations.
The Jane B. Gearhart Full Circle Campus Food Pantry, established in 2011, is a student-run service offering items to students and staff.
Volunteers now are delivering items to sites north of campus, in downtown Fayetteville and at the Arkansas Research and Technology Park in south Fayetteville.
Steinmetz to teach leadership course
Students will be invited into the home of Chancellor Joe Steinmetz for a class on leadership at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
The class, Flagship U!, will meet weekly during UA's spring semester and is open to 14 students in the university's Honors College.
Participants must research issues affecting the university, including state funding and enrollment management, with other UA administrators serving as student advisers during the course. The course, labeled an Honors College forum, offers one hour of credit.
Metro on 10/15/2016