“Buddy” Portis, best known for his frontier novel True Grit, died Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, at Little Rock. He was 86. Alumnus Charles Portis earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from the University of Arkansas in 1958 and then worked as a newspaper reporter for several years, but he was best known for his … More In Memoriam: Charles Portis
A University of Arkansas alumna, Louise McPhetridge set records during the early days of aviation for altitude, for time aloft and for transcontinental speed. … More Arkansas Aviatrix
Founded in 1906, the student newspaper at the University of Arkansas has covered the major news of the university as well as trends, fashions and sports for more than a century. … More 100th Anniversary of a Student Newspaper
This story first appeared in the summer edition of Arkansas magazine in 2008. When John McDonnell was in high school, growing up in County Mayo, Ireland, his younger brother Frank was running track. Frank, who already loved the sport, asked John for help. John played soccer but had never run track competitively, but he agreed … More John McDonnell: America’s Winningest Coach
In 2012, Betty Davis talked about her life in Fayetteville, growing up during the 1920s and 1930s, leaving for education and public service, and then returning for retirement. … More Betty Davis: Family Reunion
Ferdinand Zellner, the composer of the first music published by an Arkansan, had the “gentle soul of an artist.” … More Sketch of Ferdinand Frederick Zellner
Davis Hall is named for Mary Anne Davis, an instructor of mathematics and English at the University of Arkansas for more than 46 years who also served as the university’s dean of women from 1911 to 1923. Davis was born Feb. 1, 1873, at North Middleton, Kentucky, and studied at New York University, the University … More Mary Anne Davis, Namesake of Davis Hall
There is not a closer association between a fabled beast and a mythic people in the whole of America than between the wild razorback hog and its Arkansawyers. The razorback is the only animal that plays so well into the Arkansaw stereotypes, both those cherished by Arkansawyers about themselves and those meant as derogatory quips … More From Idiom to Idol: The Razorback in Arkansas’ Culture and History
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Donald Douglas Harington, a distinguished professor emeritus of art, novelist and alumnus of the University of Arkansas, died at midnight Nov. 7, 2009. He was 73. Lauded for his novels, Harington taught art history at the university, starting as a visiting assistant professor in 1986, gaining tenure in 1991 and retiring in … More Obituary for Donald Harington
Robert Clary, the French actor who played the LeBeau in the popular 1960s series Hogan’s Heroes, spoke at the University of Arkansas in 1988 and talked about his experiences in the Nazi concentration camps of World War. … More Actor Determined World Won’t Forget
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