by Nathan Smith | Feb 15, 2013 | Alumni Updates, Careers, Economics, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Mathematics, Research, Sam M. Walton College of Business
From a crowded field of acceptances and scholarship offers, high school senior Stuart Shirrell had narrowed down his college choices to two: a prestigious private school located on the East Coast, and the University of Arkansas. He decided to place a call to...
by Nathan Smith | Feb 14, 2012 | 5 Questions, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Research, SURF grant
Lasers have been a source of wonder for many people since their invention only about half a century ago and William Lewis, an honors physics and mathematics major, is making it the focus of his honors thesis. What many people do not realize is that lasers are not all...
by Nathan Smith | Nov 18, 2010 | J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Mathematics, On Campus
On campus today, students and professors have the perfect excuse to play with toys and call it work. Chaim Goodman-Strauss, chair of the math department and an Honors College faculty member, is leading an effort to build the largest omnitruncated dodecaplex model ever...