Paris Observatory Delegation to Total Solar Eclipse April 2024

Astronomers Travel 4,000+ Miles for Total Solar Eclipse

Few people can match Vincent Coudé du Foresto when it comes to in-person experience with total solar eclipses. An astronomer and director of the laboratory of space studies and instrumentation in astrophysics at the Paris...
Eclipse Projects Students and Faculty April 2024

Eclipse Provides Research Opportunity for Students

Eighteen Arkansas Tech University students are participating in eclipse-related research led by members of the ATU faculty. The student eclipse researchers had an opportunity to meet with representatives from NASA on Thursday, April 4, to...
Total Solar Eclipse at ATU 1

A View of the Total Solar Eclipse from Arkansas Tech

As the moment arrived at 1:50 p.m., there was a brief shriek of glee among the family, friends and strangers gathered on the greenspace outside Tucker Coliseum at Arkansas Tech University. Then there were four...
ATU Fishing Team Spring 2024

Crawfish Boil to Benefit ATU Fishing Club Friday

The Arkansas Tech University fishing club will host its third annual crawfish boil fundraiser in the Tucker Coliseum parking lot on Friday, April 12. The event will begin at noon. Cost will be $15 per...
Arvest Donation for ATU Agricultural Education Building 2024

Arvest Supports New Ag Education Building at ATU

Arvest Foundation has donated $10,000 to the Arkansas Tech University Foundation in support of the construction of a new agricultural education building on the ATU campus in Russellville. Shawn Bates, Arvest Bank community bank president...
Taylor Lawrence

Like Father, Like Daughter: Taylor Lawrence’s ATU Story

It was little more than a decade ago that Taylor Lawrence could often be found riding around the Arkansas Tech University campus on a golf cart, talking on a pretend phone on her way...
Yell County Farm Bureau Donation 2024

Yell County Farm Bureau Gives for New ATU Ag Building

The forthcoming agricultural education building at Arkansas Tech University will be funded in part by a $20,000 donation from Yell County Farm Bureau. Richard Gray (center, right), Yell County Farm Bureau president, presented the check...
Muses Poster Spring 2024

ATU Senior Fine Arts Exhibit Open April 15-25

Nine Arkansas Tech University senior fine arts students will put their works on display in an exhibition entitled “Muses.” The show will be open weekdays from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. beginning Monday, April 15, and continuing...
Dr. Cynthia Jacobs and Dr. Bruce Tedford

ATU Faculty Members to Give Earth Day Lecture

Arkansas Tech University faculty members Dr. Cynthia Jacobs and Dr. Bruce Tedford will offer an Earth Day presentation concerning the Galapagos Islands on Monday, April 22. Their talk will begin at 6 p.m. in Ross...
Juliet Grames

Award-Winning Author to Speak at Arkansas Tech

Juliet Grames, author of "The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna," will appear at Arkansas Tech University for a pair of events hosted by the ATU Department of English and World Languages. Grames will...