Arkansas Research & Technology Park Calendar

What is the Road to ROI? Find out what major retailers such as Macy’s, Bloomingdales, and Sam’s Club have discovered. Lab tours will be conducted from 1:00 to 5:00 P.M. at the Donald W. Reynolds Center Room RCED 120. A welcome reception from 5:30 to 7:30 P.M. at the Inn at Carnall Hall. For more information contact Carlan Pine at 575-4261 or cpine@walton.uark.edu.

Further discussion on the Road to ROI will take place from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. Donald W. Reynolds Center, RCED 120 – Auditorium. For more information contact Carlan Pine at 575-4261 or cpine@walton.uark.edu.

Best known for his melodic folk piano style, George Winston will perform one solo concert at the Walton Arts Center An accomplished pianist and avid philanthropist, Winston regularly hosts food drives at his performances all around the country. For his November 1st engagement, he is teaming up with Walton Arts Center to host a canned food drive benefiting the NWA Food Bank. Patrons are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to Walton Arts Center on the day of the performance. A portion of George Winston merchandise sales will also be donated to the NWA Food Bank. Located at Baum Walker Hall, Walton Arts Center at 2:00 P.M. For more information call 479-443-5600 or visit www.waltonartscenter.org.

A panel of working online journalists will discuss The Fog of New Media during a three-day forum, Nov. 4-6, hosted by the Walter J. Lemke department of journalism in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas.


The panel members include Matthew Waite, the senior news technologist at the St. Petersburg Times and designer of PolitiFact, the first stand-alone Web site to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize; Michelle Malashock, the Web content editor at The Morning News; Gordon Witkin, managing editor at the Center for Public Integrity; and Conan Gallaty, the online director for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The panel discussion will be held at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, in the Donald W. Reynolds Center Auditorium.


The panel is one of three featured events of When the Ink Runs Dry: A Forum on the Future of the News Business. The forum is funded in part by the Arkansas Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities. All events are open to the public, and faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend.

A Glimpse of the Future presents three videos produced by the Washington, D.C.-based Newseum. The videos are part of a 10-part television series, The Future of News, which is set to air in early 2010 and features lively, cutting-edge conversations with well-known journalists and new media pioneers about the evolution of news reporting in an Internet age, according to the Newseum Web site. The videos will be shown at 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in Kimpel Hall Room 111.

Advice for the Future, a student-moderated question and answer session with Matthew Waite and Gordon Witkin, will take place at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6, in Kimpel Hall Room 111. The session will be videotaped to air on UATV.

Featuring art, music, and a movie on the downtown Square at dark. The event will begin with an Art Walk at ddp gallery and The Fayetteville Underground from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., live music in front of the Town Center. Bring your lawn chairs. The event is free to the public, however, donations to the We Can! Campaign are requested to support local food banks. Located at the Fayetteville Square from 5:00 P.M. – 11:00 P.M. For more information contact Brian Bailey on First Thursday Fayetteville at the Fayetteville Visitors Bureau at (479) 521-5776 or Julie McQuade at the City of Fayetteville at (479) 575-8302.

WHAT IS THE LEWIS & CLARK OZARK ADVENTURE RACE? This race will be a challenging adventure race course held in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas that will consist of orienteering, mountain biking, trekking, canoeing, rope events, and mystery events. WHAT IS THE COURSE LIKE? Approximately 50 to 70 miles. Competitors should be prepared for single-track mountain biking trails, flowing water, hilly terrain, rope elements and team building events. Located at Lewis & Clark Outfitters in Springdale, contact All Sports Productions at 479-521-776 or bruce@misterguy.com for more information, or go to: www.ozarkadventurerace.com.

Helping provide a final resting place for Northwest Arkansas veterans. The course begins and ends across the street from the entrance to the Fayetteville National Cemetery. Race fees: $25 by October 31, $30 day of race. Located at the Fayetteville National Cemetery, 700 S. Government.  Registration is from 6A.M.-7:30A.M. and race begins at 8:00 A.M. For more information call 479-871-7478 or veterans5k@att.net.

November 7

Arkansas Razorback Football game in Fayetteville, Arkansas against South Carolina. Kick off is at 11:21 a.m.

Stakeholders are beginning to expect companies to report their corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to publicly set reduction goals. This one-day course will give participants the knowledge and tools needed to compile their GHG inventory in accordance with generally accepted protocols and to publish information to the Carbon Disclosure Project. Participants will learn the basics of greenhouse-gas science, understand the GHG Protocol and Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions, and review the Carbon Disclosure Project and other major sustainability reporting outlets. Students will also be trained on simple tools to help them collect data, calculate their footprint, and set achievable reduction targets. Located at RCED 103, Seminar Room A – Donald W. Reynolds Center from 3:00 to 4:30 P.M. Contact Executive Education at 479-575-2856 or exceed@walton.uark.edu for more information.

Arts Live Theatre presents "The Hobbit" at 7:00 P.M. at the UARK Ballroom, 644 West Dickson Street in Fayetteville. Ticket prices are $8 for children 12 and under, and $12 for adults. For more information call 479-521-4932.

University Theatre presents “The Crucible”, by Arthur Miller and directed by Kate Frank. Productions are held at the UA Fine Arts Center on these dates and times: November 13th -14th & 18th – 21st at 8:00 p.m. and 15th - 22nd at 2:00 p.m. For more information call 479-575-2953 or email drama@cavern.uark.edu.

Arkansas Razorback Football game in Fayetteville, Arkansas against Troy. Time TBA.

Come Jingle With Us! Get in the spirit this holiday season at the 1st Annual Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis. Be one of the thousands of runners and walkers who hit Arkansas's pavement, pathways and parks this winter to fight one of the nation’s leading causes of disability. Jingle Bell Run/Walk is a fun and festive way to kick off your holidays by helping others! Wear a holiday themed costume. Tie jingle bells to your shoelaces. Run or walk with your team members and celebrate the season by giving. Registration is from 1:00 P.M. to 1:45 P.M. at Arkansas Student Union and race starts at 2:00 P.M. For more information phone 800-482-8858 or go to www.arkansasjinglebellrun.org.

Arkansas Razorback Football game in Little Rock, Arkansas against Mississippi State. Time TBA.

Since 1994 the Downtown Square in Fayetteville is transformed into a winter wonderland. The Lights of the Ozarks Parade and Lighting of the Square will take place Saturday, November 21 and the lights will be on every night through New Year's Eve! Different vendors will be on hand each night along with choirs. Lights will be on each night from 5:00 P.M. to midnight. Witness the official lighting on the downtown square in Fayetteville on November 21st and join in all the fun! For more information send an email to lightsoftheozarks@gmail.com.

Free concert open to the public. Located at Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall at 7:30 P.M. For more information go to www.music.uark.edu, or contact the UA Music Department at 479-575-4701 or music@uark.edu

Genesis & Innovation Center support services will be closed on Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th.

Arkansas Razorback Football game in Baton Rouge, LA against. Time TBA.

Join us on Friday, December 11th at 3:30 p.m. for the 3rd Annual ARTP Christmas Party. Currently, this event is scheduled to be held in the Innovation Center lobby, however, if the Enterprise Center is available, we might try and have it in the lobby. Inivitations will go out in December with more details. All food and drinks will be provided.