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University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) is a metropolitan public research university located in Little Rock, Arkansas. Established as Little Rock Junior College by the Little Rock School District in 1927, the institution became a private four-year university under the name Little Rock University in 1957. It returned to public status in 1969 when it merged with the University of Arkansas System under its present name. Located on 250 acres, the UALR campus encompasses more than 56 buildings, including the Center for Nanotechnology Integrative Sciences, the Emerging Analytics Center, and the Sequoyah Research Center, and the Ottenheimer Library〔(Ottenheimer library )〕 Additionally, UALR houses special learning facilities that include a learning resource center, art galleries, KUAR public radio station,〔(KUAR public radio station )〕 University Television, cyber café, speech and hearing clinic, and a campus-wide wireless network. Because of the university's location in the state capital, UALR students benefit from close contact with leaders in government, business, industry, medicine (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences), information technology, and arts and culture. As the state's only metropolitan university and as a member of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, UALR provides a strategic focus on the needs of the community by creating active links between the campus, community, and commerce. The Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences is a state-of-the-art facility focused on faculty and student research, education, and economic development. The center advances the science of nanotechnology through research and outreach, along with accelerating technological innovations into applications for society.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UALR Dedicates $15M Nanotechnology Center )〕 In 2013, the Emerging Analytics Center opened to provide advanced visualization and interactive technologies enhance economic development in Arkansas and around the world. Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neira, globally recognized as an international pioneer in the areas of virtual reality and interactive visualization, directs the center, which is creating exciting collaborative endeavors to bring faculty, students, and industry professionals toward transforming innovative ideas into tangible research and development projects.〔(Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences )〕 ==Academics== The university features more than 100 undergraduate degrees〔(undergraduate degrees )〕 and 60 graduate degrees,〔(graduate degrees )〕 including graduate certificates, master's degrees, and doctorates, through both traditional and online courses.〔(online )〕 Students attend classes in one of the university's six colleges and a law school:〔(six colleges and a law school )〕 * College of Arts, Letters and Sciences〔(College of Arts, Letters and Sciences )〕 * College of Business〔(College of Business )〕 * College of Education and Health Professions〔(College of Education and Health Professions )〕 * George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology〔(George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology )〕 * College of Social Sciences and Communication〔(College of Social Sciences and Communication )〕 * William H. Bowen School of Law〔(William H. Bowen School of Law )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「University of Arkansas at Little Rock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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