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The events this Friday and Saturday include a chainsaw carving demonstration by visiting sculptors Robyn Horn and Sandra Sell, as well as an exhibition, designer talk and workshop by Alexandria Canchola.

Trustees approved design professionals and construction managers/general contractors for a building expansion at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, as well as several namings of buildings.

LITTLE ROCK -- University of Arkansas trustees approved design professionals and construction managers/general contractors for a building expansion at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith on Thursday as well as the naming of several of buildings.

A flexible studio space/classroom at the Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation will be named for the Tim and Beverly Graham family in recognition of their $300,000 contribution.

FAYETTEVILLE -- When the University of Arkansas, Fayettevilles Fine Arts Center opened in 1951, it was "definitely cutting edge" as the first multidisciplinary academic arts building in the country, gaining instant acclaim due to its design by famed architect Edward Durell Stone.

A sprawling maker space inside the under-construction Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation will be named for Peter MacKeith -- dean of the University of Arkansas, Fayettevilles Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design -- courtesy of a $2.5-million donation from UA-Fayetteville alumnus John Ed Anthony and his wife, Isabel.

A sprawling maker space inside the under-construction Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation will be named for Peter MacKeith -- dean of the University of Arkansas, Fayettevilles Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design -- courtesy of a $2.5-million donation from UA-Fayetteville alumnus John Ed Anthony and his wife, Isabel.

Interim chancellor Charles Robinson, Jay Akridge, Daniel Reed and Cynthia Young spoke at public forums last week as they vie for UA chancellor position.

Also, the Citi Foundation gave $50 million to 12 nonprofits through its Community Finance Innovation Fund, and the Merck Foundation pledged $20 million to improve equity in cancer care.

The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) announced recently that it has received the largest single donation in the history of the institution. The $18.7 million donation from the Windgate Foundation will be used to greatly expand the University’s nursing program an