Good morning, Fayetteville.

Madstone Maze runs Oct.

26-29 from 6 to 9 p.m. nightly at Likewise Community (70 N. College Ave.), offering an indoor maze of Ozark-folklore art plus tarot readings, local film nights, live music, vendors, and a visitor-voted art prize across multiple nights.

Translator Megan McDowell will read from her work at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov.

2 at the Fayetteville Public Library (Q&A and book signing will follow); the event is free but requires a ticket.

The U of A Division of Agriculture received a $2.5 million USDA NIFA Research Facilities Act grant to modernize greenhouses at the Milo J.

Shult Agricultural Research and Extension Center (creating a $5 million project with UADA matching funds). Planning is underway for a nine-greenhouse complex with advanced climate controls and a classroom, expected completed in late 2028.

U of A updated student policies: two free course retakes; a third requires a student-success consultation, a fourth needs Academic Standards Committee approval; up to four courses (including labs) with D/F can be excluded from GPA, and single-course withdrawals are allowed until the last day of classes.

U of A will host Fix Your Content Day on Nov.

10 to help faculty review Blackboard materials for Title II accessibility and get step-by-step fixes; representatives will staff Mullins Library rooms 463 (8:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.) and 464 (8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m.).

U.S. News & World Report named the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing's Bachelor of Science in Nursing program 56th in the nation and 40th among public institutions, making it the highest-ranked B.S.N. program in the state.

Jaime Tucker, director of graduate admissions and recruitment for the Walton College Graduate School of Business, was named Walton College Employee of the First Quarter for the 2026-27 academic year and recently marked 20 years of service to the U of A System.

U of A alumna Gabriella Bermea was named a 2026 Young Alumni Award recipient for mentoring emerging architects, co-creating the Bermea-Hernandez scholarship that has distributed more than $10,000 to Pflugerville students, and for advocating greater representation while working as a senior associate at Perkins Eastman specializing in K-12 design.

A developer won Planning Commission approval for a preliminary plat of 115 residential lots on almost 16 acres south of Underwood Park on the west side of North Deane Solomon Road.

The plat was approved 8-0 Monday and will return for large-scale development review (next commission meeting is Nov. 9 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall).

Farmington swept Pulaski Academy 25-16, 25-21, 25-12 on Monday at Cardinal Arena to open the Class 5A state tournament, improving to (33-4); the Lady Cardinals will face Lake Hamilton today in the quarterfinals.