Arkansas achievers

Peter Ungar, a distinguished professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, has been chosen as a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the first faculty member from the UA to be elected to the organization. Ungar is known internationally for his work reconstructing past diet and environment based on the examination of fossil teeth. He has spent thousands of hours observing wild apes and other primates in the forests of Latin America and Indonesia. Ungar also developed new techniques for using surface analysis technologies to glean information about ecology and evolution from tooth shape and patterns of use wear.

■ The Carnegie Corporation of New York announced that political science professor Angie Maxwell of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville will be among 28 members of the 2024 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows.

She will receive stipends of $200,000 each for research that seeks to understand how and why American society has become polarized and how to fortify democracy. At UA, Maxwell is the Diane Blair Endowed Chair in Southern Studies and director of the Diane D. Blair Center of Southern Politics and Society.

■ Tara Henry, a senior at the Hope Collegiate Academy, is the recipient of the Arkansas State University A-State Scholar Scholarship. The scholarship is an Arkansas State University Honors College Scholarship providing up to $14,000 annually.

■ Rachel Davidson of Pleasant Grove High School and Garrett Pendergraft of Arkansas High School have been awarded the Honors Scholarship to attend the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana. Each student will receive $2,400 per academic year.

■ Allison McDowell of Genoa Central High School and

Trenton Hammond of the Virtual Arkansas Academy have received the Chancellor’s Scholarship to attend the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana is proud to announce that Trenton Hammond has been awarded the Chancellor’s Scholarship. Each will receive $3,400 per academic year. McDowell plans to pursue a degree in elementary education. Hammond will pursue a degree in information technology.

■ Justyce Yuille, a second-year law student at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law, was selected to serve as vice chair of the American Bar Association Law Student Division Council and regional secretary for the Southwestern Region of the National Black Law Students Association.

■ Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Anthony Fletcher has been named president of the Association of Black Cardiologists. In this role, Fletcher will oversee the organization’s mission by advocating for heart health and wellness in minority communities. Fletcher, who practices at the CHI St. Vincent Cardiology and Medicine Clinic in Little Rock.

Arkansas Achievers is an opportunity to give recognition to Arkansans for their achievements.

Civilian and military achievements are accepted.

Please follow these guidelines:

Achiever(s):

1) Must be an Arkansan or have graduated from a school in Arkansas.

2) Received an award, scholarship, medal or promotion.

Pageants, deans’ lists, graduations or military enlistments are not accepted. No photographs please. To submit an Achiever, email either dshameer@ adgnewsroom.com or news@ arkansasonline.com with the words “Arkansas Achievers” in the subject line.