by - October 29, 2019 7:18 pm
Lyon College announced Tuesday (Oct. 29) the addition of an exercise science program, addressing the needs of one of the fastest-growing career fields. The program will have two tracks. One…
by - October 28, 2019 8:40 pm
Members of the Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education along with district administrators and local dignitaries gathered Monday (Oct. 28) afternoon on the front lawn of Southside High school…
by - October 25, 2019 11:37 am
David Snow has been named director of Technology Ventures at the University of Arkansas, leading the licensing and patenting of new university discoveries. He begins the job Monday (Oct. 28)…
by - October 24, 2019 5:06 pm
The Henderson State University (HSU) Board of Trustees voted unanimously (7-0) in Arkadelphia on Thursday (Oct. 24) to join the Arkansas State University System and proceed with the development of…
by - October 24, 2019 5:01 pm
Landscaping and grounds management has earned top honors for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. UAFS received the Grand Award in the Professional Grounds Management Society’s 2019 Green Star…
by - October 24, 2019 11:34 am
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law and Philander Smith College have created a 4+3 pipeline program for law students. This new partnership recognizes…
by - October 24, 2019 11:31 am
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded the University of Arkansas at Little Rock a $5.6 million grant to advance the NuCress scaffold, a groundbreaking bone regeneration technology. The…
by - October 23, 2019 7:39 pm
The Fort Smith Public School Board of Education on Wednesday (Oct. 23) approved to hire Fort Smith-based Beshears Construction for a construction project at Ramsey Junior High. The project, which…
by - October 23, 2019 5:22 pm
Arkansas Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin recently attended a dinner with the education minister of Singapore during which the minister said that without industry and the private sector leading workforce development,…
by - October 23, 2019 2:45 pm
On Monday (Oct. 21), the University of Arkansas board of trustees accepted UA System President Donald Bobbitt recommendations for chancellors at two different campuses in the University of Arkansas System….
by - October 22, 2019 1:25 pm
Joel Lookadoo, an Algebra I teacher, was named the 2020 Arkansas Teacher of the Year at an assembly at Lakeside Junior High School in Springdale on Tuesday (Oct. 22). “When…
by - October 21, 2019 5:47 pm
An Arkansas Freedom of Information Act Training Symposium for government officials and the public will be held Nov. 5, from 1-3 p.m. in the First National Bank Arena auditorium. The…
by - October 20, 2019 2:30 pm
If I had 20 minutes with Gov. Asa Hutchinson, I would explain how we lift Arkansas out of poverty in two generations. In Arkansas, we invest more than $150,000 in…
by - October 20, 2019 9:07 am
When President John F. Kennedy proclaimed in May 1961 that the United States would reach the moon by the end of the decade, engineers at first were less than inspired….
by - October 17, 2019 2:00 pm
The Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock received nearly $2.5 million to develop and implement a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)…
by - October 14, 2019 5:38 pm
A $2.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will help the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith provide academic support to students through a writing center and accelerated…
by - October 13, 2019 12:01 pm
About 160 college and high school students gathered Friday (Oct. 11) to try their hand at a national problem that continues to plague policy makers and politicians — how to…
by - October 13, 2019 9:57 am
The University of Central Arkansas (UCA) hosted a groundbreaking on campus Friday (Oct. 11) for its new Integrated Health Sciences Building. It is expected to be open for the fall…
by - October 10, 2019 5:46 pm
The Arkansas Board of Education on Thursday (Oct. 10) backed away from the Education Department’s plan to restore local control to parts of the Little Rock School District. The board…
by - October 9, 2019 7:11 pm
Dr. Zodwa Dlamini will present the first of a three-part series on her native Africa and the importance of activism for the annual Greenfield Lecture, a highlight of Arkansas State…
