by - September 11, 2014 9:10 pm
CTEH: An Environmental Niche Grows From UAMS
UAMS’ BioVentures business incubator helped get the North Little Rock’s CTEH off the ground and into the disaster response field.
Education
by - September 10, 2014 8:20 pm
Campaigns See More Tug-Of-War Than Knockout Punches
Presidential campaigns are more like a tug-of-war than a boxing match. Instead of a knockout blow, the two parties come to a relative stalemate trying to move a stable electorate….
by - September 10, 2014 7:19 pm
Large Robotics Competition To Draw Students To Little Rock Next Year
From Michael Hibblen with our content partner, KUAR FM 89.1 News: About 3,000 high school students from around the region will take part in a massive robotics competition next year…
by - September 10, 2014 5:13 pm
AT&T Donates $35,000 To Support EAST, Innovation Hub
The EAST Initiative and the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub announced a $35,000 donation from AT&T on Wednesday (Sept. 10) to support a partnership to develop and encourage entrepreneurship in central…
by - September 9, 2014 6:34 am
The Fayetteville Square Is Still The Heart And Soul Of Downtown
From the Old Post Office to the four streets that create its borders, the Fayetteville Square remains a hub of commercial and social activity.
by - September 8, 2014 1:00 am
More Details Announced On Osteopathic College Project At Chaffee Crossing
The proposed Fort Chaffee-based Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine announced the formation of an atypical construction management partnership at a Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce’s breakfast on Friday (Sept….
by - September 5, 2014 8:23 am
ARK Challenge 2.0 Teams Drum Up Investment, Make Contacts
Jeff Amerine says there is no cure for serial entrepreneurs whether they are age 17 or 37 or 97. Even if launching a startup venture and seeing it through two…
by - September 5, 2014 7:26 am
Burkhalter Gets AEA Endorsement
From Scott Inman with our content partner, KATV Channel 7: The Arkansas Education Association threw its support behind the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor at a news conference at the…
by - September 4, 2014 9:26 pm
Hutchinson Says He’ll Vote For Minimum Wage Ballot Initiative
The Republican nominee for governor said Thursday that he will support a ballot measure to raise the minimum wage as he and his Democratic rival argued over the issue. Former…
by - September 4, 2014 6:48 pm
UALR Gets Grant For Supercomputer
UALR will purchase supercomputing data storage technology 10 times larger than its current latest system using a $291,908 grant from the National Science Foundation, the university reported today in a…
by - September 4, 2014 9:18 am
Football Season Rings The Cash Registers
For regional businesses, the return of fall football means money in the bank.
by - September 3, 2014 10:59 pm
University Of Arkansas Enrollment Tops 26,000
The University of Arkansas reported preliminary enrollment figures at its Fayetteville campus of 26,301 students for the fall semester. Officials said the enrollment was 3.8% higher from year ago levels…
by - September 3, 2014 4:03 pm
ASU Sees Large Freshmen Class, Slight Drop In Enrollment From 2013
Arkansas State University welcomed more than 13,000 students to campus last month for the start of the 2014-15 academic year. The 1,699 first-time students – the largest group on campus…
by - September 3, 2014 8:29 am
Broadband Poll: Strong Support For ARE-ON Expansion (UPDATED)
A statewide survey conducted last week found that a strong majority of Arkansans are persuaded by a variety of arguments to increase broadband access to K-12 schools and students.
by - September 3, 2014 6:09 am
Ken Coon: Gainful Employment Regulations Threaten Career Training Options
As the former director of the Arkansas Employment Security Division (now the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services), and a professor of human resources development for Webster University, I have long…
by - September 1, 2014 9:28 am
UALR Names New Analytics Center Director
Dr. Carolina Cruz-Neira, globally recognized as an international pioneer in the areas of virtual reality and interactive visualization, is the new director of the George W. Donaghey Emerging Analytics Center…
by - August 28, 2014 9:24 am
NWACC Moves Forward With Sanctioning Of Division III Sports
NorthWest Arkansas Community College is moving ahead with plans to offer sanctioned baseball and softball under Division III, perhaps fielding its first team as soon as the fall of 2016….
by - August 27, 2014 7:00 pm
Sports-themed Restaurants Open For Business
It is often like a sporting event, attempting to drive down Red Wolf Boulevard, battling lunch time traffic. Now there are places in Jonesboro where people can stop off and…
by - August 26, 2014 11:04 pm
Costs, Benefits Of Merging State And School Health Plans Considered
There are no legal issues standing in the way of combining the public school employee and state employee health programs, but there would be financial issues to work out. That…
by - August 26, 2014 10:52 pm
UAFS Receives $734,000 ‘Jobs Driven’ Grant
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith received a $734,000 grant by the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services that will be used to train veterans and unemployed area residents in…