by - November 18, 2014 11:56 pm
The $165 million Clinton Presidential Center has lived up to its billing as a major tourist attraction. The library and subsequent foundation and public service school projects are the cover…
by - November 18, 2014 11:34 pm
Sarah Whites-Koditschek, with our content partner, KUAR-FM 89 News, reports: Arkansas lawmakers decided against a $14 million funding increase for pre-K programs Tuesday. The Joint Budget Committee reviewed the Department…
by - November 17, 2014 3:07 pm
Mid-South Community College’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to engage in formal conversations with the Arkansas State University System to investigate the possibility of a merger, the two schools said…
by - November 4, 2014 10:09 am
During the month of November, the Clinton Presidential Library celebrates its 10th anniversary, and residents and tourists should find plenty to do. The story of the 10-year anniversary is the…
by - November 3, 2014 11:24 pm
Arkansas’ new $1.3 billion superproject, Big River Steel, begins construction soon in Mississippi County, and Arkansas Northeastern College officials announced Monday (Nov. 3) two workforce readiness programs to aid local…
by - November 2, 2014 10:28 am
Dr. Bill Tsutsui grew up in Bryan, Texas, but as a citizen of Japanese-American descent, he was intrigued as a kid by Godzilla monster movies. “I grew up with Godzilla…
by - October 30, 2014 1:14 pm
The head of the Arkansas Research and Technology Park said Thursday that the “town and gown” collaborative effort between the city of Fayetteville and University of Arkansas has been the…
by - October 30, 2014 7:02 am
The University of Arkansas’ annual Arkansas Poll finds Republicans Tom Cotton and Asa Hutchinson holding big leads among very likely voters as the election nears. In the U.S. Senate race,…
by - October 28, 2014 10:22 am
University of Arkansas chancellor David Gearhart will chair the national search committee for the next commissioner of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The committee will also include Judith Bonner, president of…
by - October 27, 2014 12:47 am
Editor’s note: This guest commentary was provided by Chris Masingill, who serves as the Federal Co-Chairman of the Delta Regional Authority. The DRA is a federal-state partnership whose mission is…
by - October 26, 2014 7:55 pm
The past several years – if not decades – have proven that Northwest Arkansas is a cradle for entrepreneurship. Sandy Edwards believes such entrepreneurship has a connection with the arts…
by - October 23, 2014 10:59 am
Thomas F. “Mack” McLarty and Donna Cochran McLarty formally announced the launch of the McLarty Global Fellows Program. The program is a philanthropic endeavor established to provide college and graduate…
by - October 23, 2014 10:55 am
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a SunShot Tier 1 Incubator Award to Picasolar Inc., a start-up company affiliated with the University of Arkansas and founded by a graduate…
by - October 22, 2014 11:38 am
There are 700 miles of fiber optic cables buried in Arkansas highway right-of-ways. Can it be tapped for broadband for schools?
by - October 20, 2014 5:31 pm
Arkansas State University System President Dr. Charles L. Welch on Monday (Oct. 20) announced the appointment of Arkansas Chief Deputy Attorney General Brad Phelps of Little Rock as associate general…
by - October 15, 2014 6:27 am
U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor and U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, who squared off in their only one-on-one U.S. Senate race Tuesday night, stayed to familiar themes of tying each other to unpopular political allies.
by - October 13, 2014 10:08 pm
The Arkansas Association of Two-year Colleges has renamed itself as the “Arkansas Community Colleges.” The group is the trade association and lobbying arm for 22 community colleges across Arkansas. The…
by - October 9, 2014 7:39 am
The UA Walton College of Business announced its four newest inductees into the 2015 business hall of fame. Inductees will be honored at a banquet and program on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015.
by - October 7, 2014 9:21 pm
Republican Asa Hutchinson and Democrat Mike Ross squared off for nearly an hour in a statewide televised debate.
by - October 3, 2014 5:13 am
Jak Chakhalian, a professor of physics at the University of Arkansas, has been awarded $1.8 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to create and investigate novel quantum materials…
