by - October 2, 2014 4:09 pm
The Walton Family Foundation has granted nearly $500,000 to KIPP Delta Public Charter Schools to fund a two-year pilot program to help prepare more students throughout the Delta for college….
by - October 2, 2014 5:53 am
The U.S. Small Business Administration said it will support four new “Regional Innovation Clusters,” including the burgeoning start-up scene in Northwest Arkansas. “Clusters are public-private partnerships that are driving innovation…
by - October 1, 2014 7:08 pm
A program that helps high school students understand the importance of going to college began its 15th year Wednesday, with nearly 2,200 students taking part in the program. The Jonesboro…
by - September 26, 2014 4:18 pm
A consortium of local groups will host a televised debate between the leading gubernatorial candidates on Monday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. in Arkansas State University’s Carl R. Reng Student…
by - September 25, 2014 10:00 pm
AT&T has awarded Henderson State University in Arkadelphia $771,000 through a program aimed at helping reduce remediation rates in college. The money, donated through AT&T’s Aspire program, will help expand…
by - September 23, 2014 7:44 pm
A daylong workforce summit sponsored by the Arkansas Chamber of Commerce put a spotlight on problems and solutions facing industry, education and government.
by - September 23, 2014 5:09 am
A Dallas-based rail car manufacturing company will make a nearly $30 million investment at its new facility in Jonesboro, company officials said Monday. Dross Hunter and Jay Farkas, officials with…
by - September 22, 2014 12:29 pm
UALR’s Department of Systems Engineering will receive license-free radio frequency (RF) planning and optimization software and training from CelPlan Technologies under an academic agreement currently offered to no other university…
by - September 22, 2014 11:26 am
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding nearly $9 million to upgrade critical infrastructure in Arkansas. Some of the grant money…
by - September 21, 2014 8:50 pm
Any student will be able to literally learn the “tools of the trade” as part of a new construction program at Arkansas State University-Newport. The Arkansas State University Board of…
by - September 21, 2014 7:02 am
The papers, videos, photographs and memorabilia of Gov. Mike Beebe’s eight years in the state’s highest office will soon reside at Arkansas State University, university officials said Saturday. Beebe, a…
by - September 19, 2014 5:21 pm
A plant grown in Eastern Europe may very well help to fuel bio-diesel programs as well as vehicles for an Arkansas town, an official with Arkansas State University’s College of…
by - September 19, 2014 8:56 am
The University of Central Arkansas has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to increase the number of qualified high school science and mathematics teachers. The…
by - September 18, 2014 7:37 pm
Work has continued to allow the plans of the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine to open an additional site on the campus of Arkansas State University….
by - September 16, 2014 10:08 pm
After decades of reducing its number of school districts, Arkansas gained one on Tuesday as 95% of voters in Jacksonville and north Pulaski County voted to split from the Pulaski…
by - September 16, 2014 9:49 am
The education reform group Arkansas Learns spent $100,000 on radio and newspaper ads, online messaging, and automated telephone calls in 2013 to try to increase voter turnout in school elections….
by - September 14, 2014 10:37 pm
Marlon Blackwell has built a number of contrasts into his life. It’s deliberate. Learn more about the philosophy of this world-renowned architect and teacher who calls Fayetteville home.
by - September 14, 2014 8:53 am
A group wanting Gov. Mike Beebe to call a special session to change a state law to allow for K-12 access to a high-speed Internet network is launching a television…
by - September 11, 2014 9:20 pm
This progressive lawmaker’s day job puts him at the epicenter of Central Arkansas’ burgeoning startup community.
by - September 11, 2014 9:10 pm
UAMS’ BioVentures business incubator helped get the North Little Rock’s CTEH off the ground and into the disaster response field.
