by - October 31, 2022 1:41 pm
Springdale-based nonprofit Business and Industry Training (BIT) has provided flexible, self-paced skills training in Northwest Arkansas for the past 26 years. Recently, the organization expanded its capacity and reach through…
by - October 31, 2022 10:34 am
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock received a nearly $800,000 grant from the National Security Agency (NSA) to expand a national cybersecurity education program for teachers, as well as…
by - October 31, 2022 10:26 am
Arkansas State University’s first chancellor, Dr. Robert Potts has died. The former chancellor of Florence, Ala., died after a lengthy illness, according to his family. Potts, 78, was the first…
by - October 30, 2022 9:46 am
Dennis Rittle said getting hired as president at NorthWest Arkansas Community College is one of his life’s great moments. In a recent interview at Burns Hall on the Bentonville college…
by - October 26, 2022 12:53 pm
Drought has been a major problem for Arkansas farmers this year, and if climate prediction models are correct it will be a major problem in the coming years and decades….
by - October 26, 2022 8:33 am
The Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame Board announced Wednesday (Oct. 26) the 2023 class of inductees for…
by - October 22, 2022 11:44 am
Nine faculty members from Arkansas State University are helping lead development of a “supercomputer” project involving eight education and research entities in three states. Dr. Xiuzhen Huang, professor of computer…
by - October 19, 2022 1:43 pm
Twelve past University of Arkansas student body presidents are asking the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees to hire interim UA Chancellor Dr. Charles Robinson – a request that is…
by - October 19, 2022 1:08 pm
Bentonville think tank Heartland Forward recently released a report that builds on research published in May and provides the first benchmark comparison for state university systems and other institutions, including…
by - October 19, 2022 12:28 pm
Inflation has hit many families hard and at least one private college in Northeast Arkansas has decided to freeze its tuition, housing, and meal plan rates for the 2023-24 school…
by - October 18, 2022 2:03 pm
The Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, the Urban League of the State of Arkansas, and the Arkansas Education Association are among 15 groups forming the Arkansas Coalition for Strong…
by - October 18, 2022 7:09 am
Many scientists think that rice blast, a fungus that damages rice plants, is the biggest threat to rice crops worldwide. First identified in California in 1996, the fungus causes damage…
by - October 17, 2022 9:48 am
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $6.75 million gift from the family of an engineering professor who was responsible for establishing some of the university’s first…
by - October 14, 2022 3:03 pm
The search for the next University of Arkansas chancellor is down to two candidates, but names of the two finalists are not being released, according to a statement issued Friday…
by - October 13, 2022 4:35 pm
Lyon College will kick off the celebration of its 150th anniversary with ScotsFest, the 42nd Arkansas Scottish Festival and Lyon College Homecoming, starting Friday (Oct. 14) through Sunday (Oct. 16)…
by - October 12, 2022 5:38 pm
NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) will host the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Skadi Tirpak, and two other faculty members from Netherland’s Regional Community College on Oct….
by - October 12, 2022 12:08 pm
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield will give $1.98 million to the University of Arkansas to help establish a new master’s degree program in healthcare business analytics. The Sam M….
by - October 11, 2022 5:55 pm
In order to better recruit and retain students, faculty and staff, Arkansas College of Health Education has hired Dr. Christopher Smith as the college’s first director of diversity, equity and…
by - October 11, 2022 5:37 pm
When Dr. Melissa Taverner was young, she wanted to be an astronaut. Science and especially the natural world fascinated her. When she was in junior high, she discovered something that…
by - October 11, 2022 5:29 pm
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center at Arkansas State University will offer on-site counseling for small businesses in several counties in late October in Northeast Arkansas. Aspiring entrepreneurs…
