by - October 4, 2017 3:35 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday (Oct. 4) announced a $500,000 grant from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education to the University of Central Arkansas that will help fund development of…
by - October 4, 2017 10:12 am
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Prof. Nitin Agarwal and his team have received $230,000 from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop methodologies for detecting social media…
by - October 4, 2017 9:48 am
The University of Arkansas Global Campus is partnering with NWA3D, a 3-D printing education company in Fayetteville, to teach business professionals how to use and maintain a 3-D printer through…
by - October 4, 2017 9:44 am
The Fayetteville-based chocolate company formerly known as Hello Cocoa has changed its name to Markham & Fitz. The change was prompted by a trademark issue and was unveiled ahead of…
by - October 4, 2017 9:10 am
Michael Moore and Bobby Carlson, franchisees of the first GymGuyz in Arkansas, want to bring the gym to the customer, instead of the customer having to go to the gym….
by - October 3, 2017 12:51 pm
TEDxDicksonStreet is planned for Friday (Oct. 6) at the UARK Bowl, 644 W. Dickson St. in Fayetteville. The all-day event is a locally organized event, independent from global expert speaker…
by - October 3, 2017 9:17 am
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock George W. Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology will host the 22nd annual Massachusetts Institute of Technology International Conference on Information Quality….
by - September 28, 2017 11:05 am
Startup Junkie Consulting and the Exchange are hosting a Startup Crawl 4-9 p.m. on Friday (Sept. 29) to highlight the Downtown Innovation District in Fayetteville. Startup Crawl will start at…
by - September 28, 2017 10:09 am
Winrock International has named state Sen. David Sanders, R-Little Rock, director of Innovate Arkansas, a statewide initiative that helps scale technology companies. In his new role, Sanders will lead a…
by - September 27, 2017 4:11 pm
Delta Plastics of Little Rock, a national leader in irrigation polytube manufacturing to serve the agriculture industry, has been named the new title sponsor for the Arkansas Governor’s Cup Collegiate…
by - September 25, 2017 6:15 pm
He started his business in a friend’s living room 20 years ago, and now he has locations across the country. Jonesboro businessman and entrepreneur Ted Herget, owner and founder of…
by - September 25, 2017 5:48 pm
Many businesses need to mass produce thousands or tens of thousands of product to make a profit, but there are instances where some only need a few hundred or less…
by - September 25, 2017 9:24 am
The University of Arkansas will open a co-working space and training center Friday (Sept. 29) in the former Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce building downtown at 123 W. Mountain St. The…
by - September 20, 2017 3:14 pm
The nation’s 414,000 startup companies created 2.5 million new jobs in 2015, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Business Dynamics Statistics. In contrast, an average of…
by - September 19, 2017 7:47 am
The Scott Family Amazeum will host its fourth annual Tinkerfest on Oct. 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free to members, and non-members pay regular Amazeum…
by - September 18, 2017 8:42 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the Sept. 4 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - September 14, 2017 1:38 pm
The Wolfspeed team in Fayetteville and North Carolina plans to put plenty of speed into an electric car charging device, using wide bandgap semiconductor technology the company has developed over…
by - September 14, 2017 1:35 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has been named a priority partner in a new national consortium funded by the Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Homeland Security…
by - September 11, 2017 5:03 pm
WattGlass, a Fayetteville-based startup, has partnered with the publicly-traded solar panel manufacturer Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Limited, Yingli announced Monday (Sept. 11). WattGlass makes anti-fog and anti-reflection coatings for…
by - September 8, 2017 10:21 am
The goings-on at Bentonville’s 8th Street Market are beginning to draw the attention of food industry professionals from across the country. The market’s primary tenant is “Brightwater: A Center for…
