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…
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…
