by - January 31, 2020 12:54 pm
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Jan. 20 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - January 30, 2020 2:20 pm
The chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is asking the UA Board of Trustees to allow the school to begin the process of “formal academic planning,” a…
by - January 29, 2020 8:56 am
The Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas presented the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a $68,357 grant to support continuing education for healthcare professionals. The grant…
by - January 28, 2020 6:25 pm
Arkansas State University’s Bradbury Art Museum is about to celebrate its 20th year in existence and will welcome a new director. Garry Holstein becomes BAM director at the beginning of…
by - January 28, 2020 4:23 pm
NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) in Bentonville announced Tuesday (Jan. 28) enrollment on the 11th day of classes for the spring semester rose 0.4%, or by 34 students, to 7,604,…
by - January 28, 2020 10:24 am
Sarah Goforth has overseen the programs supporting entrepreneurship and innovation at the University of Arkansas since June 2019. As executive director of the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Goforth’s role…
by - January 27, 2020 2:09 pm
The Future School of Fort Smith is ready to move ahead with a $5.8 building expansion project. The expansion will add 18,000 square feet to the existing school, which is…
by - January 22, 2020 8:18 pm
Former UA Little Rock athletic director Chris Peterson was named as the new vice chancellor and director of athletics at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. UAPB Chancellor Laurence…
by - January 22, 2020 4:50 pm
Through an assortment of photographs, television clips, art posters, and historic artifacts, a traveling exhibition at Arkansas State University will trace how images and media disseminated to the American public…
by - January 22, 2020 12:37 pm
College students in Arkansas who take on debt leave school with an average monthly payment of about $200, a payment that stays with students for an average of more than…
by - January 21, 2020 3:03 pm
When Fort Smith Public Schools asked residents to approve a millage increase in 2018, one of the areas they listed as important for all students was technology. Administrators wanted to…
by - January 20, 2020 4:14 pm
Arkansas State University’s annual Agribusiness Conference, slated for Feb. 12, will provide information and agricultural policy education to farmers, agribusiness professionals, students and educators across the Mid-South. This year’s conference…
by - January 20, 2020 1:45 pm
China is winning the intellectual property arms race against the United States, according to a group of blockchain experts. Mary Lacity, director of the Blockchain Center of Excellence at the…
by - January 16, 2020 5:02 pm
The Future School of Fort Smith has received some big help to aid in its expansion project. Dwight Curry has donated $1 million towards the school’s building fund, said Trish…
by - January 16, 2020 3:55 pm
The University of Central Arkansas Department of Chemistry was awarded a $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program to establish a…
by - January 14, 2020 4:03 pm
Dirt, concrete and steel are moving – or coming down – on Fort Smith Public Schools construction projects. The most visual of the work is the somewhat iconic concrete canopy…
by - January 13, 2020 5:36 pm
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission Division of Rural Services has awarded grants totaling $444,230 to promote wildlife education and improve school conservation programs to 164 schools, school districts, and conservation…
by - January 12, 2020 6:56 pm
The Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission, a division of the Arkansas Department of Education, will observe the 65th anniversary of the integration of the Hoxie School District in partnership…
by - January 9, 2020 5:30 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has pledged $2.1 million in state funding for the new Fort Smith Public Schools career and technology center. Hutchinson said investment in the center is an investment…
by - January 8, 2020 9:05 am
For the first time in its history, Black River Technical College has a mascot. On Monday (Jan.6), Hadley Rose, BRTC Student Government Association (SGA) president announced that BRTC will be…
