Tag: education

Diversity Key to Fort Smith Economy

Fort Smith city leaders plan to study how to maintain the city?s traditional manufacturing base while increasing service-industry jobs.

Former AG Talks Fraud Prevention

Steve Clark, former Arkansas’ attorney general talks turkey about his felony fraud conviction. Fifteen years later, he’s teaching law school and speaking at seminars about what he’s learned and how to rise above it all.

Study Tracks Effects Of Domestic Violence

Domestic violence affects more than just those at home. It can also cost companies money if employers aren’t aware of the situation or don’t know how to handle it.

Hotels Look Forward to Razorback Home Games

Of the 11 Razorback games scheduled this fall, six are home games and four of those are booked for Fayetteville.

AHEC Executives Resign Before Audit Revelations

Trouble swirls at AHEC as audit report reveals alleged misuse of funds.

UA Center Gives Students Supply-Chain Expertise

When Jim Crowell arrived at the University of Arkansas in 2001, the Walton College’s Supply Chain Management Research Center had nine companies and had not broken even. Now, it has 22 companies and has operated in the black for three years.

Minotaur Tech Lands Granted

Yet another Virtual Incubation Corp. client will be awarded a grant soon.

Rosemary, Spices May Protect Meat

Hamburgers may be a bit safer if a dash of rosemary is splashed onto the grill, according to the spring issue of the University of Arkansas’ Food Safety Consortium Newsletter.

Thank You, Alice Walton (Bill Bowden Editor’s Note)

Thanks to Alice Walton for returning to Northwest Arkansas and building the $50 million Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Worrell Named Business Dean

Dan L. Worrell, dean of the College of Business and Administration at Southern Illinois University, was named the new dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business.

Study Ranks KUAF Among Nation’s Best

A study commissioned by the federal Corporation for Public Broadcasting ranks KUAF in the top 10 percent of public radio stations in the U.S.

Schools Left Holding Bag in Copier Firm?s Bankruptcy

Several Arkansas school districts are paying for copier repair service that they?ll never receive from Global Business Solution Inc. of Little Rock.

Redford Speaks At UA Series

Robert Redford spoke about marrying industry and environmental concerns to a packed house at the University of Arkansas on May 5.

College Friend to Return ?Final Four? Ring to Huery

A former Arkansas Razorbacks basketball star will soon receive a 15-year-old Final Four ring he sold after falling on ?hard times.?

UA Profs Pursue DNA Engineering

Three professors at the University of Arkansas are working on an engineering project that is sort of like Mary Shelley’s Dr. Frankenstein in reverse.

Otis Rides Gen2s To Market Heights

Architects designing the University of Arkansas? $23 million parking deck got a lift from Otis Elevator Co.

Arkansas Nonfarm Jobs Up, Unemployment Down

Arkansas was up slightly for total nonagricultural jobs for the third quarter of 2004 compared to the third quarter of 2003.

High-Tech Hogs Root for Science UA Researches Cleaner Swine

The University of Arkansas? Swine Research Center looks to bacteria for healthier, heavier hogs.

UA Touts Only National Agri Law Grad Program

The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville has the only agricultural law program in the United States. Between eight and 15 students are admitted to the program each year.

Arvest Commissions Study on Northwest Arkansas Real Estate

Arvest Bank Group Inc. commissioned the University of Arkansas to do a project called the Arvest Commercial Skyline Report, a series of reports on multi-family and single-family residential real estate and commercial real estate in Northwest Arkansas.

Walmart leaders note company history, push AI adoption

ArcBest raises its guidance for the second quarter

Walton-led entity buys 900,000 square feet of former Walmart Home Office for $73 million

Gladner to retire from Arkansas Broadcasters Association later this year