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The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) has hired Marla Johnson as its first technology entrepreneur-in-residence, where she will work to expand entrepreneurship, business innovation, and artificial intelligence (AI)…
by - October 31, 2024 4:05 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Thursday (Oct. 31) a $1 million grant to establish a cybersecurity research and education center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. UA…
by - October 22, 2024 7:25 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock named Dr. Michael Cavanaugh Jr., associate professor of criminal justice, as the new director of the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology, bringing…
by - October 17, 2024 12:57 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has been awarded a $561,000 grant from the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) program at the National Security Agency to…
by - October 15, 2024 8:30 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has named Dr. Mark Funk as the new director of its School of Business. Funk has taken over for Dr. Robert Mitchell, who…
by - September 8, 2024 4:10 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is reporting a significant enrollment milestone. The Fall 2024 census reveals the university’s largest enrollment growth in 15 years. This marks the most…
by - August 22, 2024 4:56 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock named Brian Young as the new gallery director for the Windgate Center of Art + Design. Young brings more than three decades of…
by - July 24, 2024 6:03 am
Dr. Rachel Eells has been named the inaugural Windgate Foundation Endowed Director of the School of Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. “I am so pleased to…
by - July 11, 2024 11:30 am
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $969,200 grant from the Arkansas Department of Commerce and the Arkansas Linking Industry to Growing Nurses (ALIGN) program to help…
by - May 20, 2024 8:57 am
What should a city do when a piece of riverfront property remains blighted and in need of redevelopment after an NFL team skipped town? It might start by asking a…
by - April 16, 2024 5:33 am
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock) has received $5 million in federal funding aimed at enhancing cybersecurity in the energy sector through education, workforce development, and…
by - March 25, 2024 12:59 pm
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Chancellor Christina Drale announced Monday (March 25) that Frank M. Cuervo as its new Director of Athletics for the Little Rock Trojans. Cuervo brings…
by - January 6, 2024 5:10 pm
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is partnering with the Arkansas Center for Data Sciences (ACDS) to create a new program that will strengthen educational pathways for computer science…
by - November 27, 2023 9:39 am
Dr. Nitin Agarwal, founding director of the Collaboration for Social Media and Online Behavioral Studies (COSMOS) Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has received $5 million…
by - November 8, 2023 10:54 am
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has launched a new scholarship program, Trojan Guarantee, that will allow qualified students to get a bachelor’s degree without incurring student loan debt….
by - September 13, 2023 8:35 pm
A UA Little Rock professor and students are part of a university startup that has received a $2.2 million grant to develop an advanced artificial-intelligence automation and rapid-recovery hardware to…
by - September 7, 2023 9:19 pm
UA Little Rock’s preliminary fall 2023 enrollment figures indicated an increase in undergraduate and graduate student full-time equivalents (FTE) of 1.2%, an increase in student semester credit hours (SSCH) of…
by - May 30, 2023 10:20 am
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock received $1 million Tuesday (May 30) to expand its Emerging Threat Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ET-ISAC). The university will use the money…
by - February 7, 2023 10:40 am
Dr. Marta Cieslak, until recently a visiting assistant professor at the Department of History at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been named the new director of UA…
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…
