by Arkansas Business Staff 4/15/2013 12:00 am
Brenda Ponsford was named dean of Henderson State University's School of Business following a nationwide search late last year. She will replace Interim Dean Louis Dawkins, who played a pivotal role in the school's 2013 AACSB International reaffirmation.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/15/2013 12:00 am
Artee Williams, the director of the Department of Workforce Services, shares his thoughts on the state's unemployment rates, which jobs are filling up too fast and which ones aren't filling up at all.
by Lance Turner 4/12/2013 01:18 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences names Dr. G. Richard Smith has its new dean of the College of Medicine and vice chancellor. The appointment is effective May 1.
by Mark Carter 4/10/2013 01:57 pm
University of Arkansas startup Picasolar and Catch-22 from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock took home the top overall prizes at the 2013 Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup. Picasolar won first prize in the graduate division of the state's top collegiate business-plan competition, while Catch-22 took top honors in the undergraduate division.
by Andrew DeMillo, The Associated Press 4/10/2013 11:15 am
A proposal aimed at allowing Arkansas colleges and universities to extend in-state tuition rates to some immigrants who came to the country illegally has failed before a state Senate committee.
by Lance Turner 4/10/2013 09:20 am
Our House, the Little Rock nonprofit that helps the working homeless, has met its $3.8 million fundraising goal and will begin construction of a new Children's Center in May.
by Mark Carter 4/8/2013 10:14 am
Simple Service, an app that tracks and validates community service projects, won the inaugural Startup Weekend Little Rock event.
by Luke Jones 4/8/2013 12:00 am
Arkansas Genomics was founded to be the state's first and only dedicated forensic DNA testing lab. But despite filling a niche, the business has had trouble turning a profit, and founder Jimmy Threet is pushing the lab in a new direction: personalized medicine.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/8/2013 12:00 am
The University of Arkansas Community Design Center has received national accolades from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture for projects focused on housing design education and outreach efforts in Rwanda.
by Chris Bahn 4/8/2013 12:00 am
Gov. Mike Beebe signed into law on Thursday an act that allows employers to voluntarily give preference to veterans when hiring. HR managers are freed from concerns that by providing preference, they are violating hiring laws
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/5/2013 12:53 pm
Innovative small businesses and university researchers can take advantage of the early bird registration rate of $100 for the April 17 SBIR/STTR Phase I Proposal Writing Workshop.
by Chris Bahn 4/5/2013 11:00 am
This week's first anniversary of the motorcycle wreck that changed Arkansas sports history provides a case study in crisis communication. John Diamond, the University of Arkansas' associate vice chancellor for university relations, recently spoke to Arkansas Business about the process of crafting the 673-word speech that Athletic Director Jeff Long delivered when he announced that he'd fired the Razorbacks' popular and successful head football coach, Bobby Petrino.
by Chris Bahn 4/4/2013 04:31 pm
Members of the University of Arkansas board of trustees' building and grounds committee voted to recommend naming the football operations center in honor of Fred W. Smith.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/1/2013 12:00 am
The Sparks Health System's Wound Care & Hyperbaric Center has been honored with the Center of Distinction award by Healogics Inc., one of the largest wound-care providers in the United States.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/29/2013 11:36 am
As Arkansas Business prepares for the 20th anniversary of its annual 40 Under 40 feature, we are asking to hear from all past honorees in a special survey.
by Chris Bahn 3/28/2013 10:40 am
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will speak April 7 at Barnhill Arena on the University of Arkansas campus.
by Jan Cottingham 3/26/2013 08:58 am
Jeff Shannon, the dean of the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas, will resign as dean on May 15 to return to teaching.
by Gwen Moritz 3/25/2013 12:00 am
This week Arkansas Business premieres a new list of the state's highest-paid nonprofit employees, which reveals that nonprofit hospital executives and physicians can be well-paid.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/25/2013 12:00 am
A recent U.S. Census Bureau report documents a drop in private school enrollment in the U.S. during the first decade of this century.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/25/2013 12:00 am
Tamika Edwards has been appointed to a three-year term on the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' Community Development Advisory Council.
Mike Beebe Says He's Working Quickly to Pick New Arkansas Treasurer 
