by Chris Bahn 5/23/2013 03:41 pm
The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees approved a 3.5 percent increase in tuition and fees beginning with the fall 2013 semester. Arkansas State University's board approved a 3.3 percent increase.
by Associated Press 5/23/2013 01:30 pm
Arkansas' two largest university systems are opting out of a new state law allowing faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns on campus.
by Associated Press 5/21/2013 03:03 pm
The president of the University of Arkansas system is recommending its 11 campuses opt out of a law allowing faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns on campus.
by Mark Carter 5/15/2013 09:44 am
Picasolar is a University of Arkansas graduate-level startup which created a technology that improves solar cells. It's made an impressive run through the 2013 cycle of national business-plan competitions.
by Chris Bahn 5/7/2013 10:51 am
The life story of northwest Arkansas real estate developer and former University of Arkansas football star Jim Lindsey not only sounds like something from a movie, it is actually becoming a movie.
by Lance Turner 4/25/2013 08:50 am
Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, a University of Arkansas alumnus, is scheduled to speak May 11 at UA's All University Commencement.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/22/2013 10:29 am
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will be the featured speaker at the University of Arkansas on Tuesday.
by Lance Turner 4/15/2013 08:35 am
The University of Arkansas says Jack R. Jacobs of Tulsa, Okla., has made a planned donation of $1 million to establish the Dana Jacobs Memorial Endowed Scholarship in the College of Engineering at the UA.
by Chris Bahn 4/8/2013 08:00 am
Carl and Charles George have been named co-CEOs and presidents of George's Inc., the privately held poultry company in Springdale.
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 Arkansas Business Staff 3/18/2013 12:00 am
Troubled times can take on many forms — natural disasters, infidelity, mismanagement — but no matter the form, communication is key. Arkansas Business visited with professional communicators locally and nationally to find out what they think is critical in crisis:
by Chris Bahn 3/14/2013 10:14 am
Chris Wyrick will begin serving as vice chancellor for the University of Arkansas division of advancement on April 1.
by Lance Turner 3/11/2013 09:03 am
John English, the dean of the College of Engineering at Kansas State University, has been named the ninth dean of the University of Arkansas College of Engineering.
by Chris Bahn 3/5/2013 09:15 am
An agreement between the Walton College of Business and the Fucape Business School in Brazil will establish an exchange program for faculty and students.
by Jeannie Nuss, The Associated Press 3/5/2013 07:31 am
As a professor at the University of Arkansas, Syrian-born Najib Ghadbian is no stranger to educating Americans about the Middle East. Now, he's taking his knowledge beyond the classroom, stepping into a new role as the Syrian opposition coalition's representative in the United States.
by Lance Turner 3/1/2013 10:36 am
Gov. Mike Beebe names Reynie Rutledge of Searcy to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees and Bob Burns of Little Rock to the Arkansas State Police Commission. Rutledge replaces John Tyson, chairman of Tyson Foods Inc., who resigned last month.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/25/2013 12:00 am
After University of Arkansas officials became aware in June of overspending by the Fayetteville campus' Advancement Division, the parties deemed responsible saw their jobs change.
by Chris Bahn 2/22/2013 08:48 am
Virtual Incubation Co. has a new name and new money, but the same mission of growing science and engineering-based businesses in Arkansas. The VIC Investor Network designed to give new companies $250,000 to help with start-up costs.
by Arkansas Business Staff 2/18/2013 10:03 am
Silicon Solar Solutions of Fayetteville has developed a method of improving the efficiency of solar cells by 15 percent, and the patent for its technology has moved from provisional to pending by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
by Mark Friedman 2/15/2013 03:43 pm
John Tyson of Springdale resigned from the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees on Feb. 8, but the UA System didn't know about the resignation until Arkansas Business informed it of the move on Friday.
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