Chuck Tucker is retiring on May 31 from his position as senior vice president of organization and administration of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation in Little Rock.
Tucker has spent 36 years with the federation. He started with the organization as assistant safety director.
Mariya Khodakovskaya, professor of biology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been named a fellow of the Arkansas Research Alliance in Conway.
Khodakovskaya researches the improvement of agricultural and industrial plants using advanced methods of biotechnology and nanotechnology, with a focus on the enhancement of plant productivity and stress tolerance by application of carbon-based and biodegradable nanomaterials. She has also done research with the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium and NASA.
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