Wal-Mart Foundation Donates $369,000 to ASU’s Arkansas Biosciences Institute
The Wal-Mart Foundation donated $369,000 to the Arkansas Biosciences Institute at Arkansas State University today in Gov. Mike Beebe's conference room at the Capitol. read more >
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Commerce Arkansas Power Lunch to Feature Ranger Boats Officials
Forrest L. Wood, founder of Ranger Boats of Flippin, and Irwin L. Jacobs, owner of Ranger's parent company, Minneapolis-based Genmar Holdings, Inc., will be the featured guests at the Oct. 22 Commerce Arkansas Power Lunch in Little Rock. read more >
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Omnibalm Recognized by Chain Drug Review as Top Niche Product
Omnibalm Daily Foot Therapy, a product of Little Rock-based Balm Innovations, has been named a "Small Chain Niche Pick" and a "Key Special Niche Product" in Chain Drug Review's second annual Niche Products Report. read more >
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ARTP Welcomes Winrock, Karen McSpadden
The University of Arkansas Technology Development Foundation welcomes Innovate Arkansas as the newest affiliate in the Arkansas Research and Technology Park. read more >
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State Business Leaders Positive About ’08 Prospects
The mood of the Arkansas business community is upbeat regarding expectations for 2008, according to a June survey by Inc. Tanc. read more >
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Sigrah-Zellet Sale Results in New Fayetteville Poultry Products Company
Pacific Vet Group, a leading distributor of animal health products in Asia, has purchased Sigrah-Zellet, LLC, of Fayetteville and will create a new Fayetteville-based entity named Pacific Vet Group-USA. read more >
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NWACF Gives UAMS $100,000 for New Fayetteville Campus
The Northwest Arkansas Community Foundation on Thursday gave the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences $100,000 to help establish a new northwest Arkansas satellite campus. read more >
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University of Arkansas Researchers Combine Technologies to Heal Patients, Virtually
University of Arkansas researchers seeking new ways to make health care more efficient and cost-effective have built a new kind of hospital: one that uses location aware systems, sensors, smart devices, radio-frequency identification and virtual reality. read more >
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Group Provides Support Network for Arkansas Inventors
The Arkansas Inventor's Network is a non-profit established as a support group for innovative people who need help getting their ideas off the ground. read more >
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Task Force for 21st Century Economy Unveils New Web Site, Prepares for Final Report
The Task Force for the 21st Century Economy presents interim findings and unveils its new Web site to Gov. Mike Beebe and the state legislature. read more >
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Susan Allen of ASU Receives Patent for Body Limb Movement Limiter
Susan Allen, professor and director of the Arkansas Center for Laser Applications and Science at Arkansas State University, has been granted a personally owned patent for a body limb movement limiter. read more >
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Arkansas Venture Forum Conference Taking Applications
Entrepreneurs seeking to compete for capital in the Arkansas Venture Forum Conference, to be held Nov. 18-19 in Little Rock, must submit applications by Aug. 29, as organizers have begun the selection process. read more >
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State’s High-Impact Firms Create Jobs, Growth
"High-impact" firms create Arkansas' new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. read more >
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Biris Named to Romanian Nano-Medicine Institute
The newly-formed Romanian Nano-Medicine Institute names Alex Biris, chief scientist at the Nanotechnology Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, as its honorary president. read more >
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Eight Two-year Colleges to Offer Degrees, Certificates in Entrepreneurship
Eight of Arkansas' two-year colleges will begin offering a business degree option and certificate in entrepreneurship this fall. read more >
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Sustainability: The Life and Times of Freshwater Macroinvertebrates
Biological sciences professor Michelle Evans-White and her colleagues assess stream health, and therefore water quality. read more >
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Going High Tech: Simulated Training with Manikins Advances Medical Education
In the last few years, medical training has been taken to a new level at UAMS with the introduction of computerized Sim Man, Sim Baby and Noelle, a high-tech childbirth simulation manikin that can simulate scenarios from high-risk complications to normal read more >
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