Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, dean designate of the University of Arkansas' Clinton School of Public Service, calls public service “the raw material of our democracy.”
The award came with a five-year, nearly $1.9 million grant to fund his cancer research.
He led the college from 1993 through 2005.
Her previous work focused on technologies that help mitigate the effects of limb amputation and neurodegenerative diseases. read more >
Resignations increased the most in the South and Midwest, the two regions with the worst COVID outbreaks in August. read more >
The project involves using semiconductor silicon germanium tin to design and build a prototype. read more >
If you're struggling to hire and you find the hiring process tedious and time-consuming with disappointing results, you are not alone. read more >
Kanika Davis, a graduate of Pine Bluff High School and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, was recently named a national outreach specialist by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency. read more >
The amount is 10 times what the broadcaster was seeking during its fall fund drive. read more >
The program will help kids build skills like functional literacy and critical thinking, and show them eventual career options in age-appropriate ways. read more >
It will be the only silicon carbide facility of its kind open to external researchers. read more >
The delta strain of the coronavirus has sickened more children and challenged Arkansas Children's in Little Rock and Children's Hospital Northwest. read more >
Arkansas Business reached out to several Arkansas hospital executives and asked them about their observations and lessons learned amid the pandemic. Here's what they said. read more >
For Arkansas hospitals, the new normal is coming quickly into view. read more >
Jai Om Hospitality LLC of Frisco, Texas, purchased the 99-room hotel at 4311 Warden Road. read more >
Martine Downs Pollard of Rogers has been named Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield's vice president for the northwest Arkansas market. read more >
Tim Chatman will join his alma mater, Williams Baptist University in Walnut Ridge, as dean of students, effective in October. read more >
Dr. Cam Patterson, the UAMS chancellor, shares how health care providers are fighting the delta variant and what the future could hold. read more >
Schools, conferences and the NCAA could face legal action if they keep using the term "student-athlete." read more >
A leading figure in the hunt for the bird says the extinction declaration is premature. read more >
The money will help the programs provide employment and training services in historically underserved areas. read more >
Their work could pave the way for live-saving new drugs, the health system says. read more >
He's worked for the division since 1990. read more >
The gift comes as hospitals across the state struggle with nursing shortages. read more >
Many experts say the best way to invest for retirement is to put money in stocks and bonds and then hold tight. read more >
Impact investing, which offers returns and an opportunity to make a difference, is gaining ground in Arkansas as younger people, businesses and academics embrace the concept that money can do more than just make more money. read more >
In the first quarter of 2021, the share of net wealth in the United States held by the top 10% rose slightly from the previous quarter to 69.8% read more >
Rebekah Aduddell, Frederick Ernst and William Murray have joined Hendrix College in Conway as assistant professors. read more >
The program will offer 40 hours of classroom instruction beginning in the fall, and on-road training and 160 hours of classroom instruction in the spring. read more >
The grant will fund a new accelerated three-year M.D. program at at the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville. read more >
Rainey, a native of the Center community in Conway County, joined the division in 1993. read more >
He's considered by many to be one of the most innovative marketers in the direct-to-consumer sector. read more >
Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon — a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters. read more >
