The FBI has been asking questions about the planned sale of 6,300 acres by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, a deal that has drawn allegations that bid manipulation produced a lower sale price and a higher broker commission.
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education has purchased the former corporate office building of Golden Living in Fort Smith.
The Delta Digital News Service at Arkansas State University has received a $20,000 grant from the Fred Darragh Foundation.
Citing "continuing uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic," the board that oversees the University of Arkansas' Arkansas Business Hall of Fame says it won't induct a new class of honorees in 2021. read more >
Arkansas Business is once again seeking nominations of the state's outstanding businesses, business executives and nonprofits for its Arkansas Business of the Year Awards. read more >
The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees on Friday approved joint ventures between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Baptist Health and Arkansas Children's to expand access to radiation therapy as well as to establish the state's first proton therapy center. read more >
I need a word for the sensation that 2020 has simultaneously been the longest year of my life and is also flying by. read more >
Sales tax holidays don't really meet their stated goals, and they can be a distraction from good tax reform. read more >
Vince Xayasane has been hired as the new chief financial officer for the Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado. read more >
Arkansas' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 7.4% in August from 7.1% in July, the state Department of Workforce Services reported Friday. read more >
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the University of Arkansas at Little Rock a $2.1 million, five-year grant to help more students succeed and graduate from college. read more >
The Viola School District Board of Education did more than going through the motions and seconds at its monthly meeting Sept. 17: It broke ground on a campus-based solar array expected to supply 90% of district electricity needs. read more >
The University of Arkansas' Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation received a $1 million gift from an alumnus. read more >
Jesus Delgado-Calle, Ph.D., an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has been awarded a National Cancer Institute grant of more than $1.7 million to study ways bone therapy might repair damaged bone and prevent or delay relapse in myeloma patients. read more >
Russ Jones, Ph.D., started as dean of the Arkansas Tech University College of Business on July 6. read more >
Skip Rutherford, dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, says he will retire on June 30. read more >
Mervin Jebaraj works at the University of Arkansas' Walton College of Business so it is apropos that he has a grade for the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. read more >
Rob Wells, the University of Arkansas journalism professor who is helping take over the arkansascovid.com news site, is also taking strict precautions against the virus. read more >
Penny Toombs has been appointed as the new director of two of Arkansas State University's heritage sites: the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home and the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum. read more >
Lanita White, an assistant dean at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has been appointed to the ASHP Task Force on Racial Diversity, Equity & Inclusion by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in Little Rock. read more >
The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered a wallop to the country's economy, but experts interviewed by Arkansas Business don't expect too much lasting damage. There is a caveat, of course. read more >
Clint Rhoden, the executive director of the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, emphasizes the importance of having a plan and following it. read more >
The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System expects to see a loss of 1% on its investments for its fiscal year that ended June 30, marking the first decrease since 2009. read more >
Is it any wonder that the phrase “May I provide you with some feedback?” sets up an emotional loop almost guaranteed to grate on nerves and create stress? read more >
Misty Orpin is handing off her latest baby, the pandemic news and data site arkansascovid.com, which she birthed on her laptop and raised to indispensability. read more >
Arkansas reported nearly 1,300 active coronavirus cases at its colleges and universities Thursday, as well as 525 in its public schools. read more >
The Windgate Foundation has gifted $3 million to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to fund a building maintenance endowment for its Windgate Center of Art + Design. read more >
Construction of the Center for Three-Dimensional Arts at Arkansas State University is now underway. read more >
Arkansas reports 385 more confirmed cases of the coronavirus as a White House task force said the state has one of the highest rates for new cases in the country. read more >
The Walton Family Foundation announced Wednesday that it has or will distribute $500,000 to Little Rock nonprofits, to help meet the needs of local students through the Community Support Grant Program. read more >
Landmark PLC, Certified Public Accountants has given $50,000 to the University of Central Arkansas College of Business Enhancement Fund. read more >
Arkansas health officials say their biggest growth in new coronavirus cases is among college-aged people as the number of active infections at the University of Arkansas' main campus approached 1,000. read more >
The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees votes to borrow $19.1 million to make 2020 and 2021 payments on UA Department of Athletics debt. read more >
