Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural Food & Life Sciences

He's been the dean of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences since 2017. read more >

Trent Roberts has been appointed endowed chair in soil fertility research at the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. read more >

Animal sciences students from Missouri State University at Springfield will be able to earn an additional degree in poultry science from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville thanks to a new agreement between the two schools. read more >

Amy Hopper has been hired as program manager by the Arkansas Research Alliance in Conway. read more >

Cory Davis has been promoted to CEO of the Center for Toxicology & Environmental Health in North Little Rock and executive vice president of CTEH’s parent company, Montrose Environmental Group of Irvine, California. read more >

This fall, the University of Arkansas Global Campus will offer five new online degree programs, including the first online undergraduate degree program to be offered by the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. read more >

Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale last week donated a $50,000 robot to the University of Arkansas’ Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences in Fayetteville. read more >

Margaret Sova McCabe, the new dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law, wants to help law students who want to help others. read more >

Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale gives $341,000 to OneEgg, a nonprofit that delivers eggs to children in developing countries. read more >

Sabrina Trudo has received the 21st Century Endowed Chair in Human Environmental Sciences in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. read more >

Even a generation ago, most “agriculture” students at colleges and universities studied the business concepts involved in operating a farm. They learned about depreciation and tax incentives. Those who followed expanded into the marketing arena, and those newly minted graduates introduced brokering and data-driven selling to the farm. Biotechnologists burst on the scene, and with them they brought genetically modified varieties of various crops. read more >

Hot Springs native and University of Arkansas alumna K. Denise Henderson is giving more than a half-million dollars to her alma mater. read more >

Michael Kidd, director of the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science and head of the Department of Poultry Science at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, has been named the Poultry Industry Leader of the Year by The Poultry Federation, based in Little Rock. Kidd joined UA’s Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences in 2010. He is responsible for the Center ‘s programs in poultry science and related disciplines. read more >

Garver LLC in North Little Rock is celebrating its 95th anniversary this year. Founded by Neil Garver after World War I, the company now has nearly 400 employees and 17 offices in nine states. The firm shortened its name from Garver Engineers after expanding its service offerings to include architecture, survey and construction services. read more >

Angela Sewall, dean of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Education, will be recognized with the 2013 Edward C. Pomeroy Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teacher Education from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. read more >

Robby Edwards will work to improve marketing and branding of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences. read more >