Jerry Adams

A six-year member of the group with a background in economic development has been chosen as his successor. read more >

Jerry Adams, president of the Arkansas Research Alliance, announced this week the promotion of Bryan Barnhouse to CEO. read more >

Gov. Asa Hutchinson and the Arkansas Research Alliance announce two new ARA Scholars to the ARA Academy of Scholars and Fellows. read more >

The Arkansas Research Alliance announced Thursday that the State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI) will hold its annual conference in Little Rock from Oct. 13-15. read more >

Six new Arkansas Research Alliance Fellows were named Thursday during a news conference at the state capitol with Gov. Asa Hutchinson. read more >

Kenneth James, president for the Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science, will retire from the organization on Dec. 31, the AAIMS announced Thursday. read more >

Gov. Asa Hutchinson forms a blue ribbon commission to study how to grow the state's computer science and data analytics sector. The 19-member commission is co-chaired by Acxiom Corp. founder Charles Morgan and Arkansas Economic Development Commission Executive Director Mike Preston. read more >

An eight-year effort to enroll more high school students in advanced placement classes has paid off as they earned higher salaries after graduating from college, according to a recent study. read more >

Hong-yu Li, a professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, was awarded the $1 million Helen Adams & Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) Endowed Chair and named an ARA scholar in a ceremony held Monday at the Governor’s Mansion in Little Rock. read more >

Carolina Cruz-Neira’s visualization technology lab in the Emerging Analytics Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a playground for the imagination. And the virtual reality that unfolds within it is helping envision better companies and cities — both modern and ancient — and even train better medical students. read more >

Jerry Adams started the nonprofit Arkansas Research Alliance in 2008. It partners with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to help commercialize technology produced at the FDA’s National Center for Toxicological Research in Jefferson. read more >

The ARA Fellows program, in its second year, recognizes established researchers at the state's five research universities and awards them three-year, $75,000 grants to further their research. read more >

The Arkansas Research Alliance has entered into a partnership with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration to help commercialize the technology developed at the FDA's National Center for Toxicological Research at Jefferson. read more >

A study commissioned by the Arkansas Research Alliance finds the state well positioned to create more high-paying jobs. The report aims to gauge progress of a 2009 plan to develop "knowledge-based" jobs. read more >

The challenges involve commercializing intellectual property from research universities and developing a place that can accelerate and develop new enterprises from both the university as well as from private sector ideas as with Innovate Arkansas. read more >