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Researchers in biomedical engineering will use the NIH award to conduct an in-depth analysis of the genetic and cellular determinants of gene therapy longevity. read more >

Private gifts provided funding for the establishment of 66 new endowed funds, creating permanent funding for a variety of purposes across the Fayetteville campus. read more >

If successful, the technology could significantly speed up satellite-to-satellite and deep space communications. read more >

The grant will fund a project aimed at helping to detect reliability concerns of electric aircraft and advanced air mobility vehicles. read more >

Enrollment at the University of Arkansas is up nearly 2 percent since last year to 26,754 students. read more >

Scott Ford, CEO of Westrock Group LLC, will speak to the Logistics of Capitalism class at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas on Sept. 15. read more >

University of Arkansas alumnae and sisters Agnes Lytton, Mary Sue and Betty Lynn Reagan have designated an estate gift to the University Libraries valued at over $1.2 million. read more >

The College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas is creating an endowed dean’s chair thanks to $3.5 million in gifts. read more >

Gov. Asa Hutchinson will address educators and policymakers at a University of Arkansas-sponsored conference on June 10, focusing on student learning and assessment at Heifer International in Little Rock. read more >

Arkansas’ leading economists say the state should have an improved economy next year. One of the highlights: the unemployment rate is expected to continue to drop to 5.5 percent by the end of 2015 and then slip to 5.3 percent in 2016. read more >

This week's first anniversary of the motorcycle wreck that changed Arkansas sports history provides a case study in crisis communication. John Diamond, the University of Arkansas' associate vice chancellor for university relations, recently spoke to Arkansas Business about the process of crafting the 673-word speech that Athletic Director Jeff Long delivered when he announced that he’d fired the Razorbacks' popular and successful head football coach, Bobby Petrino. read more >

The University of Arkansas Athletic Department is carrying out various stages of a $320 million master plan for new building projects and upgrading existing facilities. read more >

Southern Pavers, Inc., founded by Randy McNulty, was a general highway contractor specializing in bridges, and in particular, rehabilitation and stage construction of structures over and on the interstate highways. His company completed many of the bridges between Little Rock and Benton in connection with the rebuilding of Interstate 30. read more >