University of Arkansas alumna Jean Cameron "Cami" Jones, youngest daughter of Fay and Gus Jones, is donating $1 million to the Fay Jones School of Architecture & Design and University Libraries at UA. read more >
D.J. Williams, the former star tight end for the Arkansas Razorbacks now at KARK-TV in Little Rock, found himself on opposing teams as the football season wound down, torn between his “Razorback family” and Channel 4’s news audience. read more >
Matthew A. Waller, dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, will receive the Whitney M. Young Award from the Urban League of the State of Arkansas. read more >
Christina Drale has been named interim executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. read more >
The Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation has given $23.7 million to the University of Arkansas' research and economic development infrastructure. read more >
The University of Arkansas System and the University of Arkansas Winthrop Rockefeller Institute announced Friday the Governor Winthrop Rockefeller Endowment, a gift of more than $100 million from the Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust that will continue to fund the institute in perpetuity. read more >
Cherie Rachel has been named senior director of the University of Arkansas' Office of Corporate & Foundation Relations. read more >
Some Arkansas universities reported that their overall enrollment fell slightly this year, though a couple had record-breaking enrollment and several touted other measures as positive — such as higher retention and graduation rates. read more >
David Hinton has been appointed associate director of Technology Ventures at the University of Arkansas. read more >
Matt Waller, dean of the Walton College of Business says innovation is the most important factor for driving economic growth. read more >
Life comes down to water, and Lauren Greenlee is working on a project she hopes will one day make the world’s water supply much cleaner. read more >
Former Arkansas Razorback Rawleigh Williams III thought a $1 million sports disability insurance policy would protect him financially if an injury derailed what promised to be a lucrative pro football career. read more >
University of Arkansas alumni Kelly and Steve Barnes of Dallas have made a $500,000 commitment to the university’s Sam M. Walton College of Business to create the Kelly & Steve Barnes Health & Wellbeing Innovation Fund. read more >
Chancellor Joseph Steinmetz of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville knows the goal that he and the Northwest Arkansas Council have set for the university’s research and development funding will be a tough nut. read more >
The University of Arkansas exceeds its goal for fiscal year 2018 by raising $292.7 million through its "Campaign Arkansas." The university's original goal was $245 million. read more >
The Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas announced that it will establish a Blockchain Center of Excellence at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on the second floor of the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development. read more >
Colleen Briney, who has had a 35-year career with the University of Arkansas, has been appointed as vice provost for planning, effective Aug. 1. read more >
Undergraduate and graduate student teams from the University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock walked away from the 18th annual Governor's Cup competition with $154,000. read more >
Building with cross-laminated timber panels is changing the major elements of the construction industry – with southern Arkansas standing to gain if the process becomes more popular. read more >
The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville has received a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to complete cleanup of the Southwest Experimental Fast Oxide Reactor – known as SEFOR – near the Strickler community in southern Washington County. read more >
