UA Gets $17.9M Grant to Build Semiconductor Fabrication Center
It will be the only silicon carbide facility of its kind open to external researchers. read more >
It will be the only silicon carbide facility of its kind open to external researchers. read more >
Impact investing, which offers returns and an opportunity to make a difference, is gaining ground in Arkansas as younger people, businesses and academics embrace the concept that money can do more than just make more money. read more >
The money will help fund three new programs. read more >
Trent Roberts has been appointed endowed chair in soil fertility research at the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. read more >
Denise Thomas, CEO of World Trade Center Arkansas, says businesses that want to export their products need to do their homework. read more >
The National Science Foundation awards Nagayasu Nakanishi, an assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Arkansas, with a $1.15 million Faculty Early Career Development Award. read more >
Charles Robinson is named interim chancellor at the University of Arkansas' flagship campus in Fayetteville, effective Aug. 16. read more >
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has given a $1 million grant for a rice cultivation research program headed by a biological engineering professor at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. read more >
The University of Arkansas Office of Entrepreneurship & Innovation announced Tuesday that founders of startups affiliated with the university will soon have access to its new Venture Mentoring Service program. read more >
Niketa Reed founded the Fayetteville media nonprofit Arkansas Soul with a mission beyond inclusion. Her idea felt more like immersion. read more >
Bill Kincaid has been named acting chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, effective immediately, following Chancellor Joe Steinmetz’s sudden resignation on Friday. read more >
The University of Arkansas and NOWDiagnostics Inc. of Springdale announce a partnership to study the prevalence of coronavirus antibodies among UA students, staff and faculty. read more >
Quantia “Key” Fletcher has been named the new director of the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center in Little Rock. read more >
Legendary University of Arkansas men’s track and field coach John McDonnell died Monday at the age of 82 and is fondly remembered by Tyson Foods Chairman John Tyson. read more >
When the pandemic began devastating commerce in March 2020, Arkansas cities slashed budgets and tabled projects, fearing sales tax revenues would fall off the shelf. read more >
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. of Lowell gave $1 million for an endowed scholarship fund at the University of Arkansas’ Walton College of Business. 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 >
Elon Turner of Fayetteville is named executive director of the Arkansas Research and Education Optical Network. read more >
Walmart Inc. of Bentonville, the nation’s largest private employer, provides a window into the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's performance during the pandemic. read more >
Justin Urso, the chief of the UA’s McMillon Innovation Studio, says students in the program get access to “world-class mentors.” read more >
