State Panel Backs Some Local Control for Little Rock Schools
An Arkansas panel has voted to return some local control to Little Rock schools nearly five years after the state took over the district. read more >
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Arkansas Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 3.4%
Arkansas' unemployment rate remain unchanged at 3.4% between July and August, the state Division of Workforce Services said Friday. read more >
Report: In NWA, Absorption Keeps Pace With New Units
The commercial real estate market in northwest Arkansas remained balanced and added new space during the first half of 2019, according to Arvest Bank's Skyline Report released Tuesday. read more >
UA Little Rock Gets $10K Worth of Google Credits for Cybersecurity Labs
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor has received a $10,000 Google grant that will help provide free, cloud-based cybersecurity labs for junior high and high school students in Arkansas. read more >
Energy Security Partners Plant Still in Works
The GTL project, touted as the biggest economic endeavor ever in Arkansas, has naturally had its skeptics. read more >
Do Your Employees A Solid (Gwen Moritz Editor's Note)
Making your employees’ lives a little easier and less expensive would be a solid benefit at no cost to your company. read more >
Hussman Donates $25M to UNC Journalism School
Walter Hussman Jr., publisher of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and chairman of Wehco Media of Little Rock, startled the local media word by donating $25 million to the journalism school of his alma mater, the University of North Carolina. read more >
Crisman Steps Up at Lyon College (Movers & Shakers)
Matt Crisman has been promoted to executive vice president at Lyon College in Batesville, where he will oversee enrollment, varsity athletics and club sports as well as identify strategic enrollment markets. read more >
Tim Cain Named to Public Schools Post (Movers & Shakers)
Tim Cain has been selected as director of the Arkansas Division of Public School Academic Facilities & Transportation, where he will oversee facility and transportation programs that assist public schools in the state. read more >
UAMS Adds Marino, Devabhaktuni (Movers & Shakers)
Drs. Katy A. Marino and Subodh Devabhaktuni have joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. read more >
Professers Recognized at Hendrix College (Movers & Shakers)
John Krebs has been named the Willis H. Holmes Distinguished Professor of Music at Hendrix College in Conway. Matthew Moran has been named the Elbert L. Fausett Distinguished Professor of Biology. read more >
New Alliance CEO Allison J.H. Thompson Finds Treasure in Jefferson County
Allison J.H. Thompson, the new CEO of the Economic Development Alliance for Jefferson County, finds new investments in the area promising. read more >
Arkansas Children's Research Institute, UAMS Awarded $420K
Arkansas Children's Research Institute and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have received a $420,000 National Institutes of Health to research chlamydia. read more >
Christina Drale Named Chancellor of UA Little Rock
Christina Drale has been named chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. read more >
UA Little Rock Center Receives $2.25M Donation
The Winthrop Rockefeller Charitable Trust has gifted $2.25 million to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Center for Arkansas History and Culture. read more >
Arkansas Private Colleges Stare Down Demographic, Cultural Challenges
Arkansas Business tracked 15 years’ worth of official fall enrollment figures for 11 private colleges and universities in Arkansas. All 11 are religiously affiliated, and that part of the mission can be a factor in the enrollment trend. read more >
Millennial Life: Better Educated, Most Women Work
Millennials are better educated than previous generations, with the share of young adults in the millennial generation (born 1981 through 1996) who have a bachelor’s degree or higher standing at 39% compared with 15% for the silent generation (1928-1945). read more >
Black River Tech Adds Two Instructors (Movers & Shakers)
Raymond Patey has been hired as a chemistry and physical science instructor for Black River Technical College in Pocahontas, and Dianna Fraley has been hired as a social science instructor for BRTC’s Paragould site. read more >
Arkansas Business Presents 20 In Their 20s: The New Influentials of 2019
We’re proud to introduce the 2019 class of New Influentials and the possibilities these 20 in their 20s offer our state in the decades to come. read more >
Harding Business School Names 1st Botham Jean Scholarship Recipients
The Harding University Paul R. Carter College of Business Administration, in cooperation with professional services network PwC, has selected four students to be inaugural recipients of the Botham Jean Business Scholarship. read more >
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