Tagged: Jerry Adams

Kenneth James to Retire from AAIMS

Kenneth James to Retire from AAIMS

Technology & Telecom

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 >

Governor Appoints Arkansas CEOs to Study State's Computer, Data Sector

Governor Appoints Arkansas CEOs to Study State's Computer, Data Sector

Banking & FinanceTechnology & TelecomTransportation

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 >

UAMS Professor Given $1M Chair, Named ARA Scholar

UAMS Professor Given $1M Chair, Named ARA Scholar

Health Care

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 >

Virtual Reality Opens Brave New Worlds At UALR

Virtual Reality Opens Brave New Worlds At UALR

Technology & TelecomCover Story

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 Excited About Research Talent Attracted to Arkansas

Jerry Adams Excited About Research Talent Attracted to Arkansas

Health CareRestaurants & FoodTechnology & TelecomExecutive Q&A

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 >

Second Class of ARA Fellows Announced

Second Class of ARA Fellows Announced

Technology & Telecom

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 Laboratory Of Arkansas

The Laboratory Of Arkansas

Arkansas Research & Innovation

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 >