UA Little Rock Receives $1.2M Grant for McNair Scholars Program
The ultimate goal is for the scholars to receive a Ph.D. 10 years after they have graduated from UA Little Rock. read more >
The ultimate goal is for the scholars to receive a Ph.D. 10 years after they have graduated from UA Little Rock. read more >
The reorganization aims to "improve administrative efficiency and encourage constructive interdisciplinary collaboration in teaching and research among involved faculty," the university said in a news release. read more >
Braun will return to the faculty, where he will work on several ongoing research projects at the university. read more >
Young has been serving as interim dean since August 2021. read more >
Lyon College, a small school with big ambitions, has more work to do to get its plans off the ground. But it presents an exciting new vision for Little Rock and health care in Arkansas. read more >
Brian Keltch has been promoted to chief information officer read more >
She takes over on March 1 for Gina Terry, who retired Jan. 31 after more than 20 years with the UA System. read more >
The school is joining the Ohio Valley Conference, where it believes it will fare better financially and competitively. read more >
Unemployment of between 3.3%-4% is also expected. read more >
The Windgate Foundation awards more than $3 million to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for art outreach, acquisition, and to support education and outreach programs of the university-affiliated nonprofit Children International. read more >
Raw materials, labor and fuel price increases are forcing producers to both economize and pass on the costs to customers. read more >
Frank Braun has been appointed the new dean of the College of Business, Health & Human Services at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. read more >
Two criminal justice professors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have been awarded a three-year, $324,987 National Science Foundation grant to study anti-Muslim sentiment and Muslim hate crimes in Arkansas. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Business Innovations Clinic provides free legal services to entrepreneurs while helping law students learn the ropes before graduation. read more >
Colliers Arkansas has made a $25,000 donation to a University of Arkansas at Little Rock scholarship program established in honor of its co-founder, L. Dickson Flake, who died last year. read more >
The Arkansas Economic Development Institute at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has developed an interactive COVID-19 data dashboard that tracks how the pandemic has affected the state socially and economically. read more >
Local and state officials were pleased to hear that the 400-acre Dogpatch USA theme park property in Newton County was purchased last month by an LLC led by Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock says it plans to reopen its campus and residence halls for face-to-face classes this fall. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received the largest single gift in the institution's 93-year history — a $25 million donation from an anonymous person to support the university’s strategic enrollment management plan. read more >
Michael Pakko, chief economist and state economic forecaster at the Arkansas Economic Development Institute at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, talks about the state of Arkansas' economy amid COVID-19. read more >
