Dr. Scott Dickson of Jonesboro, residency program director of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northeast Regional Campus, was invested Feb. 6 in the Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield Dr. George K. Mitchell Endowed Chair in Primary Care. read more >
Little Rock business leaders Rajesh Chokhani of Welspun Tubular and Jay Heflin of Legacy Termite & Pest Control talk about the importance of relationships to the economy and community. read more >
The pen may be mightier than the sword, but justice in the legal system sometimes requires the checkbook. read more >
University of Arkansas System President Donald R. Bobbitt names Christina Drale acting chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. read more >
Entegrity's Little Rock headquarters is being honored as Project of the Year in the Green Tie Awards program presented by the Arkansas chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. read more >
The unemployment rates in most of Arkansas’ metro areas continued to move downward or stay stable in June, with Fayetteville, Jonesboro, Little Rock and Texarkana seeing declines. read more >
Arkansas’ gross domestic product expanded by 2.5% during the first quarter of 2019, the highest quarterly growth rate for the state since the fourth quarter of 2016, Michael Pakko noted recently on his Arkansas Economist blog. read more >
A three-day period of killing in the Arkansas Delta a century ago will be commemorated with the Elaine Massacre Memorial, to be dedicated across the street from the Phillips County Courthouse in Helena on Sept. 29. read more >
Nitin Agarwal, director of the Collaboratorium for Social Media and Online Behavioral Studies at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, gets a three-year, $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense. read more >
Ian Hadden, the university's director of energy management services, was one of four nationwide honored for excellence by the former Association of Physical Plant Administrators at the APPA's annual conference in Denver. read more >
Mark Williams has been named dean of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. read more >
NuShores Biosciences LLC will use some of the $1.1 million it raised selling shares of the company to conduct more studies on its product in order to get approval from the FDA. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Department of Art & Design will expand its art outreach with a $754,108 gift from the Windgate Foundation. read more >
Benton will oversee the Arkansas Public School Computer Network and the research and integration of its digital resources. read more >
Jordan Frederking has been hired as assistant director of student life at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. Shelby Fiegel has been promoted to managing director of the Center for Community & Economic Development within UCA's Division of Outreach & Community Engagement. read more >
KUAR found itself abruptly short-staffed last month when news veterans Jacob Kauffman and Sarah Whites-Koditschek departed on the same day. read more >
Maggie Strange has been hired as academic coordinator for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s athletics department, and R.D. Spiehs has been hired as assistant baseball coach. read more >
As remote-control commercial drones fill more roles in agriculture, construction, engineering and real estate, they have found a special place in advertising. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Saline Health System said Tuesday that they would partner to address a nursing shortage in Saline County. read more >
Neil Erisman has been hired as head wrestling coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. read more >
