The increasing popularity of cross-laminated timber as a building material has an Arkansas professor working on ways to transform a waste byproduct of CLT production into a construction material itself. read more >
The financial impact of the new outcomes-based state funding formula on individual Arkansas universities and colleges has been a mixed bag, but the program is having the desired effect, and overall funding has increased. read more >
Benjamin Babst, a professor at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, has been awarded the 2019 Ouachita Society of American Foresters Award for forestry science research. read more >
University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt will recommend Peggy Doss, provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, to serve as the next Chancellor of UAM. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Monticello says Chancellor Karla Hughes will retire effective Dec. 31. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Monticello receives its second-biggest donation, a $1.5 million estate gift from the late Raylene Steelman. read more >
The letters USMCA may not say much to most Arkansans, but to state leaders in international trade, they spell relief. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Monticello receives a donation worth more than $6 million, after property appraisals are completed, from the trust of the late Merle and Deloris Peterson of Dumas. read more >
The state’s timber industry can’t take full advantage of a booming market because of the lack of truck drivers. read more >
Jeff Weaver, vice president for external affairs at National Park College in Hot Springs, has been named vice chancellor for advancement at his alma mater, the University of Arkansas at Monticello. read more >
Building with cross-laminated timber panels is changing the major elements of the construction industry – with southern Arkansas standing to gain if the process becomes more popular. read more >
This year’s hurricanes are likely to boost Arkansas’ timber industry, which was already experiencing a surge of new investment. read more >
As a state's problems go, low unemployment is a good one to have, but it does spell difficulty for Arkansas employers, particularly those seeking highly skilled workers. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Monticello announces the Rural Health Early Admissions Program, which will offer pre-pharmacy students the opportunity to transfer early to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' College of Pharmacy. read more >
Douglas Osborne’s research is a new spin on usual practice. Typically, duck banding programs focus on breeding grounds in the Midwest and Canada. But Osborne bands ducks where they winter. read more >
Matthew Pelkki has written more than 100 scholarly articles and been a lead investigator in 27 projects involving more than $6 million in research funding. read more >
University of Arkansas System President Donald Bobbitt announced Friday that he will recommend Karla Hughes, Ph.D., to the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas System as chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Monticello. read more >
The University of Arkansas at Monticello has narrowed its search for a new chancellor to four finalists, all from Arkansas. read more >
After historically low prices kept loggers from removing hardwoods from Arkansas forests for many years, something of a hardwood rebirth began recently. However, at least one timber expert has predicted that market pressures may reverse that trend soon. A significant threat to the industry, however, is an old one — insect infestation. read more >
Forest management is a necessity for wildfire protection and habitat conservation, says A.J. Brigance, the new Poteau/Cold Springs District Ranger of the Ouachita National Forest in Scott and Logan counties. read more >
