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Business School Wiz Makes Move to Auburn

Hardgrave established the Information Technology Research Institute at Arkansas in 1999, with a $4 million endowment from the Walton Family Charitable Trust Foundation.

by - May 31, 2010, 12:00am

Balm Innovations Launches New Product, Expands to East Coast

March 24, 2009, 12:00am

Arkansas-based Balm Innovations, the parent company of Omnibalm skin care products and a client of Innovate Arkansas, said Tuesday that it has launched a new skin cream in more than 100 drug stores and entered a partnership that will nearly double the ava

Balm Innovations Gets $100,000 Grant to Launch New Product

January 22, 2009, 10:44am

Balm Innovations of Little Rock, parent company of Omnibalm skin cream products, has received a $100,000 Seed Capital Investment Program grant from the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority to help launch a new product, to be announced, and expand its c

UAMS BioVentures Company to Market Cost-cutting Services for Pharmacy Benefit Programs

January 15, 2009, 8:39am

The concept behind a unique program that saves Arkansas millions of dollars in Medicaid drug costs has spawned a new startup company through the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) BioVentures.

Special Nanotubes May Be Used as a Vehicle for Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders

Electrical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have demonstrated that magnetic nanotubes combined with nerve growth factor can enable specific cells to differentiate into neurons. read more >

by - January 13, 2009, 8:47am

Anderson, Others Named to Arkansas Research Alliance

The Arkansas Research Alliance names the members of its 15-person Board of Trustees. read more >

by Arkansas Business Staff - January 7, 2009, 12:00am

Nanomedicine: Arkansas Researchers Publish First Textbook of Emerging Field

Formalizing progress in nanoscience and nanotechnology, engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have published the first textbook on the emerging field of nanomedicine. read more >

by - December 18, 2008, 8:00am

Small Business Center Lands $93,000 SBA Grant to Assist Veterans

The state's congressional delegation announced this week that the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center will receive a $93,405 grant through the U.S. Small Business Administration's Veterans Assistance and Services Program. read more >

by - November 14, 2008, 3:09pm

Nano Development Seeks New Kind of Cancer Fight

A team of scientists led by Dr. Alexandru Biris at the Nanotechnology Center at UALR in collaboration with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is developing a method for attacking cancer cells by killing them from within. read more >

by - November 13, 2008, 4:34pm

BioVentures Startup Receives SBIR Grant to Develop Imaging Materials

One of the early-stage companies in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences BioVentures center is the recipient of Small Business Innovation Research Grant from the Department of Energy, the center announced recently. read more >

by - November 12, 2008, 2:45pm

Time Magazine Editor-at-large to Speak at Venture Forum Conference

A week from today Josh Quittner, editor-at-large for Time Magazine, will be the featured speaker at the 2008 Arkansas Venture Forum Conference, organizers announced recently. read more >

by - November 12, 2008, 2:42pm

UA Sustainability Center’s Grant from Wal-Mart to Create ‘Agile Agriculture’ Program

The Applied Sustainability Center at the University of Arkansas announced Monday that the center has received a $549,976 grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation to create a sustainable food system that links small producers with large markets. read more >

by - November 10, 2008, 11:08am

Center Puts ‘Technology’ in Small Business Development

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and other higher education institutions in the state recently acknowledged the Arkansas Small Business Development Center's shift toward assisting high-tech and innovative businesses. read more >

by - October 30, 2008, 4:25pm

Southern Arkansas University Starts Construction of Science, Technology Center

Southern Arkansas University of Magnolia officials recently announced that its new University Science and Technology Center is expected to be completed within the next year. read more >

by - October 30, 2008, 1:10pm

IA Client Lydia Carson Named to National Innovation Board

Lydia Carson, a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's executive MBA program, has been named to the advisory board of Planet Eureka! USA National Innovation Marketplace. read more >

by - October 14, 2008, 4:27pm

UAMS Researcher Awarded $2.7 Million to Study Brain Activity of Addicts

Warren K. Bickel, director of the Center for Addiction Research at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, recently received his fourth concurrent grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Drug Abuse. read more >

by - October 14, 2008, 2:29pm

Confucius Institute Helps Arkansas Companies Go Global

The Confucius Institute, headquartered at the University of Central Arkansas at Conway, offers cultural and language training to Arkansas businesses looking to diversify into China. read more >

by - October 13, 2008, 12:00am

Arkansas Biotechnology Researchers Pitch to Venture Capitalists

Venture capitalists from Arkansas and seven other states are at the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce today and tomorrow to hear about potential investment opportunities in medical technologies developed at Arkansas universities. read more >

by - October 2, 2008, 4:07pm

National Science Foundation Awards UA Researchers $7M Grant to Lead Alliance

The National Science Foundation announced Monday that it has awarded University of Arkansas researchers a five-year, $7 million grant to create alliances between K-12 teachers and university faculty in the science, technology, engineering and math fields. read more >

by - September 29, 2008, 1:39pm

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