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A report on what I didn’t do
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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August 3, 2025
Hang on to your encyclopedias, your dictionaries, your old copies of National Geographic. I fear the information age is over, or at least the age--the decades--when we were able to retrieve reliable information quickly by using a search engine....
NYITCOM at A-State welcomes 10th class at annual White Coat Ceremony
Mix 106.3 - Arkansas
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Jonesboro, AR — (Contributed) — Aug. 2, 2025 — New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State) celebrated a milestone Saturday as the medical school welcomed its tenth class to the...
Passing it forward
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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August 3, 2025
The love of crappie runs deep in Drew Ligon's family. Ligon of Stuttgart is the grandson of the late J.O. Brooks, one of the most colorful and most famous fishermen in Central Arkansas. Brooks was best known for his love of catching striped bass...
UA Little Rock awarded ARA Impact Grant for cutting edge research
The Daily Record - Arkansas
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July 28 - August 3, 2025 By Angelita Faller Dr. Noureen Siraj, associate professor of chemistry at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been awarded a $34,250 Impact Grant from the Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) to support cutting-edge...
Few Expands Reach & Services From Little Rock Base
Arkansas Business
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July 28, 2025
Few of Little Rock at 1310 S Main St. (Google Maps) Few of Little Rock has grown in more than just office space over the past three years. The digital product agency has expanded its client base, the scale of projects it handles and the locations...
UAMS researchers study food insecurity through a cultural lens
KUAF - Arkansas
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Kyle Kellams: We’ll dive into a pair of recently completed studies concentrating on food insecurity in Arkansas. Both studies were led by researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. One asked residents experiencing food...
Research Improves Accuracy Of Climate Models
The National Tribune
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July 29, 2025
NC State Researchers have devised a new machine learning method to improve large-scale climate model projections and demonstrated that the new tool makes the models more accurate at both the global and regional level. This advance should provide...
University of Arkansas celebrates spring 2025 graduates
Stuttgart Daily Leader - Arkansas
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July 30, 2025
University of Arkansas spring 2025 commencement.FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The University of Arkansas honored its most recent graduating class with a series of spring commencement ceremonies at Bud Walton Arena and Barnhill Arena, and the School of...
Clark County scholars among 5,500 University of Arkansas graduates in spring 2025
Arkadelphian - Arkansas
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July 30, 2025
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas — The University of Arkansas honored its most recent graduating class with a series of spring commencement ceremonies at Bud Walton Arena and Barnhill Arena, and the School of Law’s ceremony at the Fayetteville Town Center....
Search officially begins for next chancellor of University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 30, 2025
Misty Hughes, dean of institutional effectiveness at University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana, will chair the advisory search committee for the university's next chancellor. The advisory search committee tabbed Hughes -- who was recently selected as...
Undergraduate Researchers Gather at UAMS for Summer Symposium
UAMS
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July 30, 2025
View Larger Image Talana Small of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the Summer Research Internship program explains her poster at the Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium. Image by Nathan Tidwell July 30, 2025 | Students from 36...
Two Arkansas cities chase data center ‘gold,’ but might be competing against each other
Arkansas Times
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July 30, 2025
If data is the new gold, city leaders in Little Rock and Conway have grabbed their metaphorical picks and pans to join the gold rush, competing — apparently with each other — to land a $1 billion data center that’s being billed as one of the...
NCCU Receives $500K Grant to Study Career Barriers Facing Young Men in Research Triangle
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education
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July 30, 2025
NDr. Tryan McMickensorth Carolina Central University has received a $500,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation to launch a research initiative addressing the systemic barriers that prevent young men in the Research Triangle region from...
Little Rock Police using drones to help process crime scenes, solve missing persons cases
KFSM - Arkansas
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The Little Rock Police Department is now using drones to help process crime scenes and assist with missing person cases. Here's what we know about the new tech. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — When you look up in the sky you've gotten used to seeing the sun...
Arkansas Times journalists pumped to brag about our big awards
Arkansas Times
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July 28, 2025
Big news here at the Arkansas Times office, where we’re awfully proud to celebrate some 2025 Diamond Award wins from the Arkansas chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists. The big prize at Saturday night’s awards banquet went to three...
L3Harris to Build More than 20 New Large Solid Rocket Motor Manufacturing Facilities in Calhoun County, Arkansas
Arizona Free Press
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Announcement comes after Gov. Sanders, AEDC met with L3Harris at Paris Air Show CALHOUN COUNTY, Ark. – Following a meeting with Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and AEDC leadership at the 2025 Paris Air Show, L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX)...
Dridi Moves up on Poultry Science Association Board of Directors
University of Arkansas
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U of A System Division of Agriculture Sami Dridi, a professor of avian endocrinology and molecular genetics in the Poultry Science Department, was elected as a vice president of the Poultry Science Association in July. Sami Dridi, a poultry...
UAMS research highlights approaches to combat food insecurity in Arkansas
Harrison Daily Times - Arkansas
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LITTLE ROCK — Two studies led by researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) spotlight the daily struggles of food-insecure Arkansans and offer new insights into community driven solutions to address hunger in one of...
Sarah Huckabee Sanders education background: The political science grad from Arkansas who became America’s youngest governor
The Times of India
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders (image source: X/@SarahHuckabee) In July 2025, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivered a high-profile speech in South Carolina, fuelling speculation about her future in national politics. The address, widely...
Nano One Selected to Join Arkansas Lithium Technology Accelerator, America's First Lithium and Battery Supply Chain Accelerator
T-Net
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Nano One Selected to Join Arkansas Lithium Technology Accelerator, America's First Lithium and Battery Supply Chain Accelerator Nano One selected for launch of ALTA, America's first lithium and battery supply chain accelerator. Only OBBB-ready...