LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 2 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: Mel Mann, a retired U.S. Army major and 32-year chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) survivor, will speak to cancer patients, caregivers and health care providers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute grand rounds on Wednesday, April 17. The free event will be held at noon in the Walton Auditorium on the 10th floor of the Ca more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 5 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 4, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after today's ruling by the Arkansas Supreme Court in Arkansas Voter Integrity Initiative v. Thurston affirming a lower court ruling that the voting machines used in Arkansas elections comply with state law: "This is a win for the voters and taxpayers of Arkansas as the State Supreme Court affirms what we've  more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 4 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 3, 2024: * * * Following an order by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement praising the court's order, which declared unlawful a final rule of the Federal Highway Administration that would require states to set declining targets for tailpipe CO2 emissions from vehicles on the National Highway System.  more PR

FORT SMITH, Arkansas, April 2 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on April 1, 2024: Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today joined Arkansas Secretary of Education Jacob Oliva at Harvest Time Academy in Fort Smith to announce that children of veterans, military reserve members, first responders, and law enforcement officers, as well as students who previously attended D-rated schools, are now eligible to apply for the Education Freedom Account program. The more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 6 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Today, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders released funds from the Response and Recovery Fund and made the following statement: "Out of an abundance of caution, I've directed funds to be released from the Response and Recovery Fund ahead of the Great American Eclipse. This will assist commercial carriers transporting essential items to customers in Arkansas during the ecli more PR

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, April 2 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Arkansas Tech University students are invited to participate in the spring 2024 ATU Student Leadership Conference on Saturday, April 20. The conference will take place from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. in Chambers Cafeteria West Dining Room. It is presented by the ATU Student Government Association. Conference registration is open at https://forms.office.com/r/nL462ZLCsL. The keynote speaker will be ATU alumnus Steve Fr more PR

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, April 2 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Arkansas Tech University's libraries on the Russellville and Ozark campuses invite students, faculty, staff and visitors to participate in the spring 2024 ATU libraries survey. The five-minute survey will help the libraries better serve their constituents. It includes simple questions related to the physical and virtual resources and services each library offers. The survey will remain open through Friday, more PR

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, April 5 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Arkansas Tech University and the City of Russellville welcomed an outreach team from NASA and a group of astronomers from the Paris Observatory in France during a reception at ATU's Hull Building Student Union on Wednesday, April 3. The guests are at Arkansas Tech and in Russellville to observe the total solar eclipse that will take place on Monday, April 8. "I'm so proud of the people of Russellville...the more PR

POINT LOOKOUT, Missouri, April 6 -- College of the Ozarks issued the following news release: College of the Ozarks hosted the annual Spring Forum, A Conversation on Israel, on April 4. The event featured Dr. Jim Denison, cultural theologian and founder and CEO of Denison Ministries, and The Honorable Mike Huckabee, the 44th governor of Arkansas. Denison has taught the philosophy of religion and apologetics at several seminaries. He serves as Resident Scholar for Ethics with Baylor Scott & Whit more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 3 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: Prominent cancer epidemiologist, Yong Zhu, Ph.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute as associate director for population science and translational science. He also holds an appointment as professor of epidemiology in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health. Zhu joins UAMS after serving for more tha more PR

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, April 3 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: Dr. Kimberly R. Haynie has joined the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff's Department of Human Sciences as an assistant professor, according to Dr. Marilyn Bailey, interim chair of the department. In this position, Dr. Haynie will teach courses in nutrition and food science, which includes nutrition and wellness, sensory evaluation of foods, experimental food science and nutrition through the more PR

CONWAY, Arkansas, April 4 -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: Hendrix College has named Dr. Teresa A. Garrett as Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost of the College. Garrett will join the Hendrix community on July 1 and comes to Hendrix from Sweet Briar College in Virginia, where she served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College and is a faculty member of the Department of Chemistry. "We are excited and fortunate to welcome Dr. Gar more PR

CONWAY, Arkansas, April 4 -- Hendrix College issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Thirty-five first-year Hendrix College students selected for the Murphy Scholars Program were formally inducted at a ceremony held the evening of March 26, 2024. Murphy Scholars explore literature and language at a more intensive level by participating in designated study, travel, research, and service experiences in literature and language during their sophomore, junior, and senior years at Hendri more PR

CONWAY, Arkansas, April 6 (TNSres) -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: Twenty Hendrix College science students recently received highly competitive fellowships, honors, internships, and research opportunities. "Hendrix science majors are taking full advantage of their summer by immersing themselves in project-based research and experiential learning opportunities that allow them to explore professional paths they are interested in while developing deeper knowledge and skill," more PR

CONWAY, Arkansas, April 6 -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: The Hendrix College Committee on Engaged Learning has announced $84,428.06 in Odyssey Program funding awarded to 14 projects in the February 2024 funding cycle. These projects involve a range of academic, professional, and personal explorations, from tying fishing flies to joining archeological digs to researching PFAS interactions with microplastics to establishing a sustainability garden on campus. Since 2005, t more PR

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, April 2 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Michael Lamoureux has submitted his resignation as a member of the Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees effective March 31, 2024. "My law firm has accepted representation of a client that will preclude my service on a state board," wrote Lamoureux in his letter of resignation. "It has been an honor and a privilege to serve on this board. I am proud of the work we have done and have no doubt that this b more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 5 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will use a $2.27 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to answer key questions about the cellular mechanisms used by estrogen to prevent bone loss and osteoporosis. The five-year NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) R01 grant is led by  more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 5 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller The UA Little Rock community received some international exposure as guest presenters Prince Lorenzo de' Medici of Italy and Calibrex Developments CEO Steve Bruno of Canada made a special trip to visit with students, faculty, board, and community members. Medici and Bruno met with several groups of students at the Bailey Alumni and Friends Center on March 11, including art, history, and  more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news on April 5, 2024: By Angelita Faller A University of Arkansas at Little Rock employee has achieved his lifelong dream of becoming an author with the publication of his first book. Jermaine Rudd, assistant director of TRIO Talent Search at UA Little Rock, released his first book, "Through the Valley," which is an in-depth, introspective look at the events that led Rudd to being the man he is today.  more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 6 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has honored Anastasia Boles, Dr. Heidi Skurat Harris, Dr. Noureen Siraj, Kiel Thorlton, and Dr. Casey Rockwell as the winners of the 2024 Faculty Excellence Awards. Anastasia Boles, professor of law, won the Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching, sponsored by the Bailey Family. Skurat Harris, associate professor of rhetoric and writing, has won th more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 4 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller The University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Business will host its annual Ethics Forum of Arkansas' Business Leaders Thursday, April 18, featuring insights from Congressman French Hill and Scott Ford, CEO of Westrock Coffee Company. The forum, which focuses on business ethics in accounting and finance, will begin at 9:15 a.m. in the Schueck, McCarty, Lexicon Inc. Auditorium at th more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 3 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is embarking on an exciting journey of scientific exploration as it joins a groundbreaking cross-country research project aimed at unraveling the mysteries of the eclipse wind during the total solar eclipse on April 8. Dr. David Horne, assistant professor of physics at Gannon University, a Catholic university located in Erie, Pennsylvani more PR

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina, April 4 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: The UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation will graduate seven community health workers (CHW) this month, celebrating the first class to complete the one-year Community Health Worker Training and Apprenticeship Program. The institute, formerly the UAMS Office of Community Health & Research, has enrolled 88 CHWs from 21 counties across Arkansas since starting the c more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 2 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller The Arkansas Space Grant Consortium, based at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has made it its mission to help tens of thousands of people experience the wonder of the Great North American Solar Eclipse on April 8. With the solar eclipse's path of totality covering 53 counties in Arkansas, Dr. Constance Meadors, interim director of the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium (ASGC), sa more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 3 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Alexus Raymo The Bowen Law School Pathway Program was recently awarded the American Bar Association (ABA) 2024 Alexander Award for Excellence in Pipeline Diversity. The Alexander Award, named after the life and legacy of two legal trailblazers, Raymond Pace Alexander and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, was created to honor an individual or organization that has demonstrated exemplary leadership and succ more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 6 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller UA Little Rock's Sequoyah National Research Center helped commemorate the history of journalism in the Cherokee Nation by joining the "Cherokee Journalism and Printing" event celebrating the 196th anniversary of the first edition of the Cherokee Phoenix. The Cherokee Phoenix is the first newspaper published by Native Americans in the U.S. as well as the first newspaper published more PR

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, April 5 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: As associate dean for global engagement for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff's Office of International Programs and Studies (OIPS), Dr. Pamela Moore's mission includes guaranteeing that UAPB students have transformational experiences abroad and that international students have the same type of experiences at UAPB. Thanks to her efforts, UAPB students have participated in educational prog more PR

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, April 3 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: About 90% of land in Arkansas is privately owned. While this is a tremendous opportunity for residents to own tracts of land with abundant wildlife, it also leaves the vast majority of natural resources in the hands of independent individuals with different interests, goals and means to carry out management, according to Scott Jones, small impoundment Extension specialist at the University of Ar more PR

CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas, April 2 -- The University of the Ozarks issued the following news: Dr. Erin Mcdonald, an astrophysicist, aerospace engineer, and science fiction consultant who has served as the science adviser for the Star Trek franchise since 2019, will speak at University of the Ozarks on Thursday, April 4, in the Rogers Conference Center. The event begins at 7 p.m. and is part of the University's 2023-24 Walton Arts & Ideas Series. There is no cost for admission and the public is inv more PR

CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas, April 3 -- The University of the Ozarks issued the following news: The University of the Ozarks' Hispanic Student Association (HSA) will present a pair of on-campus events on April 9 and April 11 that examine Latino immigration to the United States. On Tuesday, April 9, HSA will host a showing of the acclaimed 1984 film, "El Norte" at 7 p.m. in Baldor Auditorium in the Boreham Business Building. On Thursday, April 11, there will be a panel discussion titled, "The Human D more PR