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State Tipoffs Involving Arkansas Newsletter for 2024-06-20 ( 6 items )  
Attorney General Griffin Leads 18-State Letter Calling for President Biden to Reverse Palestinian Amnesty Policy (10)
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 19 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on June 18, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing he has sent a letter to President Biden on behalf of 18 state attorneys general opposing the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) for Certain Palestinians Presidential Memorandum of February 14, 2024: "President Biden's deferral of the removal of Palestinians is yet another effort to circumvent  more PR

ATU Students Visit Germany, Collaborate With Peers (10)
RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, June 20 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Ten Arkansas Tech University students and two faculty mentors expanded upon an existing international educational partnership by visiting Germany at the conclusion of the spring 2024 semester. ATU and Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM) University of Applied Sciences in Giessen, Germany, signed a memorandum of understanding in 2018 that created a student exchange agreement between the two institutions.  more PR

Griffin Establishes Cold Case Unit Within the Office of the Attorney General (10)
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 19 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on June 18, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after announcing today at the annual Missing Persons Event in Benton that his office will establish a new unit investigating cold cases: "I've had many people bring cold cases to my attention in the past, and to date I've had to refer them to other law enforcement agencies. No one agency can do it all, and br more PR

NIH Awards Additional $3.7 Million to UAMS to Continue Groundbreaking Research Into High Blood Pressure (10)
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: In a major boost to cardiovascular research, the National Institutes of Health has awarded an additional $3.7 million to Shengyu Mu, Ph.D., and his team of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to continue their groundbreaking study on the role of immune cells in hypertension. Mu, an associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Dep more PR

UA Little Rock to Host Exhibition Featuring Ceramics From Ginny Sims (10)
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 19 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Gallery will host an exhibition featuring the ceramics of alumna Ginny Sims from June 17 to July 14. The exhibition will be on display in the Ann Maners and Alex Pappas Gallery in the Windgate Center of Art and Design. A reception will be held for the exhibition from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, June 27, in the Windgate Center. Sims creates functional cer more PR

Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 to Steam Across 10 Midwestern and Southern States in Fall Tour (10)
OMAHA, Nebraska, June 19 -- Union Pacific issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Union Pacific announced today that its legendary steam locomotive Big Boy No. 4014 will embark on a second tour this year, with a trip planned this fall in middle America, including Chicago and Houston. The "Heartland of America Tour" will start Aug. 29 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and include nine additional states: Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas. The eigh more PR