LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 6 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Dr. John Kirk, George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at UA Little Rock, has received the 2024 Booker Worthen Literary Prize from the Central Arkansas Library System for his 2022 biography, "Winthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorker to Arkansawyer, 1912-1956." "The Worthen Prize is a venerable Arkansas tradition, and I join a distinguished list of recipients that includes former governor Sid McMat more PR

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 6 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Arkansas Tech University Student Government Association is working to revitalize its student discount program in the surrounding community by building relationships with local businesses. "This is the first full-scale update of the student discount program since 2017," said Kevin Solomon, ATU dean of student engagement. "SGA has plans to better publicize the discounts throughout the year by posting videos to  more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 6 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2024: Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today announced that she has appointed Colonel Olen Chad Bridges to serve as Arkansas' Secretary of the Military and the 55th Adjutant General of the Arkansas National Guard. "Arkansas' National Guard are the finest our state has to offer, and there's no one better prepared to lead them than Colonel Chad Bridges," said Governor Sanders. "T more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 6 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the Arkansas Children's Research Institute (ACRI) are collaborating on a yearlong project to make decades of maternal health research readily available for future researchers. The project is funded by a $310,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in the form of  more PR