RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, April 27 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: * * * A Bright Idea: Carvin Brings New Element to ATU Music * An idea brought forth by a student in the French horn section shined a new light on the Arkansas Tech University Symphonic Wind Ensemble for its final performance of the 2025-26 academic year. The Sunday, April 26, concert at Witherspoon Auditorium included a new stage lighting concept envisioned and developed by Caelah Carvin, a first-year A more PR

WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on April 21, 2026, from Economics Daily: * * * Washington, DC, metropolitan area lost 103,900 jobs from January 2025 to January 2026 In January 2026, nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 9 metropolitan areas, decreased in 6 areas, and was essentially unchanged in 372 areas. * * * Chart: 12-month changes in nonfarm employment by metropolitan area, statistic more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 28 -- Little Rock School District issued the following news on April 27, 2026: * * * Dual Language Instruction Coming to Little Rock District Elementary Schools The Little Rock School District will offer dual language instruction programs at Watson and Chicot elementary schools beginning in the 2026-27 school year. The programs will start with kindergarten students and add one grade each year. Students will leave the programs able to read, write, speak and unders more PR

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, April 28 -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: * * * From research to reality: OSU seniors solving real-world challenges When someone says engineering, most people likely envision someone who designs machinery or buildings, but graduating engineers also step into a wide variety of careers, from food and agriculture, healthcare and manufacturing to technology, research, design, operations and management. Oklahoma State University Department of Biosystem more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 28 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * Gary Clark, P.D., Boosts Family Scholarship In UAMS College of Pharmacy with $140,000 Gift By Benjamin Waldrum The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received a gift of $140,000 from Gary Clark, P.D., to increase the endowment of his family scholarship for the UAMS College of Pharmacy to a university scholarship. Scholarships at UAMS that reach an e more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 27 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Bills Signed: HB1006, HB1054, HB1078, HB1081, HB1082, HB1083, HB1084, HB1085, HB1087, HB1088, HB1091, HB1092, HB1094, HB1095, HB1097, SB2, SB19, SB22, SB52, SB60, SB61, SB64, SB65, SB66, SB68, SB70, SB71, SB72, SB74, HB1013, HB1016, HB1065, HB1086, HB1096, SB26, SB42, SB62, SB69, HB1033, HB1048, HB1050, SB1, SB14, SB32, SB53 * LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-On Monday, April 27th, 2026, the more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 27 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Hands-on learning shapes Arkansas's future workforce * For hundreds of Arkansas students, career exploration didn't come in the form of brochures or presentations-it came with gloves, hard hats and hands-on experience. Roughly 1,800 students from 89 schools stepped directly into the world of skilled trades at the Central Arkansas Build My Future event, hosted by the Associated Builder more PR

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, April 27 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: * * * Makerspace Helping Future Teachers Serve All Students * Arkansas Tech University is in the process of developing a makerspace that will help ATU education students learn how to better serve students with autism and other exceptionalities. "Autism is something that I am very passionate about," said Dr. Katie Myers, ATU assistant professor of curriculum and instruction and program director for speci more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 27 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Nebraska U poised to award record 3,800-plus degrees May 8-9 * The University of Nebraska-Lincoln expects to confer a record 3,800-plus degrees during commencement exercises May 8-9. Pinnacle Bank Arena, 400 Pinnacle Arena Drive, will host a ceremony for students earning graduate and professional degrees, 3 p.m. May 8, and two ceremonies for those earning bachelor's degrees, 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. May 9.  more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, April 27 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Powering partnerships through safety and education * Entergy Arkansas is strengthening its partnerships with local emergency responders through a new First Responders Appreciation and Education Initiative, designed to enhance collaboration while delivering critical electrical safety training. Held over three evenings in El Dorado and Magnolia, the events brought together municipal fir more PR

JONESBORO, Arkansas, April 27 -- Arkansas State University posted the following news: * * * Top Sciences and Mathematics Students Named during Convocation of Scholars The Beck College of Sciences and Mathematics at Arkansas State University recognized its most outstanding graduating students during the 2025-26 academic year, according to Dr. Jennifer Bouldin, dean of the college. The Convocation of Scholars ceremony was held at the Cooper Alumni Center. The Chancellor's Scholar award was pr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: * * * New Nationwide Tool Helps Answer: Do We Have Enough Water? * RESTON, Va. -The U.S. Geological Survey released the first nationwide tool to help water planners determine if communities have enough water for current and future needs. Nearly 27 million Americans, or 8% of the U.S. population, live in areas where water demand consistently approaches or exceeds naturally av more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 27 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: * * * UA Little Rock Graduate Student Helps Identify Cold Case Victim After More Than 30 Years * What began as a quest to learn more about her family's heritage has led one University of Arkansas at Little Rock graduate student to help identify more than 60 previously unknown victims and perpetrators in cold cases across the United States and Canada. One of those cases hit especially more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 27 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: * * * UA Little Rock Receives Gift to Support Long-Term Success of Planetarium * The University of Arkansas at Little Rock continues to build support for the future of its Shellam Flake Planetarium, with a new $50,000 gift focused on sustaining the facility for years to come. The gift from UA Little Rock alumnus and retired attorney James Bruce McMath and his wife, Becky, contributes more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 27 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: * * * UA Little Rock Student turns Personal Experience into Award-Winning Research * There is a photograph Peter Zokoro returns to in his research presentations: two children hunched over their schoolwork late at night, their only light a flickering kerosene lamp. He does not use it for dramatic effect. He uses it because he has lived it. Zokoro, a master's student in mechanical engi more PR

CONWAY, Arkansas, April 28 -- The University of Central Arkansas issued the following news: * * * UCA student earns Fulbright Award Kyle Urban to spend a year in Spain as Fulbright English Teaching Assistant * University of Central Arkansas graduating senior Kyle Urban of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award for the 2026-2027 academic year from the U.S. Department of State. Urban, a May 2026 graduate who majored in linguistics with minors in Spanish, more PR

WASHINGTON, April 27 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service issued Rice Outlook: April 2026, report number RCS-26C, coordinated by Vidalina Abadam with contributions from Andrew Sowell, Seth Wechsler, Angelica Williams, and Jennifer Bond, on April 13, 2026. The report says U.S. all-rice ending stocks for 2025/26 were raised to 55.3 million cwt, the highest since 1985/86. The increase came mainly from lower long-grain use and exports. The report cuts long-grai more PR

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, April 27 -- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley posted the following news: * * * UTRGV's IKC chapter earns Trailblazer Award, leads nation in medals at ACJA National Conference * RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS - APRIL 27, 2026 - The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley's Iota Kappa Chi (IKC) chapter of the American Criminal Justice Association (ACJA) earned the prestigious Trailblazer Award at the 2026 ACJA National Conference, held in March in Bloomington, Minnesota.  more PR