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Released: 5-Oct-2007 8:55 AM EDT
UALR to Offer First PH.D. Program in Information Quality
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Arkansas' chief information officer will discuss UALR's world leadership in information quality at the International Conference on IQ, and announce the University's new Ph.D. degree information quality. The conference will be held Nov. 9-11 at MIT.

   
Released: 17-Sep-2007 4:00 PM EDT
Fifty Years Later, Little Rock Assesses Effects of '57 Desegretation Crisis
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

A new report by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock questioned blacks and white citizens about the 1957 desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, the first national test of the landmark Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education, and how the crisis affects local race relations today.

Released: 30-Aug-2007 4:40 PM EDT
Arkansas Receives $13.2 Million Grant for Math, Science Education
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Arkansas receives $13.3 million from the National Math and Science Initiative financed by ExxonMobil to fund training and incentive programs for AP and pre-AP courses in Arkansas operated by a newly non-profit organization located at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Released: 10-Aug-2007 6:10 PM EDT
Expert Available on Global Change, Air Quality Issues, and Megacities
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Jeff Gaffney, Chair and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and Chief Scientist for the Department of Energy's Global Change Education Program is available to discuss global climate change and air quality issues that are facing us as world populations continue to increase and we continue to burn fossil fuels for electrical power and transportation.

20-Mar-2007 7:00 PM EDT
50 Years After Little Rock Crisis, Blacks, Whites See Benefits
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Fifty years after nine black teenagers entered Little Rock Central High School sparking the first test of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown versus Board of Education, blacks and whites in Little Rock and surrounding Pulaski County believe it is very important for children to socialize with children of different races, according to a data collected by the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in its fourth annual Racial Attitudes Survey.

Released: 7-Mar-2007 5:15 PM EST
Publish, Perish Attitudes Make Profs Balk at Online Publication
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

A study by information science professors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Munich show that scientists and researchers appreciate the speed by which online journals can distribute new findings to their colleagues and the academic world, but they fear non-traditional publication can affect their chances of promotion and tenure. Other concerns include how long the research will be available online.

   


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