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Released: 2-Mar-2021 9:55 AM EST
UA Little Rock, Clinton School of Public Service Partner on Concurrent MPS-MSW Degree Program
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service have announced a partnership on a new concurrent degree program. Students pursuing a Master of Public Service at the Clinton School may now earn a concurrent Master of Social Work through the UA Little Rock School of Social Work.

Released: 10-Feb-2021 2:05 PM EST
Little Rock Congregations Study shows impact of COVID-19 on religious institutions
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The results of the 2020 Little Rock Congregations Study (LRCS), a research project based at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, shows that COVID-19 had a major impact on religious institutions in Little Rock. 

Released: 4-Feb-2021 11:05 AM EST
UA Little Rock receives $1 million planned gift from Damerows to support science scholarships
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Jerry and Sherri Damerow, longtime supporters of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education in Arkansas, have made a planned gift of $1 million to support scholarships for science majors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The gift will benefit the Jerry and Sherri Damerow Endowed Science Scholarship, which provides scholarships for students majoring in astronomy, biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, and Earth Science.

Released: 28-Jan-2021 9:50 AM EST
UA Little Rock Online Graduate Programs Listed Among the Nation’s Best by U.S. News and World Report
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has been recognized as having some of the best online programs in computer information technology in the country. U.S. News & World Report ranked UA Little Rock 19th in its 2021 ranking of “Best Online Graduate Computer Information Technology Programs.” 

Released: 28-Jan-2021 9:05 AM EST
UA Little Rock Partners with Forge Institute to Grow Skilled Cybersecurity Workforce
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the Forge Institute have partnered to strengthen the cybersecurity workforce development in Arkansas by providing academic credit for those who complete professional development courses in cybersecurity at the Forge Institute. Under the terms of the recently signed collaboration agreement, UA Little Rock will award successful graduates of the Forge Institute’s IT/Cybersecurity Fundamentals certificate academic credit towards a bachelor’s degree in computer science or cybersecurity at UA Little Rock.

Released: 22-Jan-2021 11:50 AM EST
UA Little Rock partners with Forge Institute, U of A to Advance Applied Research In Cybersecurity to Support National Defense
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is partnering with the Forge Institute and the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, to advance applied research in areas that support national defense, including cybersecurity. This partnership is a first-of-its-kind opportunity in Arkansas and will lead to competitive research, collaboration opportunities, and create a platform for economic growth and job creation.

Released: 18-Dec-2020 3:20 PM EST
Wilkerson fulfills dream of earning college degree 55 years after graduating high school
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

At 73, Carolyn Wilkerson has completed her lifelong dream of earning a bachelor’s degree. Wilkerson joined UA Little Rock in 2016, fulfilling a promise she made to herself many years ago. Having graduated from Little Rock’s Horace Mann High School in 1965, Wilkerson is the third of her high school classmates who have graduated from UA Little Rock in recent years.

Released: 8-Dec-2020 11:15 AM EST
UA Little Rock professor receives $133,333 National Endowment for Humanities grant to publish book on unpublished works of Louise Dupin
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

A professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $133,333 grant from the National Endowment for Humanities to publish the most complete edition of 18th-century French philosopher Louise Dupin’s unpublished treatise “Work on Women.” 

Released: 7-Dec-2020 5:55 PM EST
UA Little Rock ranked top university for social mobility in Arkansas
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Arkansas at Little Rock as the No. 1 university in Arkansas for social mobility. The ranking measures a university’s success in graduating economically disadvantaged students who are less likely to finish college.

Released: 10-Nov-2020 11:10 AM EST
UA Little Rock joins coalition to launch health care cybersecurity curriculum and pilot focused on veterans and first responders
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is part of a coalition of universities and industry partners that are developing a curriculum to increase cybersecurity talent focused on health care with $6.3 million in funding from the National Security Agency. UA Little Rock will work with the University of Louisville, the University of North Florida, Bluegrass Technical and Owensboro Technical, the Forge Institute, and a coalition of industry partners to develop a training curriculum focused on health care cybersecurity.

Released: 30-Oct-2020 5:25 PM EDT
UA Little Rock researchers investigate information campaigns designed to influence 2019 Canadian election
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

A group of researchers from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have published an article that examined the possible use of online media campaigns orchestrated to influence the 2019 Canadian federal election. The article, “The Role of YouTube during the 2019 Canadian Federal Election: A Multi-Method Analysis of Online Discourse and Information Actors,” was published in the Journal of Future Conflict in September.

Released: 20-Oct-2020 11:20 AM EDT
UA Little Rock’s Sequoyah National Research Center creates website visualizing American Indian removal through Arkansas
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The Sequoyah National Research Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has created a website and touchscreen table that brings the journey of American Indians who traveled through Arkansas on their way to Indian Territory to life. The center has completed a two-year research project, “Journey of Survival: Indian Removal Through Arkansas,” that includes a website and interactive touchscreen table that visually maps the journey of American Indians who journeyed through Arkansas after the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

Released: 15-Oct-2020 11:10 AM EDT
UA Little Rock alumni begin endowed scholarship to help students who have lost loved ones because of domestic or gun violence
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

A pair of University of Arkansas at Little Rock graduates have made a donation of $30,000 to start a scholarship for students who have lost loved ones due to domestic or gun violence.

Released: 14-Oct-2020 5:25 PM EDT
AEDI creates new COVID-19 Initiative to track virus’s social and economic impact on Arkansas
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The Arkansas Economic Development Institute (AEDI), based at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has developed an interactive COVID-19 data dashboard that tracks the social and economic impact of COVID-19 on Arkansas. The dashboard will provide Arkansans access to timely and relevant information on how the virus affects their employment, mental health, food security, economic security, education, and other critical indicators.

Released: 13-Oct-2020 12:15 PM EDT
Chancellor Drale delivers priorities for UA Little Rock in State of the University Address
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Chancellor Christina Drale provided her vision and priorities for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock during the University Assembly on Oct. 9.  “The state of UA Little Rock in 2020 is good and getting better. We have a clear course ahead of us, and I look forward to making that journey with you. I would submit to you that the singular lasting value that we must hold dear is the transformational value of education,” Drale said.

Released: 12-Oct-2020 11:45 AM EDT
Arkansas professor donates planned gift to promote study of history at UA Little Rock, preservation of history collection
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

A retired University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor has made a planned giving agreement that will honor his love of Arkansas history and encourage more students to enter the field for years to come. Dr. Vincent Vinikas, professor emeritus of history who taught at UA Little Rock for 34 years, has donated a revocable trust, worth an estimated $100,000, to UA Little Rock along with his collection of materials about American history.

Released: 12-Oct-2020 11:10 AM EDT
NuShores Biosciences receives $2.8 million contract for intelligent manufacturing automation of bone regeneration technology
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

NuShores Biosciences, a spin-off company of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has received a three-year, $2.8 million contract from the Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium, a biomedical technology consortium associated with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command. The contract will enable NuShores to develop intelligent automated production of its NuCress™ bone void filler scaffold products using its factory-in-a-box concept. Key collaborators on the project include UA Little Rock and MiQ Partners of Cincinnati.

   
Released: 30-Sep-2020 5:10 PM EDT
Arkansas Press Association names UA Little Rock professor 2020 Journalism Educator of the Year
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Sonny Rhodes, associate professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Mass Communication, is the 2020 recipient of the Arkansas Press Association Journalism Educator of the Year award.

Released: 30-Sep-2020 5:10 PM EDT
Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center receives $125,000 grant to provide services for high-tech entrepreneurs
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $125,000 grant to assist companies pursuing federal Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer grants and contracts.

Released: 17-Sep-2020 1:20 PM EDT
UA Little Rock receives $2.1 million grant to help low-income, first-generation, and college students with disabilities
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the University of Arkansas at Little Rock a $2.1 million, five-year grant that will help more students succeed and graduate from college.



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