Education

The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center will be continuing its Build Your Own Business, or BYOB, initiative in the coming months. These events are geared toward University of Arkansas at Little Rock students. In February, the ASBTDC will…

In partnership with Best Buy, Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub will be creating the first Best Buy Teen Tech Center in Arkansas. This center will be designed to help teenagers develop interests in technology, art and entrepreneurship and gain skills through…

Stephanie G. Adams will be taking on a newly-created role in the University of Arkansas’s provost office as the director of faculty development. In this role, Adams will be advancing university efforts by designing programs geared toward faculty development, as…

A University of Arkansas electrical engineering professor has been named site director fro the GRid-connected Advanced Power Electronic Systems (GRAPES) Research Center. Yue Zhao, a UA assistant professor, has been tapped for the role. Founded in 2009, the research center…

Three Arkansas Business Hall of Fame inductees will be participating in a virtual fireside chat in February. On Thursday, Feb. 25, Gerald Alley, Joe T. Ford and Johnelle Hunt will be speaking as part of a “Presenting the Arkansas Business…

Three University of Arkansas students have been selected to be Science Venture Studio fellows for the spring 2021 cohort. The UA Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation selected Ashta Malhotra, Toma Tomonari and Jean Morales as the incoming fellows. During the…

Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions will be hosting a free, two-part seminar on exports on Wednesday, Feb. 17. This four-hour seminar, held in partnership with the Arkansas District Export Council, will focus on the basics of exporting. The seminar will cater to…

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock dean has made a planned gift of approximately $50,000 to benefit the university’s STEM efforts. Dr. Brian Berry, vice provost for research and dean of the Graduate School, has pledged the gift to…

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) athletics director Chris Peterson is retiring after 13 months at the helm of the university’s athletics department. UAPB announced on Monday, Feb. 15 that Peterson would be stepping down, with senior associate athletics…

In a recent funding competition, seven University of Arkansas won as much as $2,000 each in seed funding. The UA Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, as well as the UA School of Law, hosted the competition, in which teams pitched…