LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 23 -- The Arkansas Attorney General issued the following consumer alert: As Arkansans adjust to the new normal during the pandemic, the lull from robocalls has ended and bad actors are again seeking the social security numbers of our most vulnerable. The Attorney General's Office has seen an increase in complaints where scammers are pretending to be from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and threaten consumers into providing personal information or asking for mone  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 24 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Governor Asa Hutchinson has appointed Solomon Graves as Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The governor announced the appointment during his daily COVID-19 briefing. "Solomon is stepping up during a difficult time in Arkansas, but with fourteen years of experience in adult corrections, he is well prepared for the task," Governor Hutchinson said. "In my time as governor, I hav  more

JONESBORO, Arkansas, July 22 -- Arkansas State University issued the following news: Students representing the Phi Beta Lambda chapter at Arkansas State University won 15 awards at the 2020 PBL National Leadership Experience and Competition. The awards were made during a virtual ceremony after the coronavirus impacted the conference originally scheduled in Salt Lake City. The 15 awards are the most by any college or university this year. A-State edged out the University of Nebraska-Lincoln whi  more

CONWAY, Arkansas, July 23 -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: Conway Regional Health System, along with Central Baptist College, Hendrix College, and the University of Central Arkansas, announce a partnership for testing and health services related to COVID-19. Conway Regional Health System and Conway's three institutions of higher education have been collaborating for several weeks to implement protocols and practices to help ensure the health and safety of students, facult  more

DYERSBURG, Tennessee, July 21 -- Dyersburg State Community College issued the following news release: Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) President Karen Bowyer has announced the appointment of Chad Kline as the men's head basketball coach and athletic director for the College. "DSCC is fortunate to attract such an experienced head coach who also believes in providing community service with his teams," states Dr. Bowyer. "He has worked as an Assistant NCAA Compliance Director, which will   more

ARKANSAS CITY, Kansas, July 23 -- Cowley College issued the following news release: The Cowley College Board of Trustees appointed JoLynn Foster to fill the vacant seat of Bob Juden, a 1.5-year term, and Christopher L. Swan to fill the vacant seat of Jill Long, a 3.5-year term, during its regularly scheduled meeting held Monday in the Earle N. Wright Community Room. The meeting was held in the spacious Wright Room in order to safely increase community access with an approximate gathering limita  more

SEARCY, Arkansas, July 18 -- Harding University issued the following news: Harding University has established a new office of graduate and professional support. The office will provide expanded resources for more than 50 graduate and professional programs beginning July 1. Graduate and professional programs have been a part of the educational offerings at Harding since 1952, growing to account for close to 20% of annual enrollment in recent years and representing significant growth opportuniti  more

SILOAM SPRINGS, Arkansas, July 23 -- John Brown University issued the following news release: John Brown University announced a $8 million grant from the Walton Charitable Support Foundation in support of the university's data analytics and computer science programs. Two million dollars will be used to endow an academic chair for data analytics. The remaining $6 million will create an endowed scholarship to support students majoring in computer science or data analytics. Both programs are new   more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, July 21 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Freddie Bowles, associate professor of foreign language education at the University of Arkansas, has been named a distinguished member of the national Association of Teacher Educators, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The distinction indicates that Bowles exemplifies the best of teacher education across the country, which includes outstanding contributions to the association; outstanding contri  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, July 21 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: More than 30,000 people commute to and from University of Arkansas campus on a daily basis. People make these trips using a wide variety of travel modes including walking, cars, bikes, buses, e-scooters, and shuttle vans. An annual survey, initiated by the U of A Office for Sustainability with support from U of A Parking and Transit, measures how people get to and from campus. The goal of this survey is to   more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 23 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor has received a $443,854 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop unique deep learning methods to identify key cell networks in complex diseases. Dr. Mary Yang, professor of information science and director of the Midsouth Bioinformatics Center at UA Little Rock, will conduct research that will help doctors and scientists fu  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 23 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news on July 23: University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor of history Dr. Brian Mitchell has been leading an effort to uncover forgotten moments in African American Arkansas history. A native of New Orleans, Mitchell began teaching at UA Little Rock in 2014 and is passionate about including students and the community in his research. "History is often viewed as a lonesome profession," Mi  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, July 22 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: As a doctoral student in the adult and lifelong learning program at the University of Arkansas, Daniel Parker researches effective ways to teach adults. He recently published an article in the top-tier journal Frontiers in Psychology with Elizabeth Roumell, an associate professor at Texas A&M University. The article -- "Functional Contextualist Approach to Mastery Learning in Vocational Education and Trai  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, July 22 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Caitlin Yoakum, doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology, has received a $29,800 Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation to study the masticatory apparatus and sensory mechanisms that allow a primate to determine if a food is safe to chew and eat. This research could ultimately shed light on evolutionary changes seen in living primates in comparison t  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, July 21 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a new nano drug candidate that kills triple negative breast cancer cells. Triple negative breast cancer is one of the most aggressive and fatal types of breast cancer. The research will help clinicians target breast cancer cells directly, while avoiding the adverse, toxic side effects of chemotherapy. Their study was published in June issue of Adva  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, July 23 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: The Occupational Therapy Department at the University of Arkansas recently awarded professor Ananda Rosa the Fran Hagstrom Collaborative Leadership Award. The award was established in 2018 as a way to honor Hagstrom, a long-time professor in the College of Education and Health Professions who helped develop the occupational therapy doctoral program. Hagstrom was instrumental in coordinating efforts with th  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, July 21 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: The Master of Science in Operations Management is offering a new course in Resilient Design and Crisis Management in in the second eight weeks of the fall semester. Offered as OMGT 577V (OMGT 5743 pending), the new course, designed by Richard Ham, associate director of the operations management program, focuses on an "all hazards" approach to lead through crisis and design resilience into processes such as   more