LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 4 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 3: Governor Asa Hutchinson today announced his intent to grant 11 pardons. An additional 34 clemency requests were denied and four had no action taken upon them. These include requests from both inmates and non-inmates. The applicants intended for pardons have completed all jail time and paid all fines related to their sentences. There is a 30-day waiting period to receive public feedbac  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 6 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 5: Governor Asa Hutchinson has appointed Dr. Jose Romero as Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). Governor Hutchinson announced the appointment today at his COVID-19 briefing. Dr. Romero, who has been serving as interim secretary of health, replaces Dr. Nate Smith, who has accepted a position at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. Romero previou  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 8 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 7: Governor Asa Hutchinson issued an executive order today that allows Arkansans to vote absentee if they are concerned that voting in person may be a risk to their health or the health of others because of COVID-19. Executive Order 20-44 also allows elections officials to start processing the absentee ballots a week earlier than usual to allow for an anticipated increase in the number of  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 8 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly radio address on Aug. 7: I have appointed Dr. Jose Romero as Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, and today I'd like to share some things about the man who is assuming this job in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Romero moved to Arkansas in 2008 as Director of the Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He also served in a simil  more

ARKANSAS CITY, Kansas, Aug. 6 -- Cowley College issued the following news release: Cowley College hosted it's largest ever The Difficult Airway Course: EMS on August 3-4. A total of 37 students completed the intensive two-day course held at the Cowley College Wellington Campus. During the course students learned the full range of airway management techniques -- including use of video laryngoscopes and other advanced imaging devices, extra glottic devices, medication-assisted intubation and sur  more

ARKANSAS CITY, Kansas, Aug. 5 -- Cowley College issued the following news release: Consistently conducting herself professionally during her more than 2 1/2 years on the Cowley College Board of Trustees, Nancy Burger was recently honored with a plaque for her dedication and exemplary work. Burger began serving on the Board in January 2018. There were numerous accomplishments during her tenure on the Board, such as the creation of the Sumner Campus in Wellington and the improvements made on the  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 5 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Students interested in pursuing teacher preparation programs are now able to transfer their credits from NorthWest Arkansas Community College to finish their degree at the University of Arkansas. The degree programs include Elementary Education B.S.E., Special Education B.S.E., Business Education and Family and Consumer Science Education. "We are hoping to attract more students to the field of education,   more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 3 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: A biomedical engineering doctoral student has been recognized by The Optical Society for his work using machine learning to examine image data sets related to skin wound healing. The research is aimed at saving time and reducing human variability in analyzing images of wounds as they heal. Jake Jones was awarded the Student Paper Prize in Biomedical Optics from The Optical Society's 2020 Biophotonics Congre  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 7 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: The University of Arkansas successfully concluded its capital campaign, Campaign Arkansas, by raising a record $1,449,703,813 for student, faculty, program and capital support. The gifts and pledges made during the eight-year effort will advance academic opportunity at the university, continue to transform the campus and promote student success. "The success of Campaign Arkansas can be attributed to the gen  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 7 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news on Aug. 6: Danielle Badra has been named the winner of the 2021 Etel Adnan Poetry Prize for her collection Like We Still Speak, which will be published by the University of Arkansas Press in the fall of 2021. Badra, who is of Syrian and Lebanese heritage, was born and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan and currently resides in Virginia. An alumna of the M.F.A. program at George Mason University, she is a manageme  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 3 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: The School of Social Work and EMPACT-Suicide Prevention Center, an Arizona non-profit behavioral health provider, will increase their partnership with the receipt of two new grants from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. In the first grant, assistant professor John Gallagher will continue to provide evaluation of the city of Phoenix's Veterans Court and clinical services pro  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 3 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Arkansas has been awarded $1.5 million to develop a new traffic-sensing technology to track cargo as it moves through roadways and ports. The project will help business leaders and government agencies better plan for future investments in infrastructure and economic development. The project, led by Sarah Hernandez, assistant professor of civil en  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 7 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Materials science researchers, led by electrical engineering professor Shui-Qing "Fisher" Yu, have demonstrated the first electrically injected laser made with germanium tin. Used as a semiconducting material for circuits on electronic devices, the diode laser could improve micro-processing speed and efficiency at much lower costs. In tests, the laser operated in pulsed conditions up to 100 kelvins, or 279   more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 5 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Kristi Perryman, associate professor of counselor education at the University of Arkansas, has been named to the National Association for Play Therapy's board of directors for a three-year term. Perryman, director and founder of the Office of Play Therapy Research and Training at the U of A, has been an active member of the association since 1997. She has served on multiple APT committees and task forces du  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 3 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: University of Arkansas Dean Emeritus Reed Greenwood, and his wife, Mary Ann, have established a COVID-19 emergency fund available to students in the College of Education and Health Professions. The COEHP COVID Student Emergency Fund, initially created by a $5,000 gift from the Greenwoods, is accepting additional contributions to help education and health students who need financial assistance due to hardshi  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 5 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door," goes the adage. Ashley Dowling, a professor in the entomology and plant pathology department, and Khoa Luu, an assistant professor in the computer science and computer engineering department, aren't trying to build a better mouse trap, but they are trying to build a better insect trap. For their efforts, they were recently awarded almo  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 5 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: In the new episode of Short Talks From the Hill, Kristen Gibson explains how soap destroys respiratory viruses such as coronavirus and offers tips for handling potentially contaminated surfaces. Gibson is an associate professor of food safety and microbiology in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences and for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the research arm of the Univ  more