CONWAY, Arkansas, Oct. 27 -- Acxiom, a marketing technology and services company, issued the following news: Acxiom, the customer intelligence company, unveils its AI investment to help the world's leading brands implement Salesforce AI technologies. Acxiom's AI expertise can help brands deploy Salesforce Einstein and Data Cloud to boost the strategic value of their data, resulting in data-driven customer insights and business outcomes for marketers. As a Salesforce partner, Acxiom provides en  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 26 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has announced the following appointments to boards and commissions: * * * Arkansas 911 Board Robert McGowen, Bella Vista, to the Arkansas 911 Board. Term expires on July 24, 2025. Reappointment. Kevin Molder, Harrisburg, to the Arkansas 911 Board. Term expires on July 24, 2027. Replaces Rodney Wright. Jamie Pafford-Gresham, Hope, to the Arkansas 911   more

MELBOURNE, Arkansas, Oct. 28 -- Ozarka College issued the following news: Recently Career Pathways Initiative (CPI) partnered with the Arkansas Division of Higher Education and Arkansas Community Colleges and took a page from reality television to launch their own Enrollment Pitch Competition, modeled by the popular ABC show Shark Tank. This year's competition took place on October 24 and gave Ozarka the opportunity to pitch their ideas to increase enrollment to a panel of sharks. Representing  more

JONESBORO, Arkansas, Oct. 26 -- Arkansas State University issued the following news: Arkansas State University has named an assistant director of the Heritage Sites. Penny Toombs will take on the role after serving as the director of two of the A-State Heritage Sites, which include the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home and Southern Tenant Farmers Museum since 2020. "I'm grateful for this opportunity. I look forward to working with Dr. Adam Long and the site directors to expand our educational programm  more

JONESBORO, Arkansas, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- Arkansas State University issued the following news: Arkansas row crop farmers have made extraordinary progress since the 1990s expanding their adoption of best management practices to improve soil and water conservation. Dr. Tina Gray Teague and Dr. Ray Benson from the College of Agriculture at Arkansas State University work along with Dr. Michele Reba, research hydrologist with USDA-Agricultural Research Service Delta Water Management Research Unit (D  more

BEEBE, Arkansas, Oct. 25 -- Arkansas State University-Beebe issued the following news release: Arkansas State University-Beebe students, faculty, staff and alumni were honored at the Arkansas Community Colleges (ACC) 2023 Annual Conference held Oct. 8-10, in Hot Springs. Jacob Cater of Quitman is currently seeking an Associate of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences with plans to major in broadcast journalism after completing a degree with ASU-Beebe. Cater is active on campus, serving as a le  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 25 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: A longtime University of Arkansas at Little Rock employee who worked at the university for more than 40 years has made a generous donation to support single parents who are earning advanced degrees at UA Little Rock. Sarah Breshears, a retired educator from Sherwood, has donated $25,000 to create the Sarah Breshears Endowed Graduate Scholarship, which will provide assistance for education-related expenses i  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, Oct. 25 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is awarding over $17.9 million in investments to 46 projects across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee through the States' Economic Development Assistance Program (SEDAP). Funding for this program was made available, in part, by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden, a key part of his Investin  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 27 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2023: RTX, in partnership with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, today announced they will build a new, $33 million manufacturing facility in East Camden, Arkansas, that will create 30 new jobs in the region. The facility will produce the Tamir missile for the Iron Dome Weapon System and its U.S. variant, the SkyHunter(R) missile to be used by the U.S. Marine Corps and our all  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 25 -- The University of Arkansas's School of Medical Sciences issued the following news release: Hector Enrique Soriano-Baron, M.D., a triple fellowship-trained neurosurgeon, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as co-director of UAMS spine services. An assistant professor in the UAMS College of Medicine departments of Neurosurgery and Orthopaedic Surgery, Soriano-Baron was previously on the faculty at the Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital  more

MAGNOLIA, Arkansas, Oct. 25 -- Southern Arkansas University issued the following news on Oct. 23, 2023: Two-time national champion, first-round NFL draft pick and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow addressed a sold-out audience at Southern Arkansas University on October 10 as the 2023 Farmers Bank & Trust Distinguished Speaker in the W.T. Watson Athletic Center. This year's event raised more than $92,000 to benefit scholarships for future generations of SAU students. Dr. Trey Berry, president of   more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 27 -- The State University of New York issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2023: Addressing the Clinton Foundation's "AmeriCorps: 30 Years Forward" summit, State University of New York Chancellor John B. King, Jr. today announced 15 SUNY colleges and universities have been recognized as AmeriCorps "Schools of National Service" and SUNY has enacted a System-wide college application fee waiver for AmeriCorps alumni, who may apply up to seven SUNY campuses for  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Dr. Amar Kanekar and Dr. Joseph Otundo, professors of health education and promotion at UA Little Rock, have published a book chapter on how to ethically use social media for public health research. The chapter has been published in the new book, "Effective Use of Social Media in Public Health." The book, edited by Kavita Batra and Manoj Sharma, addresses the growing use and importance of social me  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 24 -- The University of Arkansas's School of Medical Sciences issued the following news release: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a five-year, $3.25 million federal grant to support the creation of a program that will help students from 20 underserved counties in the Arkansas Delta and southern part of the state pursue careers in health care. The Arkansas Delta Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) Academy will recruit and assist s  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 28 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Dr. Amar Kanekar, professor and graduate coordinator of the Health Education/Health Promotion program at UA Little Rock, has published two new book chapters aimed at helping college educators and online students. The book chapters, "Ethics for Health Promotion", and "Health Education," were published in September in the book "Ethics for Health Promotion and Health Education" by Jody Vogelzang. Kan  more

ARKANSAS CITY, Arkansas, Oct. 24 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news on Oct. 23, 2023: The State of Arkansas will observe the annual John H. Johnson Day on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, at the John H. Johnson Museum, 604 President Street, Arkansas City, and Arkansas State Parks Delta Heritage Trail, Arkansas City, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. John H. Johnson Day observance will begin at 10 a.m. with the John H. Johnson statue unveiling at the Arkansas State Parks Trailhea  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Meteorologists use models to predict the weather. Elvis Elli uses models to predict how crops might respond to a complex and changing environment. Elli -- a new assistant professor of crop physiology and adaptation to climate change -- began work with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station in September. He will also teach crop physiology through the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 27 -- The University of Arkansas' Walton College of Business issued the following news: By Lori McLemore At the Seventy-Eighth Alumni Awards Celebration, the Arkansas Alumni Association honored Carol Shook and Varun Grover, faculty members in the Department of Information Systems at the Sam M. Walton College of Business, recognizing them for distinguished achievement. Held Oct. 20 at the Fayetteville Town Center in Fayetteville, the event recognized several faculty  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Engineering World Health will host a medical device design seminar free for all students at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, in Bell Engineering room 2269. Attendees will learn about various global healthcare challenges and the initiatives that EWH design team members are leading to combat healthcare problems through medical device innovation. Attendees will enjoy free food. Many under-resourced regi  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: U of A students graduating this fall are invited to complete the First Destination Survey to report on their post-graduation pursuits. Graduating students can access the survey or follow instructions provided in an email invitation they receive this week. Faculty and staff are asked to encourage graduating students to complete this survey, which informs the U of A graduates' career paths and serv  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 25 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Brett E. Sterling, associate professor of German and a U of A alum, has won the Radomir Luza Prize for his first book, Hermann Broch and Mass Hysteria: Theory and Representation in the Age of Extremes (Camden House, 2022). The prize recognizes an outstanding manuscript in Austrian/Czechoslovak studies in the World War II era and carries a $1,000 cash award. Sterling's work, praised by the jury as stylisti  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 26 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: A panel discussion featuring interdisciplinary perspectives on the human and environmental costs of war will take place at 4 p.m. Nov. 15 in the auditorium of the Poultry Science Building (room 211) as part of the Professor Bennett Scholars at Risk Endowed Lecture Series. The event, which is part of the university's celebration of International Education Week, features Uchenna Awoke, a Nigerian writer who   more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 25 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: The Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center is pleased to recognize 25 new faculty members with the Rapport Badge. In October, new faculty, defined as faculty within their first two years at the U of A, had the opportunity to participate in programming on campus offered by the center, submit a reflection and be recognized with an electronic badge. The program that qualified for the badge was the new fac  more

CANYON, Texas, Oct. 25 -- West Texas A&M University issued the following news: For a second consecutive year, West Texas A&M University's soil judging team has qualified for nationals. The WT team placed second in the Region IV Collegiate Soil Judging competition held Oct. 16 to 20 in Lubbock. WT outranked No. 3 Texas A&M University and just behind the winner, the University of Arkansas. The WT team also placed second in the team pit competition, where the team works together to characterize a  more