LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 16 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller Demonstrating a steadfast commitment to nurturing the next generation of construction management and engineering professionals, the Arkansas Chapter of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America has generously funded the renovation of a new computer lab and student lounge at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The new AGC lab will serve as a welcoming gathering place for  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 14 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on March 13, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today announced Arkansas's Medicaid Program will receive $191,050.63 as part of a $25 million national settlement with Lincare Holdings, Inc., over alleged false Medicaid billing for Noninvasive Home Ventilation (NIV) devices and issued the following statement: "It is alleged that from January 2013 to February 2020, Lincare violated fede  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 16 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on March 15, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin released the following statement after co-leading a lawsuit on behalf of 24 state attorneys general and one state legislature in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit blocking emission standards set by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): "The EPA's rule for emissions regulating the oil and  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 16 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on March 15, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement highlighting the work done by his office in 2023 on behalf of Arkansas consumers: "Last week was officially National Consumer Protection Week, but in my office, we place the highest priority on protecting Arkansas consumers every day of the year. I want to publicly praise the work done by my office's Public  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 12 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on March 11, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the promotion of Senior Assistant Attorney General Noah Watson to Deputy Attorney General for Opinions and FOIA: "Today I named Noah Watson as Deputy Attorney General of the Opinions and FOIA Division. Noah previously served as a Senior Assistant Attorney General in the Special Litigation Section  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 14 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on March 13, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin released the following statement today in support of Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders' recent trade delegation trip to east Asia: "I applaud Governor Sanders' engagement with our Asian allies, especially South Korea and Japan. We share common values of freedom, democracy, free trade and security. These are precisely the sort of relationsh  more

TOKYO, Japan, March 14 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following remarks on March 13, 2024: * * * Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivered remarks to Keidanren, the Japanese Business Federation, on Wednesday, March 13th. Keidanren is comprised of 1,512 representative Japanese companies, 107 national organizations in major industries such as manufacturing and services, and 47 regional economic organizations. Its mission, as a comprehensive economic organization, is to dr  more

SEOUL, Republic of Korea, March 12 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following remarks on March 11, 2024: * * * Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivered remarks to the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) in Seoul on Monday, March 11th, and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to foster economic cooperation. KITA is a private non-profit trade organization founded in 1946 with 105 traders as its founding members. It is one of Korea's largest umbrella economic  more

SEOUL, South Korea, March 9 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: On Friday, March 8, the first day of Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders' trade mission to Asia, the Governor and Mayor Hyun-jae Lee of Hanam City signed a Memorandum of Understanding to further strengthen economic and cultural ties between the State of Arkansas and Hanam City, the sister city of Little Rock. The goal of the sister city program is to promote peace through mutual respect, under  more

SEOUL, Republic of Korea, March 12 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: On Monday, March 11, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen economic and cultural ties between the State of Arkansas and Korea's International Trade Association and Korea's-U.S. Economic Council, Inc. * * * The text of the agreement is below: Whereas: It is agreed by and amongst The State of Arkansas (State), the Korea  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 14 -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, issued the following news release: Arkansas Heart Hospital, a leader in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease, is extending its use of Oracle Health electronic health records (EHR) and RevElate Patient Accounting solutions across its network of ambulatory clinics and two hospitals. Together with its existing Oracle Fusion Applications for finance and supply chain, Arkansas Heart will have   more

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, March 12 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Arkansas Tech University earned five awards in the 39th annual Educational Advertising Awards. The marketing office at ATU earned the following honors with its work during 2023: Gold Instagram Content - #WhyTechWednesday Television Advertising Series - "Focus on the Now" Silver Website Refresh - www.atu.edu Bronze Special Video - ATU College of STEM Merit Student Viewbook - ATU International Viewbo  more

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, March 16 (TNSres) -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Arkansas Tech University faculty member Dr. Kelly Houston Jones is one of 23 scholars selected as George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon research fellows for the 2024-25 academic year. Jones, associate professor of history and graduate program director in the ATU Department of History and Political Science, will spend one month at Mount Vernon in Virginia as part of a sabbatical per  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 12 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on March 11, 2024: * * * With signatures being collected on several ballot initiatives ahead of the 2024 general election, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement and guidance on rules that govern the collection of signatures: "It is vitally important that laws governing each part of the ballot initiative process are followed. This not only ensures our citizens' ability   more

ARCATA, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt issued the following news: * * * Researchers have described a new species of ancient shark that was collected in Arkansas 45 years ago and fills an important role in understanding an enigmatic and bizarre group of prehistoric fishes. The study is published in the journal Geodiversitas. * * * "These creatures are part of a recovered ecosystem following a major extinction of fish groups at the end of   more

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, March 15 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: The UAPB Small Farm Program is inviting you to two upcoming educational and informational events as part of the 65th Annual Rural Life Conference. Both events are free to the public and include a pre-conference film screening of Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land documentary on March 14 and a Wills Clinic at the 65th Annual Rural Life Conference on March 15, where members of the public ca  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 15 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller Dr. Jim Golden has been a familiar figure at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock since 1994. In the summer, this criminal justice professor and administrator will start his true golden years as he retires from the university after 30 years of service. In 1994, Golden started his UA Little Rock career as a research coordinator at the Criminal Justice Institute. He has gone through   more

CONWAY, Arkansas, March 12 -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: Hendrix College is among a select group of Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) members chosen to receive a Program Development Grant from the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) to deepen vocational exploration and discernment among undergraduate students. The grant totals $48,000 and will be used from May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2026, to develop four new programs that create more deliber  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 12 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: Board-certified and triple-fellowship-trained cardiologist Michael Luna, M.D., has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, as a professor. Luna came to UAMS from the Dallas VA Medical Center and UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, where he was an associate professor of cardiology.   more

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, March 14 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Brittany Piper will appear as a guest speaker at a Sexual Assault Prevention Month event hosted by the Arkansas Tech University Office of Title IX, the ATU Health and Wellness Center and the ATU Jerry Cares program on Tuesday, April 2. The event is planned for 12:30-2 p.m. in the Hull Building Student Union. Admission will be free and open to anyone with a valid ATU identification card. Piper is a speaker,  more

SEOUL, Republic of Korea, March 12 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on March 11, 2024: On Monday, March 11, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders concluded her trade mission to the Republic of Korea (ROK) with a meeting with His Excellency Yoon Suk Yeol, President of ROK. Sanders' spokeswoman Alexa Henning released the following statement: "Governor Sanders thanked President Yoon for his hospitality and provided an update on her conversations wit  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 16 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller Little Rock School District (LRSD) students are set to embark on an innovative educational journey to learn advanced tech skills, thanks to a new partnership between the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock) and LRSD. This unique collaboration will see college students from UA Little Rock's Emerging Analytics Center (EAC), a research center that focuses on visualization  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 13 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is welcoming five dedicated business and community leaders to the UA Little Rock Alumni Board of Directors. The new members include Donavon Colclough, supervisor of safety with Entergy Arkansas; Cameron Fuller, commercial banker with Simmons Bank; Grady McCorkle, director of workforce planning for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield; Bethany Sie  more

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, March 12 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: Seven University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) students majoring in merchandising, textiles and design (MTD) recently attended the National Retail Federation (NRF) Student Program in New York City, Dr. Jane Opiri, assistant professor and MTD program coordinator in UAPB's Department of Human Sciences, said. The NRF student program fosters opportunities to connect with some of the world's larg  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 13 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller A year ago, UA Little Rock student Kimberly Arcega had never considered building large oak tables for the benefit of her fellow university students, let alone learning all the skills that would be required to build them. "This was a huge learning experience as I had never built anything this big before," said Arcega, a senior applied design major with an emphasis in woodworking. "I got   more

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, March 12 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: The University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) senior high jumper Caleb Snowden continues to add to his impressive record, having recently earned First Team All-America honors for the first time in his career. This achievement came as he placed second in the high jump event at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship held at the New Balance track in Boston, MA. The top two spots in the event w  more

CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas, March 14 -- The University of the Ozarks issued the following news: Arkansas artist Kasten McClellan Searles will have her exhibit, "PAINT / PIXELS," on display in the Stephens Gallery at University of the Ozarks through May 9, 2024, as part of the University's Artist of the Month Series. There will be a reception to meet the artist from 6-7 p.m. on April 11 in the gallery, which is located in the Walton Fine Art Center. Searles serves as the head of the art department   more

CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas, March 12 -- The University of the Ozarks issued the following news: A group of civic-minded University of the Ozarks students have rejuvenated the Political Science Club on campus this semester, and their first event was a hit. The seven founding members of the club are (pictured from left) Cristhel Mejia (finance director), Estefania Bautista (secretary), Vanessa Martinez (public relations director), Fernanda Aguilar (logistics director), Dr. Daniel Fudge (faculty advis  more