LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 29 -- The Arkansas Economic Development Commission issued the following news on April 28, 2025: * * * Executives, State and Local Officials Break Ground on Messer's New Air Separation Unit in Berryville, Arkansas BERRYVILLE, Ark. (April 28, 2025) - State and local officials welcomed Messer, a leading industrial gases company, to break ground on a new state-of-the-art air separation unit (ASU) in Berryville, Arkansas. Company executives, along with state and local  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 29 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * UAMS Medical Center Recertified as Comprehensive Stroke Center The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center has been recertified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by DNV Healthcare USA Inc. In 2018, UAMS became the first hospital in Arkansas to earn Comprehensive Stroke Center designation, highlighting its commitment to offering Arkansans the bes  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, April 29 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * NIH Awards $435,226 to Investigate a Hyper-Stable Therapeutic Formulation for Wound Care Suresh Thallapuranam, the Mildred Cooper Chair of Bioinformatics & Biochemistry in the U of A Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been awarded a $435,226 National Institutes of Health R15 grant to investigate a hyper-stable FGF1-FGF2 based therapeutic formulation for wound care. This three-year award   more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, April 29 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Simpson and Eichler to Speak at Walton College Commencement The Sam M. Walton College of Business at the U of A will have not one, but two speakers for its Spring 2025 Commencement ceremonies: Shelley Simpson, president and chief executive officer of J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., and Brad Eichler, chief operating officer of Stephens Inc. The Walton College is excited to celebrate the achievem  more