Thursday - May 22, 2025
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Arkansas Newsletter for Thursday May 08, 2025 ( 4 items )  

American Association for Respiratory Care: Members in the News | Public Health Advocacy Efforts , RT Awards, and New Programs
IRVING, Texas, May 8 -- The American Association for Respiratory Care issued the following news wrapup entitled AARC Members In The News: * * * Members in the News | Public Health Advocacy Efforts , RT Awards, and New Programs AARC member David Gibson, RRT, was featured in an interview on the KATV website about why a new state law in Arkansas aimed at educating the public about the dangers of vaping and eliminating disposable vapes is essential to public health. Read and Watch it Here (https:  more

SPP Board Selects Transource to Construct $72 Million Oklahoma Transmission Project
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 8 -- Southwest Power Pool, a corporation mandated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure supplies of power, transmission infrastructure and wholesale electricity prices, issued the following news release: * * * SPP board selects Transource to construct $72 million Oklahoma transmission project Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) board of directors approved an industry expert panel (IEP) recommendation for Transource Oklahoma, LLC with Transource Energy, LLC   more

University of Arkansas: Centers of Discovery - Stable Isotope and Trace Element and Radiogenic Isotope Labs
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, May 7 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Centers of Discovery: The Stable Isotope and Trace Element and Radiogenic Isotope Labs The University of Arkansas Stable Isotope Lab, or UASIL, was established in 2000 to provide isotope analysis to researchers at the university. Erik Pollock, who came to the U of A from Maine in 2002 to earn a master's degree in geosciences, became the lab manager in 2007. His research was in low temperature water is  more

University of Arkansas: Martin Gift to Walton College Establishes Capitaf Scholars Fund
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, May 7 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Martin Gift to Walton College Establishes Capitaf Scholars Fund U of A alumni Ruben and Sue Martin made a $500,000 gift to benefit the Sam M. Walton College of Business. Their contribution will establish the Ruben and Sue Martin Capitaf Scholars Fund. The fund will support up to 24 students, primarily from Walton College, selected to participate in an annual summer colloquium, focused on Nobel Prize  more