Saturday - September 13, 2025
State Tipoffs Involving Arkansas Newsletter for Saturday September 06, 2025 ( 3 items )  

UA Little Rock Sees Largest Undergraduate Enrollment Increase in Over 20 Years, Driven by Affordability, Retention, and Student Success Initiatives
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 6 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * UA Little Rock Sees Largest Undergraduate Enrollment Increase in Over 20 Years, Driven by Affordability, Retention, and Student Success Initiatives By Meaghan Milliorn The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is celebrating another semester of enrollment gains, highlighted by the university's largest undergraduate enrollment increase since 2001 and its most significant growth in student credit hour  more

UA Little Rock Student Receives SURF Grant for Battery Research Project
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 6 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * UA Little Rock Student Receives SURF Grant for Battery Research Project The Arkansas Division of Higher Education has awarded a Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Grant to Price Sheets for an innovative research project aimed at improving battery performance. Sheets, a sophomore finance major from Cabot, is focusing on enhancing polymer membrane separators in lithium-ion batteries to i  more

UAPB Awarded $511,480 to Support First-generation, Low-income, and Students With Disabilities Through TRIO Student Support Services
PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, Sept. 5 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: * * * UAPB awarded $511,480 to support first-generation, low-income, and students with disabilities through TRIO Student Support Services The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) a federal TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) grant totaling $511,480 for the 2025- 2026 academic year to improve college retention and graduation rates among low-in  more