CONWAY, Arkansas, Nov. 15 -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: * * * Hendrix Odyssey Program Announces Project Funding for October 2025 Cycle The Hendrix College Committee on Engaged Learning is pleased to announce $20,617.23 in Odyssey Program funding awarded to 10 projects. These projects involve a range of academic, professional, and personal explorations of art, justice, and religion to volunteer endeavors near and far, and much more. Since 2005, the Committee on Engaged   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 14 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * MIT startup aims to expand America's lithium production * China dominates the global supply of lithium. The country processes about 65 percent of the battery material and has begun on-again, off-again export restrictions of lithium-based products critical to the economy. Fortunately, the U.S. has significant lithium reserves, most notably in the form of massive underground brines  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 14 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: * * * UA Little Rock Shines at Mid-America Emmys with Wins from Student and Alumni * The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is celebrating the achievements of two alumni and one current student from the School of Mass Communication who earned top honors at the 2025 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Mid-America Emmy Awards on Saturday, Oct. 25. Current student D  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Nov. 15 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Beyond the Classroom: Studying Sustainability in Europe Imagine exploring picturesque canals and historic landmarks, savoring freshly made Belgian chocolate and learning about sustainability while earning academic credit. The University of Arkansas' Sustainability in the Euro Food System study abroad program offers undergraduate students a transformative two-week experience in Ghent, Belgium, combin  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Nov. 15 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Challenge That Will Define a Generation: Course Seeks Answers How do we feed a planet of 10 billion people without destroying it in the process? That's the ambitious question at the heart of a new course launching at the University of Arkansas in spring 2026. BENG4520V-003: Feeding 10 Billion: Humanity's Greatest Challenge, taught by professor Marty Matlock in the Department of Biological and Agric  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Nov. 15 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Partnership Boosts Water Research in Arkansas Ridding the environment of potentially harmful chemicals called PFAS and detoxifying harmful algal blooms are goals of a continued research partnership between the Arkansas Water Resources Center and the University of Arkansas College of Engineering. The partnership reflects a shared commitment to addressing the state's most pressing water challenges th  more