FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Nov. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Arkansas Research Identifies Temperature Ranges for Eight Cover Crops Knowing what temperatures a plant can withstand is a hallmark of botanical science, but those temperatures had not been well documented for many cover crops. Grown in periods of the year when the cash crop is absent, cover crops are planted for erosion control, as well as weed suppression and to improve soil structure, m  more

JONESBORO, Arkansas, Nov. 20 -- Arkansas State University issued the following news: * * * Free Seminar: Future-Proof Skills - AI for People in Business The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) at Arkansas State University, in partnership with El Centro Hispano and Carl B. and Florence E. King Foundation, will host a free seminar from 6 - 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4. The event, led by Alyson Lewis, will be on harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI)  more

CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas, Nov. 20 -- The University of the Ozarks issued the following news: * * * Cabrera Eyes Fashion Marketing Career in Mexico By Larry Isch University of the Ozarks junior Maria Fernanda Cabrera Gonzalez is turning her passion for marketing and fashion into global experience--while keeping her professional ambitions focused on her home country of Mexico. The marketing and finance major from Tabasco, Mexico, recently completed a prestigious 24-week certification in Fashion a  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 20 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * Council for Regional Health Education Gift to UAMS Creates Endowed Fund to Support Southwest Arkansas Residencies By Andrew Vogler The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received a $75,000 gift from the Council for Regional Health Education to establish the Senator C. Wayne Dowd Endowed Excellence Fund in Family Medicine to support the Family Medicine Res  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 20 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: * * * UAMS Cancer Institute Director Michael J. Birrer, M.D., Ph.D. Inducted into American Academy of Sciences and Letters By Marty Trieschmann Michael J. Birrer, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been invested as a member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters, recognizing his outst  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Nov. 19 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * Could Atoms Be Reordered to Enhance Electronic Devices? The optical properties of a thin layer of the semiconductor germanium-tin (GeSn) sandwiched between barriers of silicon-germanium-tin (SiGeSn), a structure known as a quantum well, have been studied with a focus on improving lasers and photodetectors. But what would happen to an electrical charge passing through the nanometer thick germanium-ti  more

LOGAN, Utah, Nov. 19 -- Utah State University issued the following news: * * * USU Scholar Rediscovers Forgotten Poem by Foundational Cherokee Writer * LOGAN When Utah State University English professor Travis Franks came across an 1846 issue of the Arkansas State Gazette, he didn't expect to find anything groundbreaking. Scholars already believed they knew the earliest published works of writer John Rollin Ridge, widely recognized as the first American Indian novelist. But tucked in the n  more