Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Arkansas
$1.8M in Partnership Grant Awards Announced in Program's 30th Year
DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 24 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release:
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$1.8M in Partnership Grant Awards Announced in Program's 30th Year
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* Bulletin No: 2026-17
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (Bank) and participating members have awarded more than $1.8 million in Partnership Grant Program (PGP) funding, including a 5:1 match of member contributions. In 2026, which marks the 30th anniversary of t
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Access and Earning Potential: ATU No. 1 in Arkansas
RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 24 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news:
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Access and Earning Potential: ATU No. 1 in Arkansas
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A report from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education demonstrates that Arkansas Tech University is No. 1 in the State of Arkansas when it comes to providing both a high degree of student access and high earning potential after graduation.
There are 22 four-year institutions of higher learning in Arkansas included in Carne
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Attorney General Brenna Bird Joins Coalition Fighting Illegal Climate Activism in Financial Reporting
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 24 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Brenna Bird Joins Coalition Fighting Illegal Climate Activism in Financial Reporting
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DES MOINES-Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she joined a coalition of 16 state attorneys general raising concerns over potentially illegal financial reporting requirements by the "Big 4" accounting firms: Deloitte; Ernst & Young; KPMG; and PricewaterhouseCoopers. In a letter
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Attorney General Griffin, High School Broyles Award, and Coaches vs. Overdoses Announce Effort to Expand Fentanyl Prevention Resources in Schools
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 24 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Griffin, High School Broyles Award, and Coaches vs. Overdoses Announce Effort to Expand Fentanyl Prevention Resources in Schools
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#Griffin: 'Too many Arkansans have lost their lives to counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl, and we have to do everything we can to prevent the next tragedy'
LITTLE ROCK - The High School Broyles Award and the national opioid overdos
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ATU Department of Music Sets Fall 2026 Performances
RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 25 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news:
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ATU Department of Music Sets Fall 2026 Performances
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The Arkansas Tech University Department of Music has released its fall 2026 schedule of concerts.
Dr. Jeff Bright, professor of music, serves as head of the ATU Department of Music. Dr. Daniel A. Belongia, professor of music, is director of bands. Dr. Katie Rohwer, assistant professor of music, is director of choral activities.
Concerts and reci
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ATU Study Abroad Group Discovers Greek Way of Life
RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 24 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news:
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ATU Study Abroad Group Discovers Greek Way of Life
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Philotimo is a Greek word that translates to English as love of honor, but it has a meaning far beyond that translation.
"It means doing good things for others simply because it's the right thing to do," said Maddie Kate Shelton, an Arkansas Tech University senior psychology major from Benton. "It's a way of life that values respect, selflessness
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ATU's Cranor Wins 2026 Booker Worthen Literary Prize
RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 25 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news:
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ATU's Cranor Wins 2026 Booker Worthen Literary Prize
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Eli Cranor, writer in residence and instructor in the Arkansas Tech University College of Arts and Humanities, is the 2026 winner of the Booker Worthen Literary Prize from the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS).
The Booker Worthen Literary Prize was established in 1999. It is awarded each year to the best work, fiction or non-fiction, by an
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Backstop
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, Arkansas has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1143715 S1, initially filed Jan. 30, 2024) developed by six inventors Christopher Paul Milam, Cave Springs, Arkansas; Ronald Andrew March, Bentonville, Arkansas; Nancy Lopez-Arroyo, Rogers, Arkansas; Justin Lee Maloney, Rogers, Arkansas; Katie Marie Lafferty, Bentonville, Arkansas; and Clancy Monroe Milam, Cave Springs, Arkansas, for "Backstop."
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Bradbury Art Museum Presents 'more-than-human,' an Exploration of Art, Technology, Science and Natural World
JONESBORO, Arkansas, Aug. 24 -- Arkansas State University posted the following news:
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Bradbury Art Museum Presents 'more-than-human,' an Exploration of Art, Technology, Science and Natural World
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JONESBORO - Bradbury Art Museum (BAM) at Arkansas State University presents more-than-human, an international exhibition of immersive and interactive media art, now on view through Oct. 10.
The exhibition and a reception at 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, will also launch BAM's 2026-27 NEA Big Rea
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Cowley College: August 2026 - Board of Trustees Remains Revenue Neutral - Approves State Appropriations Budget
ARKANSAS CITY, Kansas, Aug. 25 -- Cowley College issued the following news release:
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August 2026 - Board of Trustees Remains Revenue Neutral - Approves State Appropriations Budget
The Cowley College Board of Trustees gathered for their August 24th meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the President's Dining Room inside the McAtee Dining Center on the Ark City Main Campus.
In accordance with K.S.A. 79-2929, the Board of Trustees shall meet for the purpose of answering and hearing objections of taxpay
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Flexible Dock-Out Time
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, Arkansas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12718187 B2, initially filed Aug. 11, 2024) developed by six inventors Jing Huang, San Jose, California; Ou Sun, Bentonville, Arkansas; Minghui Liu, San Bruno, California; Mingang Fu, Palo Alto, California; Joseph Wayne Hendricks, Bentonville, Arkansas; and Ranjith Moola, Fremont, California, for "Flexible dock-out time."
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Footwear Heel Counter
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, Arkansas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12714198 B2, initially filed Oct. 18, 2022) developed by Salvo Farina, Cave Springs, Arkansas, for "Footwear heel counter."
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IRS Issues Revenue Ruling on Section 2032A - Valuation of Certain Farm, Etc., Real Property
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- The Internal Revenue Service issued the following revenue ruling (No. 2026-14) on Aug. 24, 2026, entitled "Section 2032A.--Valuation of Certain Farm, Etc., Real Property".
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This revenue ruling contains a list of the average annual effective interest rates on new loans under the Farm Credit System. This revenue ruling also contains a list of the states within each Farm Credit System Bank Territory.
Under Sec. 2032A(e)(7)(A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code, rates on
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Kim Lovelace Named Ozarka College 2026 Staff of the Year
MELBOURNE, Arkansas, Aug. 25 -- Ozarka College posted the following news:
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Kim Lovelace Named Ozarka College 2026 Staff of the Year
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Ozarka College is proud to announce Kim Lovelace, Dean of the Mountain View Campus, as the College's 2026 Staff of the Year.
Lovelace has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to Ozarka College, its students, and the communities it serves. Through her leadership at the Mountain View campus, she plays an important role in supporting students, strengthen
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Maine and Mississippi License State Based Systems
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Association of Insurance Commissioners issued the following news release:
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Maine and Mississippi License State Based Systems
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Maine and Mississippi are the latest states to license the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) State Based Systems (SBS), an electronic system designed to revolutionize the efficiency and effectiveness of insurance regulatory processes.
With its broad array of s
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Mercer University: Faculty and Staff Notables - September 2026
ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 25 -- Mercer University posted the following news:
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Faculty and Staff Notables | September 2026
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#Stetson-Hatcher School of Business
Astrid Loretta Ayala, Ph.D., associate professor of economics and finance, presented the article "Score-driven Markov-switching models of scale and shape parameters: an application to the Indian stock market" at the International Conference on Empirical Economics at Penn State Altoona held on Aug. 1. The article is co-authored with
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Method and Apparatus for Conveying a Meat Product and Using a Knife for Automated Cutting of Meat
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- TYSON FOODS, INC., Springdale, Arkansas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12714117 B1, initially filed Dec. 13, 2024) developed by six inventors Doug Foreman, Springdale, Arkansas; Douglas Martin Linn, Cave Springs, Arkansas; Gilbert Ray Mitchell, Springdale, Arkansas; Travis Lee Scarrow, Farmington, Arkansas; Arifa Sultana, Bentonville, Arkansas; and Toni Kinsey, Fayetteville, Arkansas, for "Method and apparatus for conveying a meat product and using a knife f
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Method, Medium, and System for Mitigating Display of Non-Compliant Information
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, Arkansas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12718278 B2, initially filed Oct. 1, 2024) developed by eight inventors Ming Sun, Hoboken, New Jersey; Weiqi Tong, New York, New York; Nidhin Pattaniyil, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Antonio Khalil Moretti, New York, New York; Tanwir Zaman, Jersey City, New Jersey; Yiyi Huang, Weehawken, New Jersey; Guang Yang, Bellevue, Washington; and Zheng Yan, Short Hills, New Jersey, for "Method, m
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Methods and Systems for Component Analysis, Sorting, and Sequencing Based on Component Parameters and Devices Utilizing the Methods and Systems
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- WOLFSPEED, INC., Durham, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12721110 B2, initially filed April 29, 2024) developed by five inventors Zachary Cole, Summers, Arkansas; Morgan Andrew Roddy, Fayetteville, Arkansas; John R. Fraley, Fayetteville, Arkansas; Jonathan K. Hayes, Fayetteville, Arkansas; and Adam Benjamin Barkley, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for "Methods and systems for component analysis, sorting, and sequencing based on component parameter
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Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University to Repatriate Funerary Objects to Quapaw Nation
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, intends to repatriate four unassociated funerary objects to the Quapaw Nation, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service.
The objects include three dish-shaped pottery vessels and a pottery vessel depicting a bat. The items were offered to the museum in 1973 by Harry Devine and his wife and were associated with locations in Arkansas, including Mi
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Nested Foam Layers in Bedding or Seating Product
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, Carthage, Missouri has been assigned a patent (No. US 12714238 B2, initially filed July 19, 2024) developed by Bruce Peterson, Austin, Texas, and Heidi Stojanovic, Fort Smith, Arkansas, for "Nested foam layers in bedding or seating product."
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Phishing Detection of Visually Similar Login Pages
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, Arkansas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12719926 B2, initially filed Jan. 31, 2024) developed by four inventors Jayson Lee Davidson, Rogers, Arkansas; Dan Cheng, Catonsville, Maryland; Connor Joseph Shride, Portland, Oregon; and Walter Nolen Scaife, Longmont, Colorado, for "Phishing detection of visually similar login pages."
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Princeton University Art Museum to Repatriate Funerary Object to Quapaw Nation
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (TNSFR) -- The Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey, intends to repatriate an unassociated funerary object to the Quapaw Nation, according to a notice published by the U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service.
The cultural item is a red-on-buff ceramic vessel shaped as a human head. The vessel was excavated at the Big Eddy Site in St. Francis County, Arkansas, in 1970. The notice said archaeological records place the vessel with human remains in a burial
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Slackness Allocation for Load Generation
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, Arkansas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12718181 B2, initially filed Jan. 31, 2025) developed by eight inventors Liqing Zhang, Humble, Texas; Rohan Prakash, Rogers, Arkansas; Nadere Mansouri, McKinney, Texas; Ming Ni, Pflugerville, Texas; Li Ji, Fremont, California; Ti Zhang, Rocklin, California; Jing Huang, San Jose, California; and Mingang Fu, Palo Alto, California, for "Slackness allocation for load generation."
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Systems and Methods for Determining Search Token Importance Using Machine Learning Architectures
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, Arkansas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12717854 B2, initially filed June 8, 2024) developed by four inventors Satya Chembolu, San Jose, California; Tony Eilo Lee, Mountain View, California; Ciya Liao, Fremont, California; and Kaushal Yagnik, Santa Clara, California, for "Systems and methods for determining search token importance using machine learning architectures."
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Systems and Methods for Generating Target Image Sets From Source Images Using Neural Network Architectures
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, Arkansas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12718516 B2, initially filed Jan. 30, 2024) developed by four inventors Zigeng Wang, Santa Clara, California; Tong Yao, San Jose, California; Jae Young Kim, Sunnyvale, California; and Wei Shen, Pleasanton, California, for "Systems and methods for generating target image sets from source images using neural network architectures."
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Systems and Methods for Recall Estimation
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, Arkansas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12718121 B2, initially filed Nov. 16, 2021) developed by seven inventors Eren Atmaca, San Jose, California; Samrat Kokkula, Sunnyvale, California; Theban Solomon Stanley, San Bruno, California; Quoc Tan Tran, San Carlos, California; Alessandro Magnani, Palo Alto, California; Chhavi Yadav, La Jolla, California; and Abon Chaudhuri, Sunnyvale, California, for "Systems and methods for reca
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Travel Lock for Recreational Vehicle Refrigerator
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 25 -- ARCADIA RV SOLUTIONS, LLC, Mountain Home, Arkansas has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1143877 S1, initially filed May 1, 2024) developed by David R. Chamberlin, Mountain Home, Arkansas, and Robert Alexander, Mountain Home, Arkansas, for "Travel lock for recreational vehicle refrigerator."
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Turn! Turn! Turn! on The Rice Stuff
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 25 [Category: Agriculture] -- USA Rice Federation posted the following news:
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Turn! Turn! Turn! on The Rice Stuff
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ARLINGTON, VA - To everything there is a season, as the saying goes. The U.S. rice industry is fortunate to attract and retain great talent, but change does happen.
On the latest episode of the Rice Stuff Podcast, "From Seedlings to Harvest: Careers in Rice," guests include Mollie Buckler who joined the USA Rice team this summer and Dr. Tim Burc
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UAMS Cancer Institute Receives $2.3 Million NIH Grant to Study Pathogens That Lead to Burkitt Lymphoma
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 26 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release:
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UAMS Cancer Institute Receives $2.3 Million NIH Grant to Study Pathogens that Lead to Burkitt Lymphoma
A five-year National Institutes of Health grant over $2.3 million will fund researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Winthrop P Rockefeller Cancer Institute studying how being infected with a gammaherpesvirus (GHV) and malaria parasite at the
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University of Arkansas: College of Education and Health Professions Faculty Share Moments That Shaped Their Careers
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 26 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news on Aug. 25, 2026:
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New College of Education and Health Professions Faculty Share Moments that Shaped their Careers
The College of Education and Health Professions' 21 new faculty members recently reflected on the formative experiences that continue to shape their teaching and research today.
Across disciplines ranging from nursing and counseling to education, occupational therapy and exercise science
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University of Arkansas: Law Alumni Society Announces New Officers and Board Members
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 26 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news:
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Law Alumni Society Announces New Officers and Board Members
The U of A School of Law proudly announces the new Law Alumni Society officers and board members for the 2026-27 academic year. Board members are selected to serve a three-year term, and officers are nominated by board members to serve one-year terms. Collectively, the Law Alumni Society sponsors six awards that highlight alumni for their s
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University of Arkansas: Researchers Zap Microbe DNA in the Name of Food Safety
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 26 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news:
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Researchers Zap Microbe DNA in the Name of Food Safety
By Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Researchers are gauging the effectiveness of electron beams in the fight against foodborne illness pathogens in poultry.
"Impact of Electron Beam (eBeam) Treatment on Meat Quality and Sensory Attributes of Ground Chicken and Turkey," was published in the August 2026 edition of t
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University of Arkansas: Teacher Uses Construction Management Degree to Help Students Build Better Futures
FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Aug. 26 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news:
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Teacher Uses Construction Management Degree to Help Students Build Better Futures
Hunter Keller teaches drafting and architecture at Conway High School, which gives him a summer break with more time for himself. However, he also spends significant time with family activities and various projects as well as curating collections of items such as musical instruments, radios, music albums, toasters, car
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