FORT SMITH, Arkansas, Oct. 2 -- ArcBest, a freight transportation and logistics company, issued the following news release: ArcBest(R) (Nasdaq: ARCB) will announce its third quarter 2019 financial results after the market close on Thursday, October 31, 2019. A conference call with company executives will be held on the following day, Friday, November 1, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. EDT (8:30 a.m. CDT) to discuss these results. Interested parties are invited to listen by calling (800) 931 4071. Call part  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 4 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Governor Asa Hutchinson today announced his intent to grant 11 pardons and 2 firearm rights only. An additional 41 clemency requests were denied and zero had no action taken upon them. These include requests from both inmates and non-inmates. The applicants intended for pardons have completed all jail time, fulfilled all parole and probationary requirements and paid all fines related to their s  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 5 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly radio address from Mumbai while on his economic trade mission to India and the United Arab Emirates. Today I want to report on my current international trip as I make the case that Arkansas is a great place to do business. This trip has taken me to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and to India. While some question the need to pursue foreign investment in Arkansas, I am more convinced than ever of th  more

JONESBORO, Arkansas, Oct. 3 [TNSgrantsresearch] -- Arkansas State University issued the following news: Dr. Guolei (Jason) Zhou, associate professor of cell and cancer biology, and his research group at Arkansas State University recently received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue their work. With the new funding, from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), a division of NIH, Zhou and his associates are investigating the functions of a cytoske  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Sept. 30 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Robert Rohli, professor in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences at Louisiana State University, is the featured guest speaker for the U of A's Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science's Fall Seminar Series. Rholi is speaking at 3:30 Monday, Sept. 30, in Plant Science Building Room 009. The seminar, "Analyzing Environmental Changes Using Climatic Types," is open to everyone. In add  more

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 3 -- The Arkansas Attorney General issued the following consumer alert: * * * - Says, 'Just because the vaping industry says vapes are safer than cigarettes does not mean they are safe' * * * There is a lot of misinformation about e-cigarettes and vapes, but you should get the facts straight before you vape. Vaping is the act of inhaling a vapor, which is produced by an e-cigarette or similar device. The term "vaping" is used because e-cigarettes do not produce smoke   more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 3 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Mark R. Killenbeck, the Wylie H. Davis Distinguished Professor of Law, will return to the United States Supreme Court to deliver the first lecture in the 2019 Leon Silverman Lecture Series. The general theme of this year's series is Dissenting at the Supreme Court. Killenbeck's lecture, titled "The Dissent as Concurrence - From Fletcher to Whitney," will be given at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, in the Supreme Cour  more

BRENTWOOD, Tennessee, Oct. 1 -- LifePoint Health, a healthcare company, issued the following news: Saint Mary's Regional Health System, in Russellville, Arkansas, recently received a 2019 Arkansas Governor's Quality Award. The Governor's Quality Awards Program was created to allow organizations to measure progress in the journey of performance excellence. The program takes into account a full breadth of factors, including leadership; strategic planning; patients, measurement, analysis and kno  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 4 -- The University of Arkansas's School of Medical Sciences issued the following news release: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Washington Regional Medical Center celebrated the investiture Oct. 3 of Randy Shinn, M.D., as the inaugural recipient of the Pat Walker Distinguished Chair in Senior Health at the UAMS Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale. An endowed chair is among the highest academic honors a universi  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 1 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: A University of Arkansas anthropology professor will be inducted as a fellow of the Arkansas Academy of Computing for his contributions to computing in Arkansas. Peter Ungar, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Anthropology and director of the Environmental Dynamics doctoral program, will be inducted Oct. 11 in Little Rock. "I am honored to be inducted as a fellow of the Arkansas Academy of Compu  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 4 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: In her first appointment as chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Dr. Christina Drale has selected Dr. Ann Bain as executive vice chancellor and provost. The appointment is effective Oct. 16. Bain, who joined the university 32 years ago, most recently served as dean of the College of Education and Health Professions. She replaces Dr. Drale, who was interim executive vice  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 3 -- The University of Arkansas's School of Medical Sciences issued the following news release: If it's time for your annual mammogram, you may qualify to take part in a national research study at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). TMIST (Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial) compares two standard breast cancer screening methods: tomosynthesis (3D) mammograms and digital (2D) mammograms. The study is designed to help researchers de  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 3 [TNSgrantsresearch] -- The University of Arkansas's School of Medical Sciences issued the following news release: A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) research scientist recently received a $1.7 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study the different ways smokers respond to emotional distress. Merideth Addicott, Ph.D., of UAMS' Center for Addiction Research, will use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and laboratory  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 2 [TNSgrantsresearch] -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: The National Institutes of Health awarded a University of Arkansas biomedical engineering faculty member a three-year, $735,000 award for research in genome engineering. Christopher Nelson, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, also holds the 21st Century Professorship in Biomedical Engineering. He has worked for five years on genome engineering approaches for genetic diseases.   more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Sept. 30 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Two projects of the University of Arkansas Community Design Center and its partners have been recognized with 2019 American Architecture Awards from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. One winning project is Greers Ferry Water Garden, a conceptual design created by the center in collaboration with Marlon Blackwell   more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 4 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Steven C. Ricke, professor of food science for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, received the Evonik Corporation Award for Achievement in Poultry Science at the annual Poultry Science Association meeting held this year in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Ricke is the Donald "Buddy" Wray Endowed Chair in Food Safety and director of the Division of Agriculture's Center for Food Safety. He is  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 4 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Nationally renowned psychology professor Brian Nosek will deliver a virtual presentation to the campus community on strategies to encourage the replication and reproducibility of research. The event will take place from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, via WebEx. Nosek is co-founder and executive director of the Center for Open Science, which operates the Open Science Framework, a free and open plat  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 1 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: A paper co-authored by James Duncan, an adjunct human development and family sciences instructor in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Science's School of Human Environmental Sciences, has been selected as a finalist for the 2019 Excellence in Research on Military and Veteran Families award. Duncan, Mallory Lucier-Greer of Auburn University, Jacquelyn Mallette of East Carolina Universit  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 4 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Michael W. White, who has served for more than 21 years in various roles in the University of Arkansas office of financial affairs, has been named interim vice chancellor for finance and administration, effective Oct. 23, 2019. White will replace Chris McCoy, who has accepted a position at another institution. "While I know change can be hard, I'm confident that the finance and administration team is stron  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 3 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: The Office of Planned Giving in the Division of University Advancement received the Best GiftLegacy Literature Award at a recent conference in Chicago. They were chosen for the award based on "their beautifully branded suite of marketing materials," according to Crescendo, the host of the conference. The office, represented by director of estate and gift planning George Lensing and supervisor Tammy Knowles,  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 2 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Design work created by Erin Cox, Jacob Costello and Peter Stanley, landscape architecture students in the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, has been recognized by the Central States Region of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Additionally, projects by a Fay Jones School professor, alumnus and the University of Arkansas Community Design Center also were recognized. Cox won an Honor Awa  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 1 [TNSscientificresearch] -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Tim Eichler, a visiting assistant professor at the University of Arkansas and an expert on climate change, recently had a manuscript published in the International Journal of Climatology focusing on Southern Hemisphere storm tracks. Eichler's research was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. The NSF program was the "Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive   more

BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 3 -- Walmart issued the following news release: Health care is hard. That's the easiest way Lisa Woods, Walmart's senior director of U.S. benefits, can sum it up. From choosing a doctor and trying to get in for an appointment, to understanding medical bills, making sense of the American medical system can sometimes create as much stress as the issue needing care in the first place. Lack of clarity and transparency can often result in unnecessary procedures, wasting  more