LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 5 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Governor Asa Hutchinson announced his intent to grant 20 pardons, two restorations of firearm rights only, and one commutation. An additional 28 clemency requests were denied and six 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   more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 5 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on May 4: Indoor venues such as theaters, arenas, stadiums, and auction houses that are designed for large groups may reopen on May 18 on a limited basis, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced at his daily COVID-19 press conference. The Arkansas Department of Health issued a directive today that allows the venues to open for audiences of fewer than 50 and that requires strict social distance among pe  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 6 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: Governor Asa Hutchinson has extended Arkansas's COVID-19 public health and disaster emergency for an additional 45 days, he announced at a news conference. Governor Hutchinson issued Executive Order 20-25 to renew the public health and disaster emergency he originally declared on March 11, 2020, and amended on March 26. "Every industry sector in Arkansas has been affected by the outbreak of COV  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 8 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on May 7: The Murphy companies in El Dorado have been "amazing partners" with Arkansas, and that will not change as Murphy Oil moves its operation to Houston, Governor Asa Hutchinson said after learning the news on Wednesday (May 6). Murphy USA, which employs 600 people and operates gas stations across the United States, will remain in El Dorado. "Both Murphy Oil and Murphy USA have been amazing  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, May 8 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: In conjunction with the university's COVID-19 Research Response team, the Graduate Professional Student Congress asked the graduate student population how their work has been affected since switching to remote operations. The survey contained questions regarding research activity, work from home conditions, and personal effects during the pandemic. Ten percent of the graduate student population responded. O  more

ARKANSAS CITY, Kansas, May 4 -- Cowley College issued the following news release: The partnership between Cowley College and Newman University for the Accelerated Elementary Education Bachelor of Science has been a seamless process since the schools signed the initial partnership agreement in August with the intention of Cowley College becoming an instructional site for Newman University's Education coursework. This winter the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) approved Cowley's main campus in Ark  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, May 5 [TNSgrants] -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees endorsed proposals Monday to distribute more than $7.7 million in CARES Act emergency grants to eligible students and to eliminate some fees for summer classes to reflect the current remote-learning environment. Chancellor Joe Steinmetz provided details about both initiatives in a message to campus on Monday, May 4. This and other updates can be found   more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, May 8 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: The Chancellor's Commercialization Fund has provided more than $1.3 million in funding to University of Arkansas researchers seeking to bring new technologies to the marketplace. Established in March 2019, the fund has awarded 33 grants ranging anywhere from $5,000 to $50,000. The fund prioritizes aggressive teams with mature projects who are "progressing technologies toward real-world applications, providin  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, May 1 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Giant elliptical galaxies are not as likely as previously thought to be cradles of technological civilizations such as our own, according to a recent paper by a University of Arkansas astrophysicist. The paper, published May 1 in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, contradicts a 2015 study that theorized giant elliptical galaxies would be 10,000 times more likely than spiral disk g  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 6 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: Eruore Oboh, a 2016 graduate of the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, will return to the law school in May 2020 as assistant dean for admissions and enrollment management. Before returning to Bowen, Oboh spent almost three years at the University of Tulsa College of Law as the assistant director of admissions and diversity initiatives, admissions counselor, and outreach coordi  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, May 1 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: The School of Social Work and the Department of Sociology and Criminology in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences have joined forces with Western Arkansas Counseling & Guidance Center, a private non-profit community health center which has provided services for 48 years to western Arkansas, to implement health improvements in rural communities. The original start date of the grant was set fo  more