STEM

It has been announced that Kirby and Brockwell student teams from Kirby High School and Izard County Consolidated are the winners of the NASA TechRise Student Challenge, a national contest by NASA.  NASA TechRise Student Challenge is a STEM competition…

In the last couple of decades, the career fields of architecture, engineering, and construction have seen a spike in women joining the field. Hardworking and determined women have paved the way in these career fields for future generations, and Akemi…

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has been awarded a nearly $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to enhance teaching and learning and to promote student success in undergraduate STEM education. This is the largest grant UA Little…

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has created four new schools to better serve students and meet the needs of Arkansas’s capital city. The academic reorganization combines the leadership and academic programs of several smaller departments into schools that…

The Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program recently awarded the University of Arkansas $1.25 million to support science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) education for underrepresented students, the university announced on Aug. 17.  The five-year grant will be used…

Another summer has come and gone and with that, the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas has successfully hosted its second year of cohorts for the Tjuana Byrd Summer Internship Program, a program that focuses on providing internship opportunities to women of…

UAMS Pathways Academy announced a new partnership Tuesday July 26, with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arkansas (BBBSCA) in a mentorship initiative for its Academy students.  UAMS Pathways is a state-wide education and community engagement program meant to give…

The Women’s Foundation of Arkansas has announced its 2022 participants in the Stone Bank-presented Tjuana Byrd Internship Program. Participants of the internship program will have the opportunity to work for some of the largest science, technology, engineering and math companies…

Dr. Nitin Agarwal, Jerry L. Maulden-Entergy endowed chair and distinguished professor of information science at UA Little Rock, has received a grant for $165,540 that will support research efforts to monitor cyber warfare tactics through social media. UA Little Rock…

Governor Asa Hutchinson recently attended Arkansas’ sixth annual Governor’s All-State Coding Competition. Hutchinson, in partnership with ARCodeKids, announced the winners of the competition in the Ida Waldron Auditorium of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway on Saturday, April 30,…