Little Rock Athletics and Little Rock Trojan Sports Properties announced Thursday the unveiling of a Little Rock Trojans Branded Seltzer as part of a larger statewide partnership with Core Brewing and Distilling, based in Springdale. Scarlet Letter, an award-winning, hand-crafted…
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The University of Arkansas has announced its 101st season of Razorback baseball, with opening weekend slated for Feb. 17-19. The Hogs will start their 2023 season with the College Baseball Showdown on Feb. 17-19 at Globe Life Field in Arlington,…
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$2M NSF Grant to UA Little Rock Will Support Undergrad STEM Education
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…
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Arvest Bank Names Witherspoon President, CEO for Little Rock
Arvest Bank announced today, Aug. 30, that Ron Witherspoon has been named local bank president and CEO in Little Rock, a role which includes parts of central and southwest Arkansas, effective Nov. 1. Witherspoon will be returning to Little Rock…
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UA Little Rock Student Writes Grant to Help Fund Suicide Prevention in Arkansas Jails
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock student has written a successful grant that will help fund a pilot suicide prevention education program in Arkansas jails. Kristina Johnson, a graduate student in professional and technical writing, wrote the grant on…
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City Year Announces AmeriCorps Members, Board Additions
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffCity Year Little Rock is continuing in its mission of advancing educational equity in Arkansas this year with the help of 20 AmeriCorps members and two alumni– Amanda Richardson Nipper and Madhav Shroff, who recently joined the board and both…
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UA Little Rock Expecting Growth in First-Time Freshmen, Transfer Students This Fall
Five UA Little Rock students gather in front of the Student Services Center on campus before class. (Photo by Ben Krain). With just under two weeks until classes begin at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, preliminary enrollment data…
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Nalley Joins Empire Financial Architects as Vice President
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffEmpire Financial Architects, a Little Rock-based, woman-owned and operated financial services firm, announced recently that former Hot Springs Village CEO Lesley Nalley, has been hired as the new Vice President of the firm and Registered Financial Services Professional, where she…
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Chastain Donates $100k in Father’s Memory to UA Little Rock
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffSara Chastain, a registered nurse from Little Rock, has donated $100,000 to create an endowed professorship fund in memory of her father, the late Dr. Charles Chastain, who was the founder of the criminal justice program at the University of…
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Braun Departs as Dean of UA Little Rock College of Business
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffDr. Frank Braun, dean of the College of Business, Health, and Human Services at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, announced Thursday that he will be stepping down as dean of the college effective July 31. Braun will return to…