The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center will present “The ABCs of Starting a Food Business” and “Running a Great Farmers Market Booth” on March 15 at Heifer International in Little Rock. Continue reading “Workshops to look at starting a food business, farmers market booth”
The Little Rock Technology Park will host three free upcoming Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center events for prospective entrepreneurs. Continue reading “Small Business Center plans startup events at Tech Park”
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host two events on March 8 for prospective students to learn more about graduate programs available in Little Rock. Continue reading “UA Little Rock Graduate School hosts mixers for prospective students”
Hundreds of UA Little Rock supporters got a first look inside the Windgate Center of Art + Design on Feb. 16 at the signature event CRE8, honoring the Windgate Charitable Foundation for its gift that made the center possible. Continue reading “CRE8 event showcases new Windgate Center, raises scholarship money”
Amie Alexander, a student at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service and at the UA Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, has been named to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Next Generation Delegation for the Global Food Security Symposium, set for March 21-22 in Washington D.C. Continue reading “Bowen law student named to Next Generation Delegation for Global Food Security Symposium”
Alexis Andres, Consul General of France in Houston, Texas, visited the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Monday, Feb. 12, touring campus and visiting with French students. Continue reading “French Consul General visits UA Little Rock”
The Department of Theatre Arts and Dance at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will present the regional premiere of An Octoroon Feb. 21-25 in the Haislip Theatre in the Center for Performing Arts on the UA Little Rock campus, 5900 University Dr. Continue reading “UA Little Rock theater presents “An Octoroon””
Women who are looking to start their own technology-based companies can hear from fellow women excelling in research, innovation and business at “accelHERate,” a free forum presented by the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center. Continue reading “New ‘accelHERate’ event offer startup advice for women”
Registration is open for this year’s expanded Student Research and Creative Works Showcase set for April 12. Continue reading “Registration open for Student Research and Creative Works Showcase”
On Valentine’s Day, six UA Little Rock students will be at the state Capitol to show their love … for research.
Each year, the Capitol hosts a day where undergraduate students showcase their research in the STEM disciplines of science, technology, engineering and math. Posters will set up in the Rotunda from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, and the student researchers will be on hand to talk about their scientific work in layman’s terms.
“The purpose of the event is to showcase undergraduate research at Arkansas universities to state representatives, senators, executive officers, public policy officials, Arkansas high school students, and the public,” said Dr. Jim Winter, director of the University Science Scholars, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation and Arkansas STRIVE programs.
Last year, more than 110 students from 15 Arkansas colleges and universities displayed posters. All student researchers were nominated by a faculty member to participate.
UA Little Rock student presenters include the following:
- Paloma Salazar, Chemistry Department: “Copper-based nanocatalyst for hydrogen production”
- Shelby Wingate, Systems Engineering-Mechanical: “Characteristics of pattern recognition classifiers for EMG signal analysis”
- Nathan Taylor, Chemistry Department: “Analysis of animal kidney stones through infrared spectroscopy”
- Kristen Gregory, Department of Biology: “Investigations into the effects of caffeine on cell death in Dictyostelium discoideum”
- Zaire Husband, Computer Science Department: “Adapting Snipe-It to manage an equipment inventory system”
- Sylvia Szwedo, Chemistry Department: “Isolating Exosomes using tumor-specific antibodies in the serum and ascites of cancer patients”