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Three Little Rock community leaders and UA Little Rock alumni shared their efforts to promote religious tolerance in Arkansas during a Sept. 1 community event. 

The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC), based at UA Little Rock, has launched a new program to help entrepreneurs and small business owners in minority, rural, and other underserved communities across Arkansas. 

Dr. Barclay Key, associate professor of history, has been named the new chair of the Department of History at UA Little Rock.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is partnering with CHI St. Vincent and Saline Memorial Hospital to help hospital employees fulfill their educational goals.

A UA Little Rock student has written a successful grant that will help fund a pilot suicide prevention education program in Arkansas jails.

Ayonna Preston, a senior elementary education major from Little Rock, has been recognized for her inspirational speech about the importance of pursuing a career in education.

With just over two weeks until classes begin at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, preliminary enrollment data for fall 2022 indicates that UA Little Rock is poised to see growth in its first-time freshmen and transfer students for the upcoming academic year.

Autumn (Fay) Austin, an incoming freshman from El Dorado, has been selected as the recipient of the 2022-23 Stonewall Scholarship at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. 

UA Little Rock has recognized four staff members for their service to the campus community in the areas of innovation, customer service, initiative, and teamwork.

More than 25 UA Little Rock faculty members and graduate students learned valuable teaching skills in active learning through the 2022 Mobile Institute on Scientific Teaching (MIST).