ASBTDC Launches Arkansas Business Navigator Project to Help Entrepreneurs from Underrepresented and Underserved Communities
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.
UA Little Rock, CALS to Host Phil “Bad Astronomer” Plait July 20
Update: The Phil Plait talk that was originally scheduled for July 20 has been postponed until later in the fall. UA Little Rock’s Arkansas Space Grant Consortium and the Central Arkansas Library System will sponsor a presentation and book signing with astronomer Phil Plait Wednesday, July 20.
UA Little Rock Downtown to Host Civilian Conservation Corps Exhibit During 2nd Friday Art Night
UA Little Rock Downtown will showcase a special exhibit on the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during 2nd Friday Art Night April 8.
U.S. Small Business Administration Awards ASBTDC $2.5 Million Grant for Community Navigator Pilot Program
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $2.5 million grant to engage in targeted outreach to small businesses in underserved communities.
UA Little Rock Hosts Photo Exhibit from William E. Davis Collection
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is hosting an exhibit of photographs from the William Davis Collection through Aug. 13 in the Windgate Center of Art and Design.
Professor Emeritus Bolton wins 2020 Booker Worthen Literacy Prize
Dr. Charles Bolton, a professor emeritus of history at UA Little Rock, has won the 2020 Booker Worthen Literary Prize for his book, “Fugitivism: Escaping Slavery in the Lower Mississippi Valley, 1820-1860.”
Ottenheimer Library Sponsors NEA: Big Read Virtual Film Series
UA Little Rock’s Ottenheimer Library, in collaboration with the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS), is sponsoring a series of five films that will be free to stream each Sunday from Oct. 25 to Nov. 22.
Arkansas Space Grant Consortium celebrates 50th anniversary of moon landing
The UA Little Rock-based Arkansas Space Grant Consortium is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing with two out-of-this-world events this summer.
CALS, UA Little Rock to host scholar on race
Acclaimed scholar Richard T. Hughes will speak on “Understanding White Supremacy: Why We Must Hear Black Voices” on June 11 as part of the Central Arkansas Library System’s Rabbi Ira E. Sanders Lecture Series, presented in partnership with UA Little Rock’s Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity.
Arkansas Literary Festival features UA Little Rock poet, Equinox launch
UA Little Rock poetry professor H.K. Hummel published her first poem when she was just 21 after winning the grand prize in a love poetry contest. She has since published numerous poems, co-founded an online poetry journal, and written a creative writing guide now being used in college classrooms across the country. This weekend, she’s one … Arkansas Literary Festival features UA Little Rock poet, Equinox launch