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Tonya Goza Hass, assistant research extension specialist at UALR,  has completed an intensive week-long, three-tiered program from the University of Oklahoma Economic Development Institute.

Frank Crockett of American Electric Power Southwest Power Pool will present a UALR Institute of Economic Advancement forum Thursday, Sept. 20, on how to work with industrial prospects and how to learn what drives their decisions.

Kenneth Simonson, chief economist of the Associated General Contractors of America, will present his take on the national economic outlook at the Arkansas Economic Forecast Conference, hosted by the Institute for Economic Advancement, Wednesday, Nov. 2, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Little Rock.

Community and economic developers, along with elected officials, can hone their skills in Requests for Information (RFI) and Requests for Proposals (RFP) at UALR’s Institute for Economic Advancement in the College of Business’s winter forum from 9 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Feb. 24, in Room 450 of the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Business and … RFP, RFI Topic of Economic Institute’s Forum Feb. 24

Dr. Barton Westerlund, former director of the Industrial Research and Extension Center at UALR from 1962 to 1984, died Saturday, Jan. 22. He was 89. A former chair of the Department of Marketing and Advertising, Westerlund was a professor of economics and marketing until his retirement in 1990.

UALR’s Institute for Economic Advancement (IEA) is launching a new leadership forum beginning Nov 19 that includes a series of workshops that teach mid-level managers and community leaders how to become enthusiastic and empowered leaders in their business and communities.

The Center for Economic Development Education and Workforce Analysis and Assistance at UALR’s Institute of Economic Advancement (IEA) will host two forums on Tuesday, Aug. 31. The morning targeting innovation and workforce development systems and the afternoon focus on innovation and economic development.

The Institute of Economic Advancement in the UALR College of Business is hosting a statewide business and economic discussion Wednesday, Aug. 18, with a focus on the state’s workforce. The Arkansas Economic Breakfast Series links educational institutions throughout the state via videoconferencing, and provides an interactive setting for learning about the latest economic trends that … Issues Breakfast Series Focuses on the Arkansas Workforce

The Institute for Economic Advancement (IEA) at UALR’s College of Business announced today the release of new preliminary* data showing a 2.4 percent increase in Arkansas’ taxable sales over the first three months of the year.

A team of graduate students who work for the Institute for Economic Advancement in the UALR College of Business won the Windows Azure Award for a computer platform designed to make medical data available to researchers around the world, officials of Microsoft Inc.’s Imagine Contest announced Tuesday.