Research

The newly released film “Philomena” has reignited controversy about transnational adoption practices, including those that occurred in Ireland’s institutions such as Sean Ross Abbey, where Philomena Lee once reportedly lived.

Two more students in the University Science Scholars Program will get to present their research at a national STEM conference in Washington.

The 2013 Student Research and Creative Works Expo award winners were announced at an awards ceremony held Monday, April 22, in the UALR Engineering and Information Technology Auditorium.

A near-record number of students is expected to participate in the Student Research and Creative Works Expo, set to begin at 9 a.m., Monday, April 15, in the Donaghey Student Center, Ledbetter meeting rooms A, B, and C.

UALR Professor Rolf Wigand and a team of co-authors will present research in Boston and Seattle this month on the effects of shared leadership and virtual teams.

A new portal for the UALR Center for Innovation and Commercialization is expected to draw investors seeking to license university research.

Dr. Johanna Miller Lewis, associate dean of graduate studies and professor of history, has received a $25,000 grant from the Darragh Foundation for the conservation and stabilization of the War Relocation Center cemetery in the Delta town of Rohwer, Ark.

Dr. Lirong Zeng, an assistant professor of biology in UALR’s College of Science and Mathematics, has recently been awarded a $423,783 grant from the National Science Foundation to support his work investigating ubiquitination, a process that plays a role in plant immunity.

Dr. Roby Robertson, professor of public administration, has accepted appointment as UALR’s Research Integrity Officer (RIO), Chancellor Joel E. Anderson has announced.

Dr. Lifeng Lai, assistant professor of systems engineering in UALR’s Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology, has received a National Science Foundation grant aimed at making cell phone transmissions more private and secure.