STEM

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is hoping to fill a shortage of science and mathematics teachers in Arkansas by offering up to $20,000 in scholarships to eligible juniors and seniors. 

After extensive investigation through the STEM Starters+ program, researchers at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock found that even at the first-grade level, students can benefit from engineering lessons.

When Dr. Nancy Gray entered her freshman organic chemistry class at Bucknell University in 1972, she was dismayed to see there was only one other woman in the class.  

Work is underway on an innovative partnership that will bring eStem High School to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock and eStem Public Charter Schools, Inc., are moving forward with revised plans for a high school on the UALR campus.

Thanks to a grant from the Arkansas STEM Coalition, UALR will soon host its first STEM Leadership for Girls conference.

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will help propel Arkansas’ youth into successful futures in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), thanks to a grant from The Harris Foundation and ExxonMobil.

The UALR STEM Center has been awarded a $6,150 grant from the Arkansas STEM Coalition to provide new science equipment for two elementary schools in central Arkansas.

America’s Promise Alliance, the nation’s largest partnership organization dedicated to improving the lives of youths, recently announced the election of Zartashia Javid, 20, to its Alliance Trustees for a two-year term.

Middle school students from across Arkansas have a chance to experience college hands-on with science and math experiences at the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. UALR is the only university in the state selected to host this elite program. It is a free, two-week residential camp … Application deadline nears for STEM Camp at UALR