RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Sept. 4 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Arkansas Tech University is one of 26 educational entities across the United States chosen for a Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant from the U.S. Department of Education beginning with the 2024-25 academic year. The grant, which is anticipated to last seven years and total $6.1 million, will allow ATU to serve 1,157 students from the Clarksville School District a  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 4 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement Sept. 3, 2024: * * * Griffin: 'The Biden-Harris Title IX rule breaks the law Congress has written and violates the Constitution' * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing that he and 19 other state attorneys general have filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in support of a Tennessee-led coalition's lawsuit  more

RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Sept. 4 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: There is ample evidence that Arkansas Tech University is positioned for a breakthrough football season in 2024. Talent, experience, continuity, preparation...it seems as though everything is in place. That includes confidence, which is fueled by the fact the Wonder Boys won five of their final seven games to end the 2023 season. "I think our guys have a different belief than in the past," said Kyle Shipp, A  more

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, Sept. 4 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news: Dr. W. Jinnings Burruss Jr., assistant professor of food service and restaurant management for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Department of Human Sciences, was recently appointed to the Arkansas Restaurant Association (ARA) Board of Directors by the Arkansas Hospitality Association. According to a press release by the Arkansas Hospitality Association, "With his extensive culinary expe  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher Taren Massey-Swindle, Ph.D., and a Louisiana Tech University collaborator have secured a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to address feeding practices at 80 early childhood care and education sites in Arkansas and Louisiana. Massey-Swindle and Julie Rutledge, Ph.D., from Louisiana  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 4 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 23 attorneys general in writing to Brown University Trustees to remind them that divesting from companies doing business in Israel would trigger anti-boycott laws in at least 37 states. The letter, led by the State of Arkansas, seeks to dissuade Brown from yielding to intense pressure from antisemitic extremists, including Students for Justice in Palestine. This  more