RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 14 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Agalia Baker, author of "If Cancer is a Gift Can I Return It?" and a retired advanced practice nurse with more than 40 years of experience, will speak at Arkansas Tech University on Thursday, Oct. 24. Baker will appear at 6 p.m. in Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center room 300B, 305 West Q Street on the ATU campus in Russellville, Admission will be free and open to the public. The event is part of  more

CONWAY, Arkansas, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: One of the biggest challenges in cancer treatment is finding ways to kill cancer cells without destroying healthy cells in the process. A drug newly approved for phase I/II clinical trials aims to achieve just that, and the roots of its discovery extend from Ohio to Arkansas -- specifically, Hendrix College. A news release (https://cancer.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-drug-discovery-enters-clinical-testing-secur  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 15 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller The University of Arkansas at Little Rock celebrated the completion of the multi-year Trojan Way Project, a transformation that revitalizes the heart of campus and propels it into the next century. The significant addition to campus, which was funded by an $8.5 million grant from the George W. Donaghey Foundation, features a beautiful new north-south promenade running from University Dri  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 15 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: Nicholas Theodore, M.D., a nationally recognized expert in brain and spinal cord injury, will discuss advances in spine surgery in a free, public lecture Oct. 24 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Theodore is a professor of neurosurgery, orthopaedic surgery and biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, where he di  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Oct. 15 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $200,000 grant to provide outreach, education, and mentoring for technology-based startup companies in Arkansas. ASBTDC was among 49 organizations that received a total of $9 million in funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to support star  more

CLARKSVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 15 -- The University of the Ozarks issued the following news: Dr. Kaethe Hoehling, director of counseling services, and University of the Ozarks students Seria Cash and Kara Lemcool recently presented at a professional conference in Illinois. The U of O contingent presented earlier this month at the Dennis H. May Diversity Conference on Mental Health and Higher Education at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois. The topic of Hoehling's research presentat  more