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State Tipoffs Involving Arkansas Newsletter for Sunday November 17, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Ark. Gov. Sanders Announces $3 Million for University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff's Health & Wellness Center
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 16 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today announced $3 million for the construction of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff's Health and Wellness Center. "As a Pine Bluff native, I know how important UAPB is to the success of that city and our entire state. I've been proud to support the school throughout my governorship and today, we are doubling down on that investm  more

Ark. Gov. Sanders Announces Arkansas' Participation in Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for 2025
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 16 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: * * * Program served a quarter million Arkansas children last year * * * Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders today announced that Arkansas will continue its participation in the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program into 2025. Last year, the state served 260,000 children through the program. "Childhood hunger is a crisis - across America and especially in Ark  more

Hendrix College: New Duina Publication Shares Extension of Previous NSF-Funded Work With Yeast
CONWAY, Arkansas, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- Hendrix College issued the following news release: * * * Research appearing in microPublication Biology builds on 2022 paper in Epigenetics * * * Hendrix College Professor of Biology Dr. Andrea Duina and his team of undergraduate researchers and lab technicians working with yeast cells have had additional research published that sheds light on certain cell mutations and defects associated with a human neurodevelopmental condition called Bryant-Li-Bhoj sy  more

International Guests Visit ATU, Learn About Technology
RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas, Nov. 16 -- Arkansas Tech University issued the following news: Seven representatives from the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program met with Arkansas Tech University faculty and staff members during their visit to the Russellville campus on Thursday, Nov. 14. Shaikhkhusrav Ayubov of Tajikistan, Michael Farraj of Israel, Alem Habte Mare of Eritrea, Gideon Seun Olanrewaju of Nigeria, Dr. Dorothy Joann Lei Labrador Rabajante of the Philippines,   more