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Tuesday | Arkansas Online

Professor Remembered Endowment honors professor

The late James W. Spears, who was a law professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Bowen School of Law, was honored Oct.

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Related Topix: Little Rock, AR, Arkadelphia, AR

Sun Nov 08, 2009

USA Today

New Trail of Tears markers to go up in Arkansas

New signs and markers along Arkansas ' portions of the Trail of Tears should be erected by spring, officials said after President Obama signed an act that expands the historic trail to more than 4,900 miles in nine states.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Little Rock Metro, Little Rock, AR, Travel

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Economist

Nanobiotechnology: Seeding the seeds

MANURE, compost and ash were used as fertilisers for centuries before the 1800s, but people did not understand how they worked until the science of chemistry was developed in the 19th century and it became clear that they supply plants with nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium.

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Related Topix: Chemistry, Science, Little Rock, AR

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Science, Industry and Business

Nanotubes Fast Forward Seed Germination

A collaborative team of biologists and nanotechnologists from UALR - the University of Arkansas at Little Rock - have demonstrated how seeds exposed to carbon nanotubes in the agar medium sprouted up to two times faster than control seed, a growth enhancement that has enormous potential on agriculture as well as plant-based biofuel production.

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Related Topix: Little Rock, AR, Biofuel, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Mon Nov 02, 2009

News-Star

Sun Belt cross country championship dashes into Monroe

ULM draws its second Sun Belt Conference championship event this Saturday when hosting the league's cross country championship at Selman Field.

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Related Topix: Selma, AL, Weather

Sat Oct 31, 2009

ArkansasBusiness.com

UALR Economist Foresees Modest Growth Ahead

University of Arkansas at Little Rock economist Michael Pakko said Thursday he foresees modest economic growth with steadily improving conditions through 2011 including growth in the residential real-estate market.

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Related Topix: Little Rock, AR, Housing, Real Estate, Banking, Financial Services

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Arkansas Online

WEEKEND

KISS, music's madmen in makeup, will return to central Arkansas to "Rock and Roll All Nite" today at Verizon Arena for the KISS Alive/35 tour.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Kiss, Pop/Rock, Life, Holidays, Halloween, Little Rock, AR, Central High School National Historic Site, US National Parks

Sun Oct 25, 2009

KTHV-TV

New Trail Of Tears Markers To Go Up In Arkansas

Officials say new signs and markers along Arkansas' portions of the Trail of Tears should be erected by spring, after President Barack Obama signed an act that expands the historic trail to more than 4,900 miles in nine states, including Arkansas.

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Related Topix: Little Rock, AR

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Fox News

Carbon Nanotubes Make Great Tomatoes

Tomato seeds exposed to nanoparticles in the form of carbon nanotubes that are only 1/50,000 the width of a human hair, sprouted sooner and grew faster in what researchers are describing as a step toward the "goals of nanoagriculture." Scientists from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock mixed nanotubes with tomato seeds and discovered that ...

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Related Topix: Little Rock, AR

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Statesman.com

Leeper makes college commitment

Gus Leeper, a 6-foot-9-inch senior, has committed to play basketball at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock in the Sunbelt Conference.

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Sun Oct 18, 2009

Arkansas Online

Arkansas achievers

Sydney York, a graduate of Jacksonville High School, was the recipient of the first Major Jacob Gray Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution $500 scholarship.

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Related Topix: Jacksonville, AR, Little Rock, AR

Fri Oct 16, 2009

MSNBC

Earthquakes Shake Central Arkansas

If you thought you felt the ground shaking in Central Arkansas today, it wasn't your imagination.

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Related Topix: Little Rock, AR, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Greenbrier, AR

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Arkansas Online

Georgia Miller Mjartan

She loves to watch as teens and grown-ups take to the basketball court for a friendly game and children romp on the playground that was built by 250 volunteers in 2006, financed through a grant Mjartan secured soon after she became Our Housea s executive director in 2005.

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Related Topix: Parenting, Family, Little Rock, AR, Kids

Mon Oct 12, 2009

TheCabin.net

Colleges' fall enrollment numbers released by ADHE

The Arkansas Department of Higher Education recently released preliminary enrollment numbers for the statea s colleges and universities.

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Related Topix: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, Fayetteville Metro, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR

Sat Oct 10, 2009

Log Cabin Democrat

Shakespeare theatre announces co-production with UALR department

The Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, based at the University of Central Arkansas, will open its first production in Little Rock as a co-production with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Theatre and Dance next month.

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Related Topix: University of Central Arkansas, Little Rock, AR

Springfield News Leader

McCarthy is out of running for Georgia Southern Presidency; but Belcher is still in

Today, Georgia Southern University announced the names of three finalists for the Georgia Southern University presidency.

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Related Topix: Southern University, Georgia Southern University, Missouri State University, State University, AR, Little Rock, AR

Thu Oct 08, 2009

WSAV

3 Named As Finalists For Ga. Southern U Presidency

Three college administrators have been named finalists for the presidency at Georgia Southern University.

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Related Topix: Georgia Southern University, Southern University, Little Rock, AR, State University, AR, Louisiana State University

Tue Oct 06, 2009

Delta Farm Press

Guest: Believe in biodiesel's future

For those who believe in the future of biodiesel in Arkansas, a recent front page of the Wall Street Journal may have brought some scowls and tears.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Arkansas Government, Mike Beebe, US Governors, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Energy

Mon Oct 05, 2009

KAIT-TV Jonesboro

Sun Belt committee fill seats

Troy University chancellor Jack Hawkins has been named president of the Sun Belt Conference executive committee.

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Related Topix: Troy University

Sun Oct 04, 2009

New Scientist Tech

A sprinkling of nanotubes makes plants shoot up

TINY they may be, but carbon nanotubes have found a remarkable range of uses, from stretchy loudspeakers to artificial photosynthesis.

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Related Topix: Plant Biology, Biology, Science, Little Rock, AR

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