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Jeff Gaffney, chair of ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR’s Department of Chemistry and his wife and co-researcher, Nancy Marley, share their home with 10 exotic and colorful birds — an umbrella cockatoo named Angel, a pair of African grey parrots Tasha and Ninah, blue and gold macaws Keebler and Bozo, and a family of blue front Amazon parrots Maxwell … Birdman Worries Too About BP’s Air Emissions

Dr. Jeff Gaffney, chair of ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR’s Department of Chemistry, and three students will be joining a month-long Department of Energy field study on climate.

Dr. Jeff Gaffney, chair of ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR’s Department of Chemistry, and three students will be joining a month-long Department of Energy field study on climate.

Officials of ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR and Baptist Health have signed an agreement to provide RN graduates from the Baptist Health Schools Little Rock (BHSLR) – School of Nursing a seamless and online way to obtain a bachelor of science in nursing.

Dr. Brian C. Berry, assistant professor of organic chemistry at ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR’s College of Science and Mathematics, has received a National Science Foundation grant of $150,000 over three years to help develop what could be the next generation of memory storage media.

Dr. Mark Seigar, assistant professor of physics and astronomy in ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR’s College of Science and Mathematics, was elected vice president of the Arkansas Academy of Science by members of the academy.

Dr. Robert L. Watson, chair of ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR’s Department of Biology for 19 years and acting dean of the College of Science and Mathematics for two years, died Saturday, April 24, at the age of 75.

Dr. Jerry Darsey, professor of chemistry in ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR’s College of Science and Mathematics, has received $77,000 from a federal Food and Drug Administration grant to develop methods to track estrogen mimicking compounds in various products and assess how use of the products affect women.

Dr. Chris Cramer, associate research professor at the Center for Earthquake Research Information at the University of Memphis, is presenting the keynote address at the 94th annual meeting of the Arkansas Academy of Science hosted by ÌÇÐÄVlog´«Ã½LR today and Saturday.

Dr. Michael T. Ledbetter, a former science officer at the National Science Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will present a lecture Monday, April 12, showing evidence that the Earth is warming and what steps should be taken to reverse the trend.