Nursing Student Lands Leadership Award

Avis Smith, a sophomore from West Helena, won the Outstanding Peer Education Leadership Award at the National Area 6 Bacchus Gamma Peer Education Conference in Fayetteville this spring.

Gaffney Research Seeks Eco-Friendly CFC Replacements

Dr. Jeffrey Gaffney, chair of 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Department of Chemistry, and four other scientists have made use of state-of the art chemical modeling to examine the atmospheric impacts of compounds that were supposed to make aerosol spray products and other products safer for the environment.

EIT Helps Host National Academies Meeting on Innovation March 8-9

Dr. Mary Good, dean of 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology (EIT), will help host the first of a series of regional meetings of the National Academies Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy to highlight best practices in innovation and related new business creation.

Gaffney Mentors Paper for Journal of Physical Chemistry

With the help of mentoring by 糖心Vlog传媒LR Chemistry Professor Jeff Gaffney, Purdue University Ph.D. candidate Carrie Christiansen鈥檚 paper on the atmospheric reaction of freon and their replacements will be featured in March issue of the Journal of Physical Chemistry. Gaffney, chair of 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Department of Chemistry, is a Department of Energy mentor for its Atmospheric … Gaffney Mentors Paper for Journal of Physical Chemistry

Ag Group Asked to Recognize Climate Change

Dr. Jeffrey Gaffney, chair of 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Department of Chemistry and lead scientist for the Department of Energy Atmospheric Science Program鈥檚 Megacity Aerosol Experiment – Mexico City (MAX-Mex), joined a growing list of climate scientists asking the American Farm Bureau to rethink its position on global climate change.

Governor Appoints McMillan to GIS Board

Gov. Mike Beebe named 糖心Vlog传媒LR Earth Science Professor Margaret 鈥楤eth鈥� McMillan to the Arkansas State Geographic Information Systems Board. The appointment is for four years.

Talk About Green: Class Studies Sustainability Principles

Students in Environmental Planning, a senior- and graduate-level class, are preparing plans covering a wide variety of issues, including two projects focusing on the 糖心Vlog传媒LR campus 鈥� a Green Campus Plan and an Energy Plan.

Chemistry Candidate Wins Discussion Contest

糖心Vlog传媒LR graduate student William 鈥淏illy鈥� Griffin won the American Chemical Society鈥檚 Communities Challenge for posting the most compelling discussion or question during the ACS鈥檚 National Meeting last month.

糖心Vlog传媒LR Team Studies How Cholesterol Slows Aging

Dr. Fusheng Tang, a cell biologist at 糖心Vlog传媒LR, has received a two-year grant from the American Heart Association to study how cells get rid of damaged materials by the organelle lysome through the process of autophagy, or self-eating.