/news-archive/tag/fayetteville/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:38:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2019/08/22/nitin-agarwal-smart-health-nsf/ Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:38:35 +0000 /news/?p=74918 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to research smart health in Arkansas, West Virginia with NSF grant聽]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is one of five institutions sharing a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a multi-scale integrative approach to digital health. This collaborative, multi-institution grant will be used to promote smart health in Arkansas and West Virginia.聽 Dr. Nitin Agarwal, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Jerry L. Maulden-Entergy endowed chair and professor of information science, will receive $600,000 for the study, entitled 鈥�Multi-scale Integrative Approach to Digital Health: Collaborative Research and Education in Smart Health in West Virginia and Arkansas,鈥� which runs from August 2019 to July 2023.聽 The other university partners include the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, West Virginia University, and West Virginia State University. 鈥淗ealthcare costs are on the rise nationally and significantly more so in Arkansas and West Virginia. This is due to high poverty rates in these states and a significantly large population that is affected by cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, and a general lack of physical activity,鈥� Agarwal said. 鈥淭o address these issues, we will conduct a collaborative, interdisciplinary, and a multi-scale integrative approach to trigger smart health initiatives with the goal to lower healthcare costs using artificial intelligence and big data analysis approaches. In addition to developing a big data and smart health research infrastructure, we will create education and outreach components to enhance the workforce in both states.鈥� To accomplish these goals, Agarwal will develop novel social media mining algorithms to study health behaviors in Arkansas and West Virginia, including health attitudes, intentions, health conditions, lifestyle choices, overall sentiment, and mood. 鈥淭apping into such an invaluable data trove is often challenging but rewarding,鈥� Agarwal said. 鈥淲e will study the effectiveness of health communities around predominant health issues in Arkansas and West Virginia and study the validity of social media data for examining patient-reported outcomes, assessing trust, influence, and misinformation in social media pertaining to health discourse.” Agarwal heads the at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, which aims to be at the forefront of the ever-evolving field of social computing. COSMOS is leading several collaborative projects with total funding of more than $10 million from various U.S. federal funding agencies to address some of the most challenging problems of knowledge extraction from big social data and develop methodologies to diagnose novel pathologies of online social media. ]]> /news-archive/2018/08/30/trojans-razorbacks-baseball/ Thu, 30 Aug 2018 19:39:46 +0000 /news/?p=71660 ... Trojans will take on Razorbacks for first time in program history]]> For the first time in program history, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the University of Arkansas teams will face each other during the upcoming season. The Trojans will battle the Razorbacks on April 2, 2019, at Baum Stadium in Fayetteville. This will be the first time the Razorbacks will host a fellow University of Arkansas system school in baseball. The Razorbacks will also host the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Golden Lions on April 16. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock is coming off a 28-win season in 2018, its best record since 2013. The team advanced to the second round of the 2018 Sun Belt Conference tournament after spending the majority of the regular season in first place in the Sun Belt West Division. Nearly the entire Little Rock roster will remain intact heading into 2019, losing just three seniors from the 2018 squad. Little Rock head coach Chris Curry is a former assistant under Arkansas head coach Dave Van Horn. Van Horn enters his 17th season at the helm of the 糖心Vlog传媒 baseball team and is coming off his best season as head coach. He guided the Razorbacks to their ninth College World Series and a national runner-up finish for the second time in school history. Arkansas finished 2018 with 48 wins. The Razorbacks hosted its seventh NCAA Regional and third Super Regional tournament in school history at Baum Stadium. 鈥淚t鈥檚 exciting to have Little Rock and Arkansas-Pine Bluff as part of our 2019 non-conference schedule,鈥� Van Horn said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 going to be great for the game of baseball in our state. Baseball has improved so much at the high school level in the state of Arkansas. I continue to see it every year when we鈥檙e recruiting. We see more Arkansas kids coming out of the state, and they鈥檙e a big part of our program. I think this will help grow baseball. The fan interest is there, and it鈥檒l be big. I know after talking to Coach Curry and Coach (Carlos) James, they鈥檙e both very excited to have the opportunity to play at Baum Stadium in Fayetteville. We鈥檒l have a really good crowd. It鈥檒l be good for all our teams to play in that type of environment.鈥�]]> /news-archive/2018/02/19/next-gen-delegation/ Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:35:57 +0000 /news/?p=69475 ... Bowen law student named to Next Generation Delegation for Global Food Security Symposium]]> Alexander, of Waldron, Ark., is one of 27 students selected from colleges and universities throughout the United States and around the world. She is the only student representing an Arkansas college or university. “It is an honor to be selected as one of the 27 Next Generation Delegates to the 2018 Global Food Security Symposium,鈥� Alexander said. 鈥淕rowing up on a small farm, I have always believed in the power of agriculture to transform and empower lives. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs recognizes the importance of advancing global food security and nutrition in the face of challenges such as urbanization, climate change, and new technologies. As a delegate, I look forward to working with and learning from students, speakers, storytellers, and innovators from across the world who believe in agriculture鈥檚 promise to feed an ever-growing population.” The two-day event will be hosted at Atrium Hall in the Ronald Reagan Building. Prior to a full day of presentations and a report release on聽March 22, the Council will offer solution sessions to engage in dialogue with global partners. The events will be聽. Live video and features will also be posted to the . Last summer, Alexander traveled to Tokyo, Japan, for her International Public Service Project with the Foreign Agricultural Service, which links U.S. agriculture to the world to enhance export opportunities and global food security. She is completing her final Clinton School field service project with the Association of Arkansas Counties. Alexander earned her bachelor鈥檚 degree in agriculture, food, and life sciences at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. She is currently pursuing a concurrent juris doctor at the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law. She is the 2017-18 recipient of the B.A. Rudolph Scholarship. This scholarship is annually awarded by the B.A. Rudolph Foundation, a Washington D.C.-based charitable nonprofit whose mission is to advance and benefit young women interested in public service through educational, financial, and professional support.  ]]>