LITTLE ROCK — After guiding the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture through a decade of growth, vice president for agriculture, Dr. Mark J. Cochran, will retire effective Sept. 30. Under his leadership as a UA System vice president, Cochran encouraged the growth of the entrepreneurship and commercialization of research products and fought hard to obtain funding to continue the Division of Agriculture’s research and extension work, enabling the traditional land grant mission … [Read more...] about Division of Agriculture Chief Cochran Announces Retirement

LITTLE ROCK (Monday, Aug. 9, 2021) — The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas will hold a special meeting Aug. 11 to consider acquiring Grantham University (Lenexa, KS) to expand the UA System’s online educational offerings and its operational scale. The 9 a.m. public meeting will be part of the Board’s annual two-day retreat held at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute atop Petit Jean Mountain in Morrilton. Click here for an agenda of other items for consideration, supporting … [Read more...] about UA Trustees Call Aug. 11 Special Meeting to Consider Acquiring Kansas-Based Online University

LITTLE ROCK (Monday, Aug. 9, 2021) — University of Arkansas System President Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt today announced that Charles F. Robinson, Ph.D., currently provost and executive vice chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, has been named interim chancellor at the flagship campus beginning Aug. 16. Robinson will take over for Acting Chancellor Bill Kincaid, who was named to that role after former Chancellor Joe Steinmetz officially resigned … [Read more...] about Bobbitt Names Robinson to Interim Chancellor Post at UA, Fayetteville

LITTLE ROCK (July 27, 2021) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas has called a special meeting for July 28 at 11 a.m. originating at the UA System – Cammack Campus in Little Rock. Click here for the agenda and supporting material. While the meeting will originate at the UA System - Cammack Campus at 2404 N. University Ave. in Little Rock, members of the media and the public who wish to view the meeting can also watch a stream by registering for a Zoom link. … [Read more...] about UA Trustees to Hold Special Meeting July 28 at 11 a.m.

LITTLE ROCK (July 7, 2021) — University of Arkansas System President Donald R. Bobbitt, Ph.D., today announced three finalists in the search for the next dean of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. The finalists include Lara M. Brown, Ph.D., professor and director of the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University; Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto, Ph.D., assistant dean for civic engagement at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University … [Read more...] about Bobbitt Names Three Finalists in Search for New Clinton School Dean; Campus Visits Planned