University of Arkansas System

LITTLE ROCK (Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026) — The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas today approved the selection of C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as the next chancellor of the state’s only academic health sciences center. Barnes, founding director of The Orthopaedic and Spine Hospital at UAMS (TOSH), became interim chancellor of UAMS in July and was selected as one of four … [Read more...] about C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., Selected as Next Chancellor at UAMS

LITTLE ROCK (Thursday, February 5, 2025) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas has called a special meeting regarding the search for the next chancellor of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to be held via videoconference and in person at 4 p.m. today (Feb. 5), originating at the UA System - Cammack Campus in Little Rock. While the Board is expected to immediately go into executive session at 4 p.m., the public portion of the meeting, which will be … [Read more...] about UA Trustees Call Special Meeting Today (Feb. 5) at 4 p.m. 

LITTLE ROCK (Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026) — The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas today approved UA System President Jay B. Silveria’s recommendation to name Alicia D. Corder as the new director of the Criminal Justice Institute (CJI). Corder recently retired from nearly 23 years of service to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) where she was special agent in charge of the FBI Little Rock Field Office. She earned a law degree from Indiana University School of Law in … [Read more...] about UA Trustees Approve Corder as New Director at Criminal Justice Institute

LITTLE ROCK (Monday, January 26, 2025) — Due to inclement weather, the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas has shifted its regularly scheduled board meetings that were to be held in person and via videoconference Jan. 28-29 at the University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College to a one-day virtual meeting beginning at 11 a.m. on Jan. 28. There is a public Zoom Link available for registration at the button below. *Please note that the Jan. 28 meetings will begin with an … [Read more...] about UA Trustees Pivot Regularly Scheduled Meetings (Jan. 28-29) at UA-Pulaski Tech to One-Day Virtual Jan. 28

LITTLE ROCK (Tuesday, January 20, 2026) — University of Arkansas System President Jay B. Silveria has announced that Jerry Stegall, director of recruiting & student activities at University of Arkansas – East Arkansas Community College (UA-EACC), has been named as chair of the previously announced chancellor search advisory committee at the campus. Current UA-EACC Chancellor Cathie Cline, Ed.D., announced last August her plans to retire July 1 after more than 25 years of service to the … [Read more...] about UA-EACC Chancellor Advisory Search Committee Names Stegall Chair