University of Arkansas News

New Research Center Funded by $12.2M Grant to Focus on Power Grid Cybersecurity

The U.S. Department of Energy is providing a $12.2 million grant to the U of A and research partners to protect and strengthen the power grid. University of Arkansas engineering researchers, focused on solid-state solutions to upgrade the U.S. power …

University of Arkansas Wins $538,000 Grant to Study Opioid Prescribing Methods

A pair of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will study how opioids are prescribed and dispensed by doctors and pharmacists. The $538,781 grant by the National Insitute on Drug Abuse will cover three years’ of study …

Study Provides Model for Responding to Large-Scale Data Breaches

Information systems researchers at the University of Arkansas, who studied the effect of two compensation strategies used by Target in reaction to a large-scale data breach that affected more than 70 million customers, have found that overcompensation of affected customers …

Unversity of Arkansas to Host Youth Concussion Research Summit

The University of Arkansas is hosting researchers from several universities next week at a Concussion in Youth Sport Research Summit. A panel of researchers will present the latest developments and emerging research on the subject Nov. 14 at the Reynolds …

$1.14M Grant to Aid Research on Wildfire Caused Mudslides and Rock Falls

An engineering researcher at the University of Arkansas has received $1.14 million in funding to develop a decision support system for assessing areas at risk for mudslides or rock falls caused by the effects of wildfires. The funding includes a …

Walk-Only Zone Created at University of Arkansas Campus

The University of Arkansas is creating a Walk-Only zone in the center of the Fayetteville campus. Beginning Monday, bicycle riders will be required to walk their bikes, skate boarders carry their boards and no delivery vehicles will be allowed on …

Researchers Develop Sensor to Monitor Players’ Head Injuries in Real Time

Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a wireless health-monitoring system that does exactly that. The system includes a dry, textile-based nanosensor and accompanying network that detects early signs of traumatic brain injury by continuously monitoring various brain …

Tornadoes Tend Toward Higher Elevations and Cause Greater Damage Moving Uphill

Research examined terrain damage of Joplin and Tuscaloosa tornadoes The first field investigations of the effect of terrain elevation changes on tornado path, vortex, strength and damage have yielded valuable information that could help prevent the loss of human life …