University of Arkansas graduate students interested in entrepreneurship are encouraged to apply for the Kaneaster and Ruth Lindley Hodges Entrepreneurial Fellowship Award, which will aid in pursuing deep entrepreneurial training.
02/25/2025 | By José E. Cartagena Ortiz and Brandon Howard
A student team dedicated to improving the maternal mortality rates in Arkansas captured one of the top prizes at Demo Day, a bi-annual event showcasing a semester of learnings in the U of A's McMillon Innovation Studio.
02/03/2025 | By Brandon Howard
The Entrepreneurial Law Project was formed in the spring of 2023 as a collaboration between the U of A School of Law and the U of A Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
01/21/2025 | By Brandon Howard
At the University of Arkansas, the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation works to grow that sector with the Greenhouse Outdoor Recreation Program, an incubator for new outdoor businesses.
01/14/2025 | By Todd Price
Northwest Arkansas captured the majority of venture capital activity in the state in 2023, according to the Arkansas Capital Scan.
12/18/2024 | By Nate Green and Brandon Howard
Ahmed, a strategy professor, was recently featured in two articles published by Nature, discussing the critical role of supercomputers in public research and the impact of private sector AI development.
12/04/2024 | By Meghan Perry
The Greenhouse Outdoor Recreation Program (GORP) is poised to play a crucial role in shaping Arkansas' outdoor recreation economy and supporting entrepreneurs across the state.
11/16/2024 | By Meghan Perry
The Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas has been ranked No. 22 by the Princeton Review's 2025 Top 50 Entrepreneurship Graduate Programs.
11/14/2024 | By Meghan Perry
The idea, known as Fay-Day, was conceived during the Converge: Freshmen Innovation Experience, which paired students from the Sam M. Walton College of Business and the College of Engineering.
09/16/2024 | By Brandon Howard
Nhiem Cao and Angel Treat, students in the Master of Science in Product Innovation program, want to make the world “cleaner, greener, greater” through their jet fuel startup company ProPika.
07/12/2024 | By Lori McLemore
Graduate students (l-r) Seth Baker and Morgan Reese present their solutions for more comfortable biking helmets in the Principles of Product Design and Prototyping (SEVI 5443) class, a component in the Master of Science in Product Innovation program.
05/29/2024 | By Lori McLemore
ProPika was formed in the U of A Office of Entrepreneurship's New Venture Development courses, an intensive, incubator-like sequence that helps students develop the knowledge and skills to bring new innovations to society
05/23/2024 | By Brandon Howard
Awards are given to faculty and staff members who demonstrate exceptional commitment to graduate education.
04/29/2024
The team emerged from the Walton College Master of Science in Product Innovation program, which develops the skills to create, launch and manage products in the context of a startup or industry environment.
04/29/2024
The new graduate program, which promotes product innovation and management, launched its inaugural class on August 17.
09/25/2023 | By Lori McLemore
The degree targets recent graduates and mid-career professionals who want to develop skills to launch products in a startup or innovative environment.
09/25/2023 | By Lori McLemore
Love biking, camping, fishing or hiking? Earn an Outdoor Products and Services Micro-Certificate to learn the business side of outdoor recreation.
09/06/2023 | By Lori McLemore
SEVI's Jake Grandy and his co-researcher Shon Hiatt look at activism and how it effects government regulators and industry.
07/05/2023 | By Lori McLemore
The Center for Business and Economic Research found the biking industry generated $159 million in total economic impacts in Northwest Arkansas in 2022.
06/12/2023 | By Lori McLemore
Ali Goforth (MBA ’23) mentors local high school students to help them with their post graduation plans.
10/14/2022 | By Ariel Sibley
The authors explore how to bridge the gap between art and business.
07/08/2022
A new program is being developed at the U of A that will train and support regional entrepreneurs focused on outdoor recreation-oriented hospitality, service and experience businesses, as well as outdoor industry product design and development start-ups.
09/08/2021