Surgeons in New York announced world’s first eye transplant
On Nov. 10, 2023, surgeons in New York announced they had performed the first-ever whole-eye transplant in a…
On Nov. 10, 2023, surgeons in New York announced they had performed the first-ever whole-eye transplant in a…
On Oct. 7, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agricultureï¾’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the presence of…
On Apr. 2, 2020, a University of Chicago team announced that it had mapped confirmed COVID-19 infections per…
On Dec. 3, 2016, Celgene, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences announced the…
In 2000, the Arkansas Biosciences Institute was founded during a statewide planning process for use of the stateï¾’s…
On Jun. 9, 1999, the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center (VRC) was established at the National…
In 1995, The Dickey-Wicker Amendment, named after Representative Jay Dickey (R) from Arkansas, was passed by the U.S….
In 1983, the Arkansas Science & Technology Authority was created to bring the benefits of science and technology…
In 1971, the National Center for Toxiclogical Research was established in the biological facilities of the Pine Bluff…
In 1965, the rubella virus was attenuated by a NIH research team lead by Paul Parkman and Harry…
On Jun. 20, 1963, the FDA announced three sets of regulations governing“ the manufacture, effectiveness and promotion of…
In 1947, Tyson Foods, based in Arkansas, was founded by John Tyson in 1935 who began the company…
On Apr. 10, 1946, John Tyson has a load of Andy Christyï¾’s New Hampshire Reds delivered by airplane…
In 1935, Tyson Feed and Hatchery incorporated and the company at that time provided three services: sale of…
In 1925, after conferring with the Pulaski County Medical Society, Arkansas Childrenï¾’s Hospitalï¾’s first all-volunteer medical staff was…
On Nov. 6, 1924, the dream of Dr. Orlando P. Christian, the Society’s first superintendent, and Arkansas Childrenï¾’s…
On Sept. 10, 1922, the Arkansas Childrenï¾’s Home Society moved into the newly-named ‘C.A. Forney-Smith Receiving Home.’ The…
In 1921, Riceland Foods was founded by a group of Arkansas rice farmers that created a farmers cooperative…
On Sept. 23, 1920, the Arkansas Societyï¾’s Board of Directors approved a plan to build a Childrenï¾’s Home…
On May 14, 1919, the Executive Committee of the Arkansas Childrenï¾’s Home Society, kicked off a campaign to…
On Mar. 2, 1912, the Arkansas Children’s Home Society, an orphanage for the underprivileged children of Arkansas, was…
On Apr. 1, 1909, Arkansas State University was founded by Act 100 of the 37th Arkansas General Assembly….
In 1905, the Arkansas Industrial University (University of Arkansas) college of agriculture was created. Classes began at the…
On Jan. 21, 1872, classes began at the Arkansas Industrial University with seven boys and one girl in…
On Mar. 27, 1871, the state legislature approved establishment of a land-grant university, to be known as the…
On Mar. 27, 1871, the University of Arkansas was founded in in Fayetteville as the Arkansas Industrial University,…