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$4.6 Million Award Creates Program to Train Cybersecurity Professionals

A five-year, $4.63 million award from the National Science Foundation will enable a multi-disciplinary team of researchers at the University of Arkansas to recruit, educate and train the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. Read more...

ASCENT Director receives grant from the National Science Foundation

ASCENT Director, Dr. Jia Di, was awarded $349,198 to advance his design of microcontrollers that can operate in extreme environmental conditions, such as space.  The award is part of the NSF's Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry program. Click here...

Fayetteville Ranked as 3rd Best Place to Live in the U.S.

Fayetteville has been growing more and more each year and with growth comes attention. The 2016 U.S News and World Report ranked the best places to live in the U.S. and Fayetteville, Arkansas came in third on the list.

New U of A Research Center Focuses on Security Across Disciplines

Sep. 15, 2016 The Arkansas Security Research and Education Institute (ASCENT), a new center at the University of Arkansas, will focus on spreading security expertise across several different fields. ASCENT is now officially approved by Arkansas Higher Education...
From left, Karen Marrongelle (NSF), F. Fleming Crim (NSF), Jia Di (UofA), Dale Thompson (UofA), Bradford J. Willke (DHS), and Veronica Villalobos (OPM)

CyberCorps® Student Job Fair

From left, Karen Marrongelle (NSF), F. Fleming Crim (NSF), Jia Di (UofA), Dale Thompson (UofA), Bradford J. Willke (DHS), and Veronica Villalobos (OPM)   The National Science Foundation hosted its Scholarship for Service (SFS) annual CyberCorps® Student Job Fair...

New Research Center Supports Interdisciplinary Innovation

Research centers support collaboration between researchers in different fields and connect faculty with industry. Centers allow researchers to tackle complex problems that couldn’t be solved without these connections.

ASCENT Presentation to NCCoE

ASCENT Presentation to NCCoE

Dr. Jia Di gave a presentation about ASCENT to visitors from the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).