August Issue of The Arkansas Catalyst Highlights Campus Research

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The August 2013 issue of The Arkansas Catalyst, an online monthly newsletter from the office of research and economic development, highlights exciting research and economic development activities at the University of Arkansas.

The newsletter features university researchers and new research funding.

This issue features news that the university has set a record for intellectual property disclosures in a single year, highlights the work of a campus chemistry professor who received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award, showcases a researcher's study of dehydration in young athletes and includes a campus wide call for questions to be included in the 2013 Arkansas Poll.

The office of research and economic development is working to enhance the university research enterprise, including multidisciplinary research. Future newsletters will also focus on six interdisciplinary research strengths at the U of A: health, energy and environment, nanoscience and engineering, supply chain logistics and transportation, food safety, and American art, architecture and the humanities.

See the newsletter online or subscribe by visiting The Arkansas Catalyst ListServ page. People who have questions about the newsletter or suggestions for topics should contact the vice provost for research and economic development at research@uark.edu or 479-575-2470.