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A-State Closing Early Thursday, Jan. 9, Closed Friday

Arkansas State University is closing all academic and business offices at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 9, and remaining closed on Friday, Jan 10, in response to the incoming inclement weather.

However, while regular business offices are not open, the campus continues to operate. Essential personnel who maintain on-campus activities, including University Housing, Dining Services and Facilities Management, will report to work. Employees who are uncertain about their status as “essential personnel” are encouraged to check with their supervisor.

Full-time employees who track working hours can submit their time as “Authorized Leave.”

Revised Facility Hours:

  • Dining Services will operate under brunch hours at Acansa Dining Hall from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m.  Dinner service will begin at 4:30 p.m. and end at 7 p.m.  Howl's Grill and Starbucks will be open from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.  
  • The Dean B. Ellis Library will be closed, but is scheduled to reopen on Sunday, Jan. 12, from 2 p.m. until 9 p.m.
  • The Reng Student Union will open for on-campus student usage at 8 a.m., closing at 8 p.m.
  • The Red WOLF Center will be closed.
  • The A-State Bookstore will be open on Friday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Saturday/Sunday from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m.

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JONESBORO – The 10th annual edition of "Create@State: A Symposium of Research, Scholarship & Creativity"  took a much different course this year, as more than 165 undergraduate and graduate students presented their research projects in a new online format.  The change was made necessary by the coronavirus pandemic.

This year's Create@State at Arkansas State University was livestreamed over three days and is still available on Create@State's YouTube channel, with production by ASU-TV.

During an online awards ceremony that followed two days later, Chancellor Kelly Damphousse announced the recipient of the Chancellor's Create@State Award as Nick Haywood of Piggott, "Assessment of pre-participation injury risk factors in FBS intercollegiate football players."  Dr. Scott Bruce is mentor.

The 2020 Create@State award winners in the college of sciences and mathematics are as follows:

COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS

Dean’s Award for Undergraduate Oral Presentation:

Emily Hendrix of Marion, "Antioxidant activity of stilbenoid-rich extracts from peanut hairy root cultures"; Dr. Fabricio Medina-Bolivar, mentor

Dean’s Award for Graduate Oral Presentation:

Rokib Hasan of Bangladesh, "Arachidin-3, A natural product derived from peanut hairy roots, inhibits LPS-induced inflammation by suppressing the NF ‑κB signaling pathway"; Dr. Fabricio Medina-Bolivar, mentor

Dean’s Award for Undergraduate Poster Presentation:

Rebecca Martin of Paragould, "Synthesis if new 2-Aminopyrimidines"; Dr. John Hershberger, mentor

Dean’s Award for Graduate Poster Presentation:

Sankalpa Chakraborty of India, and Richard Lin and Sabrina Tahseen (NYITCOM) (co-presenters), "Aberrant cardiac long non coding RNA profile following altered thyroid hormone levels"; Dr. Viswanathan Rajagopalan, mentor

The Create@State Symposium is a culmination of collaborative efforts by faculty mentors, chairs and deans of each of the colleges, working with Research and Technology Transfer along with University Advancement, KASU, ASU-TV, Marketing and Creative Services, Blackboard Support, the Student Research and Philanthropy Councils, and Assessment.