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Innovation starts with curiosity—and becomes impact through collaboration and hands-on research experience.

Join us Friday, April 3 from 9 - 10 AM for the ✨I³R Student Research Showcase✨to see how the next generation of innovators are tackling real-world challenges across health, technology, data science, and beyond.

Discover new ideas, meet future collaborators, and explore how student research is shaping solutions that matter at the University of Arkansas.

We invite faculty, staff, students, and community members to attend, ask questions, and be inspired!

✨I³R Student Research Spring Showcase
📍 I³R building | 793 W. Dickson Street
📅 Friday, April 3
⏰ 9 - 10 AM

We’re excited to wrap up the I³R Fall 2025 Speaker Series with a remarkable guest whose work is changing the future of maternal and fetal health.

Join us on Friday, December 5 from 9–10 AM as we welcome Dr. Ramkumar Menon, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and the Mildred Harvey and Phyllis Hankins Maternal Fetal Medicine Distinguished Chair at the University of Texas Medical Branch.

Dr. Menon brings more than 35 years of leadership in reproductive and perinatal biology. His groundbreaking work—including the development of the pregnancy-on-a-chip model—is helping researchers better understand preterm birth and create safer, more effective approaches to maternal care. His talk, “Revolutionary New Approach Methods to Study Human Pregnancy and Parturition,” will highlight how new scientific tools are accelerating discoveries that can improve outcomes for mothers and babies.

📅 December 5 | 9–10 AM CT
📍 In Person: I³R Building | 793 W Dickson St., Fayetteville, AR
💻 Virtual: via Zoom (link available via our website: i3r.uark.edu)

We hope you’ll join us for this inspiring and important conversation!

Congratulations to I³R Founding Executive Director Dr. Ranu Jung on achieving Life Membership in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)!

This special honor is given to individuals who have demonstrated sustained excellence and meaningful, long-term contributions to IEEE and the broader engineering community. It reflects Dr. Jung’s outstanding professional accomplishments, her leadership in advancing transformative technologies, and her enduring impact on the growth and development of IEEE.

We are proud to celebrate this well-deserved recognition! 👏

Guest Speaker Spotlight: Douglas J. Weber, Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
🧠 Neural Engineering | 🦾 Neurotechnology | 💡 Innovation

Join us virtually or in-person this Friday, Nov. 7, as we welcome Dr. Douglas J. Weber—a trailblazer in neurotechnology and rehabilitation science--for a talk on efforts to develop wearable and injectable neural interfaces for restoring or improving motor function in people with paralysis due to stroke, spinal cord injury, ALS, and other neurological disorders.

Dr. Weber is a founder of DARPA’s Biological Technologies Office and a pioneer in wearable and injectable devices that restore movement. He also brings to the conversation experience as the founder of a medical device startup developing novel therapy for restoring arm function for people with chronic hemiplegia post-stroke.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from one of the top minds in neural engineering!

Everyone is welcome. Let's explore the future of neurotechnology---together.

📅 Friday, Nov. 7
⏰ 9-10 AM CT
📍 In person: I³R Building I 793 W Dickson St, Fayetteville, AR 72701
💻 Virtual: via Zoom (link available via our website: i3r.uark.edu)