The dedication ceremony is scheduled for 1 p.m., and special guests will include Chancellor David Gearhart and AEDC Director Maria Haley. IA’s own Techpreneur himself, Jeff Amerine, will be there as well.

August was a busy month for Arkansas patents. The U.S. Patent Office issued 21 patents to Arkansas inventors and entrepreneurs in August. A normal month sees two or three per week come out of Arkansas, which is comparable to other states that share our size and demographics.

Another University of Arkansas startup, another prestigious business-plan competition win, another NASDAQ bell ringing. More international prestige for Arkansas entrepreneurs.

BlueInGreen has developed technologies that provide oxygenation and ozonation of fresh water. The government is counting on the firm to adapt its techniques to salt water, providing much needed oxygen to areas of the Gulf impacted most heavily by the spill.