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Hey Tom Cotton, Chinese students are vital to our economy, research and community.

Since you rarely visit Arkansas, I've done the research for you. https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1254428558224736257

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1254428558224736257

These U of A students are hand sewing masks, collecting donations and providing health professionals with PPE. https://news.uark.edu/articles/52751/u-of-a-students-and-nwa-chinese-community-give-back-during-crisis

U of A Students and NWA Chinese Community Give Back During Crisis

Graduate students and the NWA Chinese Association are in collaboration, sewing masks and donating personal protection equipment throughout the medical community.

https://news.uark.edu/articles/52751/u-of-a-students-and-nwa-chinese-community-give-back-during-crisis

Here's a postdoc student who is developing an affordable handheld device that detects viruses and bacteria. https://news.uark.edu/articles/52218/inventors-spotlight-steve-tung-and-bo-ma

Inventors Spotlight: Steve Tung and Bo Ma

Professor Steve Tung and postdoctoral research fellow Bo Ma have been awarded a second commercialization grant from the Chancellor's Fund in support of their portable, handheld DNA-sequencing system.

https://news.uark.edu/articles/52218/inventors-spotlight-steve-tung-and-bo-ma

This nursing professor is working to diagnose pre-clinical dementia in diabetic patients. https://news.uark.edu/articles/45460/physical-cognitive-performance-linked-in-diabetes-patients-research-shows

Physical, Cognitive Performance Linked in Diabetes Patients, Research Shows

Findings could help health care workers identify patients at risk for dementia, according to a team that includes a U of A researcher.

https://news.uark.edu/articles/45460/physical-cognitive-performance-linked-in-diabetes-patients-research-shows

This student is researching infant gut health and how diets rich in broccoli-family vegetables can strengthen the babies' immune systems. https://news.uark.edu/articles/40174/bumpers-college-exchange-student-presented-award-from-china-scholarship-council

Bumpers College Exchange Student Presented Award From China Scholarship Council

Jingsi Tang, a student at Sichuan Agricultural University, is working on research in the U of A School of Human Environmental Sciences and Department of Animal Science for the next two years.

https://news.uark.edu/articles/40174/bumpers-college-exchange-student-presented-award-from-china-scholarship-council

This professor is researching additive manufacturing techniques (swarm robotics, 3D and 4D printing) that will speed up manufacturing processes by 100x. He and his students have started a business. https://news.uark.edu/articles/34683/mechanical-engineering-professor-recognized-for-additive-manufacturing-research

Mechanical Engineering Professor Recognized for Additive Manufacturing Research

Wenchao Zhou, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and holder of the Twenty-First Century Professorship in Mechanical Engineering, has received the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement...

https://news.uark.edu/articles/34683/mechanical-engineering-professor-recognized-for-additive-manufacturing-research

These are just a *few* of the awesome STEM things happening at *one* Arkansas university.

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