This is A-State Connections on KASU. This is the weekly segment called “A-State Connections and Create@State: Making Connections That Count”. In this interview, we get more reaction about the new research designation for Arkansas State due to the amount of research activity going on at A-State. The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education revealed that is has elevated Arkansas State to the category, "Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity." KASU News Director Johnathan Reaves talked with Dr. Tom Risch, Interim Associate Vice Chancellor of Research and Interim Executive Director of the Arkansas Biosciences Institutue and Emily Devereux, Executive Director of Research and Technology Transfer at Arkansas State University. Reaves asked Dr. Risch what this designation means for research. Click on the Listen button for the entire interview.
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