A Thursday roundup includes medical developments, lost jobs at Walmart Optical Lab and the return of the Northwest Arkansas Naturals to Arvest Ballpark.
Bentonville High School student Deerthi Karthik earned first place at the Women in Technology Northwest Arkansas Gala for her prototype “Evergreen,” an AI-powered waste-sorting system designed to make sustainability fun and engaging for students.
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Lauryn Higgins, known for her work covering COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine for The New York Times, has joined the University of Arkansas School of Journalism and Strategic Media as an adjunct professor.