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Amy Hopper has been hired as program manager by the Arkansas Research Alliance in Conway.
Hopper previously managed the I-Fund, an accelerator for scalable, early stage entrepreneurs throughout Arkansas and the Delta Regional Authority territory.
Andrew Sharpley has retired from his research post at the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station in Fayetteville. He is still doing some work as he transitions to retirement.
Sharpley’s research focused on conservation practices to preserve water quality. He was also one of the founders of the Arkansas Discovery Farms Program.
Sharpley is also retiring from his position as a professor in the Department of Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences at the Experiment Station, the research arm of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, and UA’s Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food & Life Sciences.