University of Arkansas Pine Bluff
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The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) is a public historically black university in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Founded in 1873, the second oldest public institution in the state of Arkansas. The University embraces itsĀ land grant mission of providing cutting edge research, teaching, outreach, and service programs that respond to the social and economic needs of the state and region.
Since 1988, the university has gained recognition as a leading research institution inĀ aquacultureĀ studies, offering the state’s only comprehensive program in this field. It supports a growing regional industry throughout the Mid-South (according to the school, aquaculture is a $167 million industry in Arkansas alone and worth approximately $1.2 billion in theĀ Mississippi Delta region). Recently the program was enhanced by the addition of an Aquaculture /Fisheries PhD program. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is the oldest and largest HBCU in Arkansas.
Current President: Laurence B. Alexander
