Eight Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts students were named National Merit Finalists for the 2018-19 academic year by the National Merit Scholarship Corp.

Developing disease resistance in certain strains of rice, a study of the water quality of the Gulpha Creek Watershed in Hot Springs National Park, and a mathematical equation to track the movement of microplastics in ocean currents were the topics of the top three projects at the 2019 West Central Regional Science Fair at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts.

The West Central Regional Science Fair will hold an open house and public viewing session on Feb. 22 in the Oaklawn Foundation Community Center in the new Creativity and Innovation Complex on the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts campus.

A team from the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts won the Dolphin Challenge — the northern Texas regional competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl — for a second time in a row.

The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts and the Hot Springs Sister City Program will host a special lecture titled “The American Dream Deferred: Japanese American Incarceration in World War II Arkansas.”