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New BCoE White Paper: What type of Metaverse will we create?
The Blockchain Center of Excellence would like to announce a new whitepaper written by Dr. Mary C. Lacity, Jeffrey K. Mullins and Le Kuai. The whitepaper is entitled “What type of Metaverse will we create?" Abstract Our primary aims in this...
New “Regulation of Cryptoassets” book is available!
Professor Carol Goforth's new book, Regulation of Cryptoassets (2nd edition), with Professor Yuliya Guseva from Rutgers Law School is now live as a new resource for educators, experienced practitioners, students, and others wanting to learn and...
EPIC Blockstars Spotlight
The Startup Weekend successfully took place last August 26th to 28th. Participants went home with new connections, acquired knowledge, experience in project management, and some of them, with $5,000 dollars. Our BCoE team wants to celebrate all...
BCoE FY22 Annual Report
Blockchain Center of Excellence followers can now access our latest Annual Report that highlights the most important achievements from June 2021 until July 2022. Our hope is that this report increases transparency and communicates efficiently...
New “Blockchain Fundamentals for Web 3.0” book is available!
Dr. Mary Lacity's new book is here just in time for blockchain students coming back to school! “Our book explains the movement to establish online trust through the decentralization of value, identity, and data ownership” are the words from Dr...
Register to the Techstars Startup Weekend Northwest Arkansas
Did you ever have an idea for a business but were not sure about how to bring it to life? Techstars Startup Weekend Northwest Arkansas will take place next August 26th to 28th at the Pryor Center in...
EPIC Blockstar Spotlight
At the Blockchain Center of Excellence, we promote research and education in blockchain technologies, and while we support learning, we are constantly cheering for the success of our students. This is why we are delighted to inspire our readers...
Fall Conference Merges with NWA Tech Summit
Each Fall, the Blockchain Center of Excellence (BCoE) traditionally hosts the Blockchain for Business Conference for local university students and industry professionals. We are excited to announce this annual conference will be merging with the...
Freakonomics Podcast hosts Dr. Mary Lacity
Dr. Lacity participated in the episode podcast 508 for the radio network Freakcomics released on June 22, 2022. The podcast, hosted by Stephen J. Dubner and produced by Ryan Kelley, tried to teach to its audience what a Crypto Crash means and...
5 Companies from BTC Miami
Kathryn Carlisle, Sr. Managing Director of the BCoE, recently traveled to Miami Beach for the largest Bitcoin conference in the world – BTC 2022. After several days of informative sessions, world-class conversations, and corporate events, she...
Blockchain on Newswire
Blockchain Center Welcomes First Five Companies to Executive Advisory Board
The Blockchain Center of Excellence has officially welcomed the first five companies to join its executive advisory board.
Lacity Named Director of Blockchain Center of Excellence
Mary Lacity has been named to the Walton College Professorship in Information Systems and director of the Blockchain Center of Excellence.
Blockchain Hackathon Set for Sept. 28-29
University of Arkansas students can get hands on experience to push the limits of blockchain technology and devise creative and imaginative solutions to real-world business challenges at a hackathon being hosted by the Blockchain Center of Excellence at the Sam M. Walton College of Business.
Walton College Establishes Blockchain Center of Excellence
Building on its history as a global leader in information systems research, the Sam M. Walton College of Business Department of Information Systems at the University of Arkansas has established the Blockchain Center of Excellence to discover and disseminate innovative uses of the emerging technology and to teach students its importance to the future of business and digital security.
Walton College Blockchain Initiative Named SAP Next-Gen Chapter
At an academic conference in New York, Paul Cronan, professor in the Department of Information Systems at the Sam M. Walton College of Business, and David Douglas, emeritus professor of information systems, presented details about University of Arkansas' blockchain consortia to the SAP Academic Conference.
Industry Experts, Academics Discuss Blockchain at U of A Conference
Nearly 225 academics and industry experts discussed the potential of blockchain technology and its application to the future of large and small businesses at the Blockchain Conference 2018 on Friday, April 6, in downtown Fayetteville.
Walton College, Consortium Organizing Blockchain Conference for April 6
The Department of Information Systems at the Sam M. Walton College of Business and the Enterprise Systems Blockchain Consortium are hosting a conference on the basics, value propositions and technology options of blockchain.
Blockchain Hackathon a Success for Students, Companies
Sixty-five students from across the University of Arkansas each worked more than a dozen hours to push the limits of blockchain technology and propose creative and imaginative solutions for six use cases posed by Northwest Arkansas industries.
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Successful Student Showcase Presentations For the Fall Semester!
Our Blockchain students presented their course projects to the Executive Advisory Board members of BCoE at the University of Arkansas - Sam M. Walton College of Business on Saturday December 7th. Thank you to EY, Microsoft, McKesson, Walmart,...
Special Issue of MIS Quarterly Now Available
The Special Issue of MIS Quarterly Executive on Enterprise #blockchains is now published! Congratulations and many thanks to the editors Rajiv Sabherwal and Carsten Sorensen and to the author, Dr. Mary Lacity, of papers on TradeLens, MediLedger...
University of Arkansas BCoE Presents at the 2019 Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) Conference
Great progress evidenced at the #blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) conference in Chicago. Here are a few things Dr. Mary Lacity and the Blockchain Center of Excellence team experienced: Dale Chrystie, Head of Blockchain for FedEx, is...
Consensus 2019
On the final day, two #UARK Blockchain CoE Board companies, #Microsoft and #IBM, shared the stage to talk about "open by design" blockchains.
Blockchain Talent Growth at Consensus 2019
Live from #consensus2019 ... One measure of blockchain growth potential is the massive demand and supply of blockchain talent!
Blockchain COE Board Members at Consensus 2019
#uark Blockchain COE board members and supporters are front and center at #consensus2019
Blockchain Research Institute
Inspiring leadership on blockchains from #BRI membership gathering...
EY Global Blockchain Summit
EY is helping enterprise clients like #toyota and #carrefour to post private transactions on the public Ethereum.
2018 Blockchain Hackathon
Thank you to all the students, sponsors, mentors, judges, faculty and staff for making the UARK 2018 Blockchain Hackathon a success.
2nd Annual Blockchain Hackathon
The University of Arkansas - Sam M. Walton College of Business Blockchain Center of Excellence is hosting the 2nd annual Blockchain Hackathon.
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