Ahead on Ozarks, the Nobel director and secretary talks about the selection process for the annual Nobel Peace Prize; he's on the University of Arkansas campus today. Plus, the Northwest Arkansas Council on jobs created in the area in the past year, and the differences between education in the U.S. and the European Union.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks, the Nobel director and secretary talks about the selection process for the annual Nobel Peace Prize; he's on the University of Arkansas campus today. Plus, the Northwest Arkansas Council on jobs created in the area in the past year, and the differences between education in the U.S. and the European Union.
In our monthly, music review segment, we listen to Greg Laswell's new album "I Was Going To Be An Astronaut."Henry McLeish, visiting professor to the University of Arkansas will speak this afternoon in the Global Campus auditorium on the role of education in a modern society and differences between education in the United States and Europe.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says we can combine travel with concerts this month.
The secretary of the Norwegian Noble Committee, Geir Lunderstad, was on the University of Arkansas campus Tuesday to discuss his history with the Nobel Peace Prize.
A collaboration between the Northwest Arkansas Regional Council and Northwest Arkansas Chambers of Commerce resulted in the 2013 Employer Retention and Expansion Survey in which 529 area employers were interviewed with positive results.
The prosecution rested its case yesterday afternoon, and this morning the defense rested in the extortion and bribery trial of former state treasurer Martha Shoffner. Plus, Peco Foods announces a multi-million dollar expansion in the eastern portion of the state.
On this edition of Ozarks, an accusation over teaching creationism at school is raising questions regarding charter authorization in Arkansas. Plus, problems caused by pythons in the Everglades.
Michael Dorcas, a herpetologist at Davidson College in North Carolina, says that although they aren't native to Florida, Burmese pythons are increasingly migrating across the Sunshine State.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Northwest Arkansas Rape Crisis Center will soon be able to expand their efforts to survivors of sexual assault, and a traveling exhibit at the University of Arkansas this week wants college students to engage in conversations about hunger.
Organizers say a film screening Wednesday on the UALR campus could be the start of an initiative to empower women in the state through educational opportunities.
Wildlife recordist Joe Neal shares this audio postcard of sharing a lake with anglers and a flock of seagulls. Neal is coauthor of Arkansas Birds, published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir, is published by Half-Acre Press.
Lizzy Lehman, an Austin-based musician who participated in this weekend's Trail Mix Concert Tour, will open for Gregory Alan Isakov Wednesday at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville.
Partnerships, whether new or evolved, were in the news this past week. As such, Timothy Dennis tells us about some of those partnerships in this week's Week in Review.
Bucky Ball, a geometric, LED sculpture by artist Leo Villareal, is the first temporary outdoor installation for the museum. The work gets its name from Buckminster Fuller, an architect who designed geodesic domes. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas spoke with Villareal about this and other works.
