If you have any questions regarding Facebook, email us at kuafinfo@uark.edu, write on Ozarks at Large’s wall on Facebook, or message us on Facebook or Twitter. Ozarks at Large’s tech expert Tyrel Denison will answer them this Wednesday.
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Our history expert Dr. Bill Smith looks back at the most important presidential elections in history.
Sister Mary Jo Swift, D.C., is a member of the Daughters of Charity, a worldwide community that focuses on raising awareness regarding human trafficking. She spoke with Ozarks at Large’s Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar regarding the problem and how we can help.
More information on human trafficking can be found on www.polarisproject.org, www.freetheslaves.net, and www.state.gov/g/tip.
The National Human Trafficking Hotline 24/7 number is 1-888-3737-888.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, details on the region’s first OCD awareness event, and KUAF’s Robert Ginsberg speaks with jazz singer Rene´ Marie in advance of her tomorrow night’s performance at Walton Arts Center. We also speak with the author of a new book on the roles of women in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Jazz singer Rene´ Marie spoke with KUAF’s Shades of Jazz host Robert Ginsberg about her love for and unconventional approach toward music.
Dr. Kathryn Sloan is an associate professor at the University of Arkansas’ department of history. She visited KUAF to discuss her new book "Women's Roles in Latin America and the Caribbean," and the message she hopes to get across to Latin American women everywhere.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a luncheon on Friday marks the end of the University of Arkansas’ fourth annual food drive, and Wayne Bell discusses VH1’s list of the top 100 pop songs of the first decade of the 21st century. Also on today’s show, political bloggers Jason Tolbert and Michael Cooke discuss the job approval ratings of the 3rd and 4th District Congressmen.
Kevin Kinder from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers spoke with architect Moshe Safdie, who designed Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, for an upcoming story. He gives us a preview.
Political bloggers Jason Tolbert and Michael Cooke discuss the job approval ratings of the 3rd and 4th District Congressmen.
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On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we speak with mystery writer Charlaine Harris whose books inspired HBO’s True Blood series. Also on the show today, a visit to Legacy Blues, a new Fayetteville blues and jazz lounge, and an international conference on faith in the workplace will be hosted in northwest Arkansas next month.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, why hundreds of people will be in Rogers this weekend to trade frags, or sections of coral. Plus, we speak to the former First Minister of Scotland about contemporary education.
Every year, the University of Arkansas celebrates International Education Week in honor of students who travel thousands of miles to get an education in the United States. Throughout this week, we’ve talked to these students to gain an insight into their lives here.
Today, we meet Daniel Rugamba from Rwanda. He is a member of the Rwandan national basketball team.
Jodi Beznoska from the Walton Arts Center has some gift ideas for the holidays.
The “Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program,” is a bipartisan initiative enacted in 2009 to restore national forest land may help public forests in Arkansas.
To track progress of this program, visit fs.fed.us/restoration/CFLR. To apply for work, visit fs.fed.us/fsjobs.
Fort Smith’s Sparks Regional Medical Center is now home to the Philips Gemini Big Bore PET/CT Scanner, the first of its kind in North America, and only the second in the world. The scanner, with the help of light, color, animation and music, makes patients feel at ease.
The Fayetteville Public Library is hosting the Food for Fees week. Patrons can exchange canned goods for overdue fees through Sunday.
More information is available on 479.571.0222 or www.faylib.org.