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.
First Thursday in Fayetteville, Evening Book Club at the Boone County Library in Harrison and Reverend Horton Heat at George’s in Fayetteville tonight.
“The 49th Day” by El Ten Eleven
Today, KUAF’s Robert Ginsberg talks to local jazz musician Walter Savage about his music and upcoming performance at the Composer’s Showcase at the Walton Arts Center this weekend.
For more information on the series, log on to www.kuaf.com or www.digjazz.com.
Jodi Beznoska of the Walton Arts Center talks about upcoming events and the ongoing Arts With Education program for northwest Arkansas educators.
Some say a destructive quake is imminent on the New Madrid Seismic Zone in Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee, but seismologist Seth Stein, author of “Disaster Deferred,” says new science contradicts the hype. Jacqueline Froelich reports.
The Arkansas Board of Apportionment approved maps for all 135 redrawn legislative districts on Friday. The new boundaries will force elections in all Senate and House Districts in 2012. Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net talks to political bloggers Jason Tolbert and Michael Cook.
