Ahead on Weekend Ozarks, an update on bringing the play "B-Side: Myself" to stage, and a look at how one local farm is training veterans to become farmers themselves. Plus, we talk bitcoins with our tech ambassador, and we celebrate the beginning of summer.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Weekend Ozarks, an update on bringing the play "B-Side: Myself" to stage, and a look at how one local farm is training veterans to become farmers themselves. Plus, we talk bitcoins with our tech ambassador, and we celebrate the beginning of summer.
In the final part of our series on the Arkansas Research & Technology Park, we take a look at some of the resources based in the park's Innovation Center, and a look at how the entrepreneurial climate is changing in northwest Arkansas.
The road to capitalizing on research and development can be a long one. It can take years before a technology startup actually turns research into a physical product. In the second part of our series on the Arkansas Research and Technology Park, we take a look at a pair of companies turning research into revenue:Ahead on this edition of Ozarks . . . a survey of Arkansas politics with Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas and political bloggers Michael Cook and Jason Tolbert. Plus, our tech ambassador Tyrel Dennison on just what bitcoin means for the digital industry.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses Arkansas politics with bloggers Michael Cook and Jason Tolbert.The state Department of Corrections is looking for a vendor for pharmaceuticals used in lethal injections. Several hundred-thousand-dollars will be given out in reparations to victims of crimes during the month of May. The Bentonville School District continues its push toward a millage election in September, and the city of Fayetteville considers an ordinance that would place restrictions on door-to-door solicitation.
The local band East of Zion will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Fayetteville Public Library, which is located on the corner of School Ave. and Mountain St. 
Matt Mooney, the author of “A Story Unfinished: 99 Days with Eliot” and founder of 99 Balloons will have a book launch party and fundraiser at 7 p.m. tomorrow at The Rock House, which is located at 310 Arkansas Ave. in Fayetteville.Eagle's Nest Paranormal is looking for a new member and you get be it! Becca Martin Brown has more.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an update on HIV services in northwest Arkansas, and a review of the latest release by St. Paul and the Broken Bones.
Chase Stoudenmire, a graduate student at the University of Arkansas and a former Fulbright Scholar to the Republic of Georgia, visited KUAF’s Firmin-Garner Performance Studio with Professor Kate Mamiseishvili, who encouraged him to go to Georgia, to talk about his experiences.
To listen to more of this conversation, click here.
Trike Theatre will host a number of interesting camps this summer including a Super Secret Spy Ninja camp. Managing Director Sarah Leer has the details.
Eric Specking from the University Of Arkansas College Of Engineering tells us about the Explore Engineering summer program that hopes to promote high school students’ interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields.
Our math expert Dr. Chaim Goodman Strauss and Kyle Kellams talk to Dr. Lorenzo Sadun, a math professor from the University of Texas at Austin, about “how the world fits together.” Sadun will visit the University of Arkansas to deliver a public lecture this Thursday at 7 p.m.
Earlier this week, a ceremony was held in Little Rock to mark former Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller’s memorial at the State Capitol after the passing of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The ceremony is part of a series of commemorative events marking Winthrop Rockefeller’s 100th birth anniversary this year.
Beth McEvoy from our content partner KUAR in Little Rock, reports.
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