Ozarks At Large

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Monday, February 24, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, the types of food establishments--restaurants, convenience stores, grocers, fast food businesses--that surround a school have an impact on childhood obesity. We speak to two U of A System Division of Agriculture researchers who make that claim. Plus, Habitat for Humanity Washington County completes its 50th home, Roby Brock has his Talk Business Arkansas update, Becca Martin Brown tells us What's Up, and more.
Becca shares a variety of events happening on this busy Thursday.
"Under the Vault" by J. Peter Robinson
PJ talks about Double Indemnity, a classic example of film noir and one of the movies whose soundtrack will be heard on this week's Film Score Friday.
Boris Silva and his band stop by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to talk about their Jan. 29 performance at Teatro Scarpino. To see more the band's performance, click here. For more information visit www.borissilva.com
This morning two departments on the UA campus have a bit more financial support to create new programs that take new advantage of new technology. To hear more from Gerald Jordan about the challenges in teaching journalism students in an era of Twitter, blogs and more, click here.
This annual project encourages participants to read the same book in order to foster intellectual conversations throughout the region.