Longtime listeners recognize Jacki Lyden's voice from her frequent work as a substitute host on NPR. As a journalist who has been with NPR since 1979, Lyden regards herself first and foremost as a storyteller and looks for the distinctive human voice in a huge range of national and international stories. She is the current Weekend All Things Considered host.
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will use a $11.7 million NIH grant to launch the Maternal and Reproductive Community Health Excellence Research Center, focusing on rural maternal health innovations and access across the state.
University of Pennsylvania associate professor Heidi Voskuhl will deliver this semester’s Honors College Mic address at the University of Arkansas, exploring how engineers emerged as a professional class and how technology’s consequences shape society.
Tiesha, a native Arkansan, sat down with Sophia Nourani to talk about bending genres. She also discusses the image of a cowboy has emerged in her songwriting as a way to discuss grief.