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Beyond the Ozarks

Considering Health and the Community

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published November 2, 2021 at 2:37 PM CDT

Thursday the University of Arkansas' Department of African and African American Studies will host a pair of events, open to the public, devoted to the pandemic, health and community. A lunch hour colloquium starts Thursday at 11:00 and a keynote lecture with Dr. Ernest Yufenyuy from the CDC is Thursday night at 6:00. Both are free.

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