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While many of us acquire pollen involuntarily in our noses, throats, and eyes, some devices and people collect pollen on purpose. Last week, three of these scientists—Britteny Booth, John Shadwick, and Lora Shadwick—came to the Carver Center for Public Radio to speak with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about their pollen collection methods and the data those collections reveal.
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As the NCAA men’s basketball season was wrapping up in early April, the top news story in the sport was not about the University of Connecticut or Purdue. It was about Arkansas. And one big reason is because of a local billionaire's influence.
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Minerals like lithium are critical for a transition away from fossil fuels, and it turns out south Arkansas may hold the key to an electric future. But is an electric future environmentally sustainable, and how do bromine extraction wells fit into the picture? Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis is taking us out of Northwest Arkansas and down south to an old oil field with the potential to economically impact the entire nation.
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A proposal by Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ administration would cut funding for fourteen of the state’s fifteen education service cooperatives by more than $4 million for the 2025 fiscal year.
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Ozarks at Large's host, Kyle Kellams, sits down with Jamie Baum, an associate professor in the University of Arkansas’ Department of Food Science who directs the Center for Human Nutrition, and Erin Howie, an associate professor in exercise science in the UofA Department of Human Health, Performance and Recreation. This is the first of many discussions about balancing nutrition, exercise, and health that will continue through 2024.
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We moved our clocks ahead this month for Daylight Saving Time, but let’s move our Ozarks at Large clocks back three decades. Long-time host Kyle Kellams shares some of the voices from editions of the show that aired in March 1994.
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The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will be hosting a free two-week summer camp for 10thgraders in Fayetteville that will focus on STEM and data science.
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Convincing somebody to serve on a board might not sound like a way to spark a relationship, but it worked for the couple sharing a story in our Listening Lab today. Emerson Alexander, Listening Lab coordinator, recently took KUAF's mobile lab to Butterfield Trail Village in Fayetteville, and this is an edited excerpt from the conversation between Sally Johnson, Kelly King and John King
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The National Association of Hispanic Journalists added their first chapter in Arkansas earlier this year through the University of Arkansas.
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Cocoon Collective NWA is a non-profit which aims at providing a safe space for LGBTQ+ people in our community. The group recently received an award for their work through the National Association of Social Workers.
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Drag performances in Arkansas have become a hot button issue for some political leaders. But one drag queen in Fayetteville sees it as a way to express himself and build a safe community.
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The Botanical Garden of the Ozarks is one of just 26 gardens selected for the 2024 Urban Agriculture Resilience Program. The funding will go towards programming geared towards children.