Todd Price

Hugh Churchill, professor of physics, on the new Arkansas Materials Institute that he directs.

UofA researcher Jim Lampinen talks with Todd Price about eyewitness identification, lineup procedures and how memory can be swayed by outside information.

On today's show, we investigate the possible fallibility of eyewitness accounts. We also conclude our week at the Arkansas Folklife Festival with a celebration of music. Plus, Fort Smith headlines from Michael Tilley from Talk Business and Politics, Mahjong and more.

James Lampinen, chair of the Department of Psychological Science, on the science of witness identification.

A U of A political scientist traces how 19th century students, not empires, spread the game across Europe and the Americas, turning it into modern soccer.

On today's show, we learn that Arkansas continues to face gaps in rural medical access, and the new statewide Graduate Medical Education Technical Assistance Center at the Heartland Whole Health Institute is expected to help narrow them. We’re also following the men’s World Cup, so we track how the global game has evolved. Plus, we explore a new space at XNA.

Thomas Adam, professor of political science, explains how soccer became a global game in the late 19th century.

Padma Viswanathan, who teaches in the UofA MFA in Creative Writing and Translation, discusses her shortlisted translation of Ana Paula Maia's Brazilian novella "On Earth As It Is Beneath."

Writer and translator Padma Viswanathan explores how language, limitation and creativity shape the art of translating fiction.

Rosie Perez, a PhD student in the University of Arkansas Heat and Hydration Optimization Lab, discusses heat stroke treatment and staying safe in summer heat.