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Short Talks From the Hill
online as a podcast

Short Talks From The Hill is a podcast highlighting research and scholarly work at the University of Arkansas campus. Each segment features a university researcher discussing his or her work.

For more information: arkansasresearch.uark.edu

Latest Episodes
  • Min Zou, professor of mechanical engineering, explains nano-surface engineering and her effort to develop low-friction, lubricant coatings and surfaces for mechanical systems and biomedical implants.
  • Ranu Jung, executive director of the Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research, discuss her vision for the institute, made possible by a $194.7 million grant from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation.
  • Kevin Murach, assistant professor of health, human performance and recreation, discusses how his muscle research could help people live healthier for longer.
  • Michael Wilmot, assistant professor of management in the Sam M. Walton College of Business, discusses his research on the relationship between the Big 5 personality traits and success at work.
  • Cameron Murray, assistant professor of civil engineering, discusses his research on rapid-setting and pre-stressed concrete and a $140,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to study the most effective soil-cement mixtures for use in waterway structures.
  • Jacquelyn Wiersma-Mosley, professor of human development and family sciences, talks about her research on NFL player violence.
  • Jill Marshall, assistant professor of geosciences, discusses her research on Earth's surface and Arctic watersheds in Northwest Territories, Canada.
  • Hugh Churchill, associate professor of physics in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, discusses the MonArk NSF Quantum Foundry and…
  • Karl Schubert, associate director of the Data Science Program, discusses innovation, creation of the multidisciplinary data science program, and a recent…
  • Shauna Morimoto, associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminology, and Anne O’Leary-Kelly, professor of management and senior…