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The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine is currently under construction, and officials contracted Arkansas-based architecture firm Polk Stanley Wilcox to design a 2.5-acre green roof for the new campus, which will be the largest in the state. The school is also working with Fayetteville's Ozark Green Roofs to install the park-like ceiling. Ozarks at Large's Jack Travis sat down with architect Wesley Walls and Ozark Green Roof owner Lee Porter to learn more about green roofs and why they are sprouting up more frequently.

Randy Dixon of the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History joins Ozarks at Large to dive into the history of the USS Razorback and the many ships that have held that name.

On today's show, constructing buildings that are meant to simultaneously blend in and stand out. Plus, Randy Dixon with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, brings us the history of the USS Arkansas.

Today on The Outline: A new low-income housing complex for Veterans in Fayetteville is under construction after a two-year hiatus. Also, The Fort Smith Regional Art Museum is celebrating its 25th anniversary by dedicating a time capsule. Plus, the results of the Razorbacks' SEC soccer tournament run.

Late last month, District 3 podcast welcomed Arkansas alum Raya Clay to the studio. Clay is talent producer for Fox Sports and a two-time Emmy Award winner. She came to Fayetteville to accept a Young Alumni Award. When she visited the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio, she told the District 3 hosts she had done well in her career with help from friends and mentors.

Mothers in some parts of Arkansas are much more likely to deliver via C-Section, according to ACHI analysis

The Quonset Huts are located off of Center Street and Gregg Avenue in Fayetteville. The area is being refitted for a large-scale student housing complex. If approved by the City Council, pre-existing businesses on the premises will have to vacate before the end of next year. Ozark at Large’s Sophia Nourani reports.

On today's show, redevelopment in Fayetteville could mean the loss of the distinct Quonset Huts near downtown. Plus, the life and career of a pioneering financial journalist. Also, the home-grown television series, "The Mystery League," brings mystery-solving kids to rural Arkansas.

This week’s episode of “I Am Northwest Arkansas” with Randy Wilburn features Kaitlyn Fondano, director of the Young Leaders Group of the Northwest Arkansas Urban Land Institute. She discusses how the institute as a whole has a mission to help shape the built environment.

Former University of Arkansas journalism professor Rob Wells delves into the life and career of Kiplinger. The book, “The Insider: How the Kiplinger Newsletter Bridges Washington and Wall Street,” delivers the story of a journalist who routinely had the ears of important leaders and was a visionary when it came to communicating with his readers.