Short Talks From The Hill

Chemical enginerr Will Richardson talks about the promise and pitfalls of artificial intelligence in health care.

In this excerpt of "Short Talks From The Hill", Younghye Song, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Arkansas, tells host Hardin Young how she uses tissue-engineered biomaterials to study breast cancer.

On today's show, Fayetteville author Cindy Quayle discusses her new novel, and a five million dollar grant to help place Arkansas teachers in rural and high poverty districts.

Younghye Song, an associate professor of biomedical engineering, discusses how nerve fibers in breast tumors may act as highways for the spread of cancer and the novel way she is studying this route.

Janine Chow, an assistant professor of theater, talks about how sounds help tell a story and set the mood in the theater in this excerpt from Short Talks.

In today's show, the art piece "Tornado Town" is looking for a new space after spending time touring the region, and 40 Arkansas students enrolling at UAMS will have all tuition and fees paid for the length of their program this fall.

Janine Chow, an assistant professor of theater, talks about how sounds help tell a story and set the mood in the theater.

Aranyak Goswami, an assistant professor with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, explains how bioinformatics and machine learning are advancing crop science, animal health and genetics research in this segment from "Short Talks from the Hill."

On today's show, we hear an update on the public conversation about a site for the new Ramay Junior High in Fayetteville. We also dive into the history of trying to define Ozarkers. Plus, a basic tutorial on another AI-inspired discipline: bioinformatics.

Aranyak Goswami, an assistant professor in animal science, discusses his work in computational biology.