Short Talks From The Hill

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.

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.

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.

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.