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A new statewide app from the Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership hopes to be a prevention and treatment resource for people at risk of drug overdose.
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An Honors College Signature Seminar next fall on the University of Arkansas campus will allow students to consider technology, its relationship with art and its relationship with us. Edmund Harris, assistant professor from the Department of Mathematical Sciences, will co-lead the course. He said he and his co-instructor, Professor Vincent Edwards from the School of Art, are looking forward to the class.
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On today's show, re-thinking our relationship with technology and its relationship with art. Also, a coalition working toward making childcare in Arkansas more affordable and more available. Plus, The Listening Lab brings us time together that was well spent.
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Tuesday morning NASA sent PACE into orbit. PACE stands for "plankton, aerosol, cloud, ocean ecosystem." The satellite will take measurements of ocean color and tiny atmospheric particles to monitor a changing Earth. Tom Neumann, Deputy Director of NASA Goddard’s Earth Science Division told Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams why it's important to know more about ocean color.
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For the first show of February 2024- a month that is longer than most years- Kyle Kellams looks backward to what Ozarks at Large covered in February 1999. The show was on just twice a week then, and hosts filled much of our space 25 years ago with technology discussion.
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A new report commissioned by the Walton Family Foundation examines the state of career and technical education, or CTE, in northwest Arkansas. The results indicate the region could improve by aligning programs with industries likely to produce high-quality jobs.
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Northwest Arkansas Community College began its athletic program three years ago with a cross country team. Now, athletic director Brooke Brewer says they have expanded the program to include one of the most accessible sports available: Competitive gaming or esports.
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The Center for Democracy & Technology, a nonprofit that promotes digital rights, published a study that examines the role of new technology like Artificial Intelligence in the classroom. The group is raising concerns about student monitoring and content blocking.
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On today's show, a new nationwide study is raising concerns about the use of technology in the classroom, particularly AI. Plus, new editions of The NWA Business Journal and Sound Perimeter.
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The Boys and Girls Clubs in Fort Smith and Bentonville celebrated the opening of new Innovation Labs last Tuesday. Their creation was made possible by a $40,000 award from Cox Communications.