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
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Lanier Nalley shares his work on rice production, international agricultural policy, the economics of plant genetics and international development.
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Mike Pierce, associate professor of history, discusses Daisy Bates, Arkansas' celebrated civil rights activist, of whom a new statue is now on display at the U.S. Capitol.
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Bob Cochran, professor of English and director of the Center for Arkansas and Regional Studies, discusses the life and art of Johnny Cash.
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Scott Lafontaine, an assistant professor in food chemistry in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Science and a researcher with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, discusses plans to build a new Center for Brewing Innovation in latest Short Talks.
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Page Dobbs, associate professor of public health in the College of Education and Health Professions, describes how self-identified small business owners on TikTok are circumventing local, state and federal laws that restrict the individual sale of tobacco products, specifically targeting minors with promises of discreet shipping to get around parental oversight.
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Lia Uribe, music professor and associate dean of the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, discusses community partnerships through music.
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Austin Jones, entomologist and instructor in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, discusses this summer's co-emergence of two broods of periodical cicadas.
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Mitch Brown, psychology instructor in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, discusses his research on male formidability, or toughness, and how it informs stereotypes of personality and social functions.
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Leading up to the total solar eclipse on April 8, Daniel Kennefick, professor of physics and a researcher at the Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences, discusses the science and history of eclipses.
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William Schreckhise, professor of political science, discusses the strong relationship between civility and legislative productivity.