University of Arkansas earthquake expert Brady Cox is available to answer questions about the effects of Saturday’s magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile, which has displaced 2 million people and destroyed or damaged hundreds of structures.
University of Arkansas counseling education faculty have developed and taught a rigorous life skills course that puts student-athlete research into practice.
Steve Luoni and his colleagues in the University of Arkansas Community Design Center lead the movement toward intelligent design of urban landscapes that will reduce energy consumption and limit man’s impact on the environment. Luoni will present the main principles of this movement at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in San Diego. He will participate in the panel Urban Design and Energy Demand: Transforming Cities for an Eco-Energy Future.
Sports management professor Stephen Dittmore, who was a staff member for the 1996 and 2002 Olympics, comments on changes in the Olympics, including the need for the International Olympic Committee to consider the impact of increasing professionalism.
The video “Painting the Past Alive” follows University of Arkansas art professor John Newman as he paints a mural depicting African American slaves who crossed the river to the Underground Railroad stop in Quindaro, Kan.
New research by University of Arkansas economists decodes the mystery of what transforms a network of interconnections among firms into a single organism that functions as an economic powerhouse. By examining the relationship between product-clusters in international trade and their connection to accelerated economic growth at the country level, researchers found that the way in which a country’s exported products are connected to each other and to other products in the global-trade network – rather than mere participation in global trade – determines whether or how much a country will achieve accelerated economic growth.
A new book, College Student-Athletes: Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Implications, begins a discussion about student-athletes from the perspective of “students first, athletes second.”
In one of the few studies to examine bullying among African American youth, Kevin Fitzpatrick and colleagues identify a significant set of risk and protective factors associated with symptoms of depression and point the way to further study.
Civil engineering professor and earthquake expert Brady Cox will travel to Haiti Saturday, Jan. 30, as part of a national team of engineers who will study the effects of the massive earthquake that struck the small Caribbean nation on Jan. 12. Cox and seven other members of Geo-engineering Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER), an organization funded by the National Science Foundation to conduct reconnaissance efforts of extreme events such as earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes, will gather data to advance understanding of earthquakes and their engineering effects.
A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues are traveling to Haiti as part of a National Science Foundation expedition to continue taking geologic measurements and better understand what happened, what is happening now, and what might yet occur.
A University of Arkansas business researcher and logistics expert is monitoring Haiti relief efforts and says that despite important differences between commercial and humanitarian logistics, key applications of commercial logistics can be applied to the rapid-response phase of the disaster recovery operation.
A University of Arkansas scientist has received funding from NASA to simulate conditions found on Saturn’s moon Titan to help better understand the origins of the liquids found on its surface and in its atmosphere.
Interpreting a Continent: Voices from Colonial America offers readers an opportunity to learn about the earliest days of the United States from those who were there and to consider colonial history from multiple perspectives.
The book's essays provide detailed, state-by-state analyses of how the presidential election, from the nomination struggle through the casting of votes in November, unfolded in states from Texas to Arkansas to Virginia.
University of Arkansas earthquake expert Brady Cox is available to answer questions about the effects of the powerful earthquake in Haiti, which has caused massive destruction, including the collapse of many government offices in the capital Port-au-Prince.
Using texts and images, a University of Arkansas researcher has for the first time reconstructed the time when the use of porticos – roof-covered structures supported by columns – gave way to loggias, or recessed porticos.
A University of Arkansas researcher and her colleagues present the first evidence for bimusicalism in untrained music listeners.
A University of Arkansas law professor and national health policy expert says reform bills making their way through Congress will do little to control rising health care costs. “Like a football punted on the moon, U.S. health care spending’s upward trajectory shows no sign of reaching apogee,” says Rob Leflar, professor of law at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.
The University of Arkansas academic program charged with educating school leaders has strengthened its curriculum that teaches ethical decision-making.
On June 18, Sidney Burris and Geshe Thupten Dorjee, a Tibetan monk who teaches at the University of Arkansas, walked into the Dalai Lama’s compound in Dharamsala, India, with 15 students from the university. The students were traveling abroad to work on the TEXT Project, or “Tibetans in Exile Today,” an oral-history program designed to record the stories of Tibetans currently living in refugee settlements in India. The project focuses on the Tibetans who left their country in 1959, but still have vivid memories of traditional Tibetan culture.
Education researchers at the University of Arkansas have taken an important first step toward better understanding both formative assessment and how to get the information teachers need to improve classroom instruction.
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a unique and robust method to prevent cloning of passive radio frequency identification tags. The technology, based on one or more unique physical attributes of individual tags rather than information stored on them, will prevent the production of counterfeit tags and thus greatly enhance both security and privacy for government agencies, businesses and consumers.
Jin-Woo Kim, a biomedical engineering researcher at the University of Arkansas, is part of a cutting-edge nanotechnology research group that has discovered a way to capture tumor cells in the bloodstream. The work could dramatically improve early cancer diagnosis and prevent deadly metastasis.
Whether it’s dog food or iPods, tires or televisions, virtually every consumer has endured a frustrating out-of-stock experience. Retailers hate it as much as customers, perhaps more, because they lose money and credibility. Examining this problem at a specific link – suppliers and distribution centers – in the retail and consumer-packaged goods supply chain, a logistics researcher at the University of Arkansas and his colleague discovered that application of a common error-correction model improves the accuracy of forecasting orders.
A University of Arkansas professor and his colleagues have shown that the Earth’s mantle contains the same isotopic signatures from magnesium as meteorites do, suggesting that the planet formed from meteoritic material. This resolves a long-standing debate in the field over the planet’s origins.
A University of Arkansas researcher will study potential cancer-causing mutants of a protein involved in cell growth regulation, thanks to a supplemental grant from the National Institutes of Health.
The 11th annual Arkansas Poll finds Arkansans of mixed minds about changing the health care system and that it’s too early to tell about next year’s senatorial race.
For questions about what a modern “smart” grid would look like or how it would function, please consider the research expertise of Alan Mantooth, professor of electrical engineering and executive director of the National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission (NCREPT) at the University of Arkansas.
Robert Maranto, a University of Arkansas professor, is lead editor of Judging Bush, a collection of essays that evaluate the man and his presidency.
Research examining microscopic marks on the teeth of the “Lucy” species Australopithecus afarensis suggests that the ancient hominid ate a different diet than the tooth enamel, size and shape suggest, say a University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues.
Samuel Totten, an internationally known genocide scholar and author and editor of numerous books about genocide, is available to comment on the new Obama administration's policy in Sudan.
Scientists hope to create a glucose monitoring system for people who have diabetes that doesn’t require needle sticks and lasts six months or more, but they are still a long way from this. A book edited by a University of Arkansas researcher discusses current research and challenges in creating a better glucose monitor.
A comprehensive survey conducted by researchers at the University of Arkansas reveals that the American health care supply chain is an immature and expensive system with significant barriers to efficiency. Specifically, stakeholders – manufacturers, distributors, group purchasing organizations and providers such as hospitals, surgical centers and long-term care facilities – lack good and accurate information because they have not implemented universal standards for data, despite a recent movement in this direction.
Jails could be a point of strategic intervention in helping homeless people access treatment for substance abuse and mental health problems, according to a study at the University of Arkansas.
University of Arkansas psychology professor Jeffrey Lohr and colleague David Tolin have documented the history and criticisms of the ethics policy of the American Psychological Association and recommended remedies to restore ethical standards to the profession.
Education researcher Sandra Stotsky recommends states critically examine the content and knowledge assessed by their licensure tests for special education teachers. Her analysis of the tests revealed serious assessment gaps.
Readers can now find the fall issue of University of Arkansas Research Frontiers magazine online and read about research in organic fruit production, copyright law and the Internet, a virtual classical city and light rail.
Researchers at the University of Arkansas and University of California-Los Angeles have discovered a new kind of quantum state of material at the nanoscale level that appears at low temperatures.
University of Arkansas professor was staff member of 1996 and 2002 Olympics and has extensive professional experience in sport PR.
According to University of Arkansas sport management professor, "The makeup of the IOC memberships is heavily skewed in favor of Europe, which may hinder Chicago's hopes."
Four University of Arkansas researchers will look at ways to prevent and treat the influenza virus thanks to a grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Sports management professor Stephen Dittmore is available to comment on the reform efforts of Myles Brand as NCAA president.
Economist and national banking expert Tim Yeager, associate professor of finance at the University of Arkansas and former economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, is available to comment on Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke’s statement today that the recession has “very likely” ended.
A University of Arkansas study on terrorism and water supplies demonstrates that less-educated people – those with a high school diploma or less – are significantly more concerned about terrorist attacks against municipal water supplies than individuals with at least some college credits. The study also revealed that older people are more concerned than young people, women more than men and religious people more than those who consider religion as only “fairly” or “not very” important.
A biomedical researcher at the University of Arkansas and his colleagues at the National Cancer Institute have discovered a superior method for treating superficial bladder cancer, which leads to muscle-invasive and then metastatic bladder cancer, the fifth most common form of cancer in the United States. David Zaharoff, assistant professor in the department of biological and agricultural engineering, combined Interleukin-12 (IL-12), a powerful cytokine, which is a type of protein, with chitosan, a biocompatible and adhesive polysaccharide, to successfully cure mice with bladder tumors.
In Neurogenic Communication Disorders: Life Stories and the Narrative Self, University of Arkansas researchers challenge readers to explore “the messy but powerful relationships between communication impairment and maintenance of a viable sense of self.”
Arkansas scientists, students and information-technology workers will benefit from a new $3.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The award, made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, will enable researchers at the University of Arkansas and other colleges and universities in the state to build and support cyberinfrastructure and to train students and workers in information-technology systems, tools and services.
Biomedical researchers at the University of Arkansas and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock have developed a special contrast-imaging agent that is capable of molecular mapping of lymphatic endothelial cells and detecting cancer metastasis in sentinel lymph nodes. The new material could be used as a more efficient and less toxic alternative to nanoparticles and fluorescent labels used in the non-invasive, targeted molecular detection of normal cells, such as immune-related cells, and abnormal cells, such as cancer cells and bacteria.
A new study on the use of radio-frequency identification tags on individual retail items shows that inventory accuracy decreases or diminishes over time with conventional systems that rely on barcodes and/or human counting to track inventory. The research, conducted by the RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas, also demonstrated that the use of an RFID-enabled system could improve inventory accuracy by more than 27 percent over a 13-week period.
The first study to examine resource allocation in Olympic sport raised questions about the mission of the U.S. Olympic Committee and revealed a gap between what administrators of U.S. National Governing Bodies thought was fair and how they believed funding would be distributed by the USOC.
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