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Robert Maranto, a University of Arkansas professor, is lead editor of Judging Bush, a collection of essays that evaluate the man and his presidency.

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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.

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University of Arkansas professor was staff member of 1996 and 2002 Olympics and has extensive professional experience in sport PR.

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Sports management professor Stephen Dittmore is available to comment on the reform efforts of Myles Brand as NCAA president.

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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.

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Electrical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas and the University of South Carolina were informed this week that they will receive federal economic stimulus funds via the National Science Foundation to continue and strengthen their efforts to modernize the national power grid. The award will establish an NSF center of excellence, known as an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center.

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Social work professor Vaughn DeCoster will begin his second tour of duty in August as a team leader in a combat stress control unit in Iraq. He is available for interview during July at the University of Arkansas and will be available while deployed in Iraq.

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In his 20 years as a genocide scholar, Samuel Totten of the University of Arkansas has moved beyond cataloging and commemorating past genocides to working to intervene and prevent future genocides.

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In his newest volume of poetry, Michael Heffernan, creative writing professor at the University of Arkansas, often mixes the lofty and the wacky. The resulting "mildly irreverent" poems rise up from the sometimes-sad circumstances of life.

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In his 20 years as a genocide scholar, Samuel Totten has moved beyond cataloging and commemorating past genocides to working to intervene and prevent future genocides.

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The U.S. House of Representative's rejection of the Troubled Assets Relief Program, the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout, was a prudent decision, say two University of Arkansas researchers who are closely monitoring the U.S. financial crisis.

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"A lot of Republicans could be persuaded by our economic problems to vote Democratic "“ it's the wedge issue that could send even committed Republican voters to the other side," political scientist Todd Shields of the University of Arkansas says.

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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 answer questions about the ongoing crisis at major U.S. financial institutions.

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University of Arkansas political scientist Andrew Dowdle says that historically vice presidential candidates have not played a role in how the election turns out and suggests the surge in polls after Sarah Palin's nomination has peaked.

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Faculty experts at the University of Arkansas are available to discuss the nuts and bolts of elections as well as the larger questions of the effect of the contemporary election process on democracy and a comparison of the campaigns of Barack Obama and Jesse Jackson.

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Political scientist Andrew Dowdle has studied presidential nomination campaigns and is available to discuss the vice-presidential selection process.

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A man runs away from himself to live in a remote cave in the Ozarks. Two women, an elderly widow and a mysterious redhead, try to save him from alcohol and despair. Arkansas novelist Donald Harington mixes these individuals with others, both living and dead, to reveal his newest story of Stay More, Ark.

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Grooming that expanse of velvety green grass typically involves pesticides, herbicides and plenty of water, not to mention the oil and gasoline needed to fuel the lawn mower. Now, just in time for Earth Day, there's help for eco-warrior wannabes who want some green space at home (and time to enjoy it).

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Vikas Anand, management professor in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and one of the few researchers who has investigated bodyshopping, a labor byproduct of the H1B immigration process, is available to comment on the U.S. government's controversial program.

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A historian and recent visitor to Pakistan compares the situation in Pakistan to Nasser's Egypt and comments on the Pakistan Peoples Party's opportunity to reinvent itself.

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Political scientist uses data from the last eight presidential elections to examine the 2008 primaries.

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Tim Yeager, finance professor in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and former analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, is available to comment on the Fed's decision Monday to cut interest rates by three-quarters of a point.

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University of Arkansas researchers available to comment on the pre-primary period, funds and fundraising, the use of Web sites and blogs, negative campaigning and the impact of debates -- as well as on candidate Mike Huckabee.

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Professor William Bailey says potential buyers, no matter how eager they are to purchase a home, need to follow five general guidelines when deciding how much house to buy.

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University of Arkansas political scientist Janine Parry has nine years of data from the statewide Arkansas Poll on the public perception of Mike Huckabee in his home state, and she's available to comment on his presidential candidacy.

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University of Arkansas political scientist Andrew Dowdle has looked at the similarities between Mike Huckabee's gubernatorial campaigns in Arkansas and his current campaign in Iowa.