by Matt McGowan | Sep 6, 2021 | Features, Field Notes, Research
Ungar Part of International, NSF-Sponsored Group Studying the Arctic FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Peter Ungar, distinguished professor of anthropology at the University of Arkansas, and several colleagues focused on the Arctic have received a $3 million grant from the...
by Matt McGowan | Jul 23, 2021 | Features, Field Notes, Research
Study Explains Lax Oversight in Facebook Ads During 2016 Election U of A English professor Adam Pope and his colleague at San Jose State University examined lax oversight of advertising on Facebook during the 2016 political campaign and found a systematic bias toward...
by Hardin Young | Jun 12, 2021 | Features, Field Notes, Research
Researchers Study Historic Mississippi Flow and Impacts of River Regulation In “Atchafalaya,” John McPhee’s essay in the 1989 book The Control of Nature, the author chronicles efforts by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prevent the Atchafalaya River from changing...
by Matt McGowan | Jun 4, 2021 | Features, Field Notes, Research
Low-Wage Earners Spent Less Time at Home During Early Pandemic Lockdown Fine-grained location data gleaned from mobile phones shows that people living in less affluent neighborhoods spent less time at home during the early lockdown and first several months of the...
by Bob Whitby | May 31, 2021 | Features, Field Notes, Research
Geneticists Discover Historic Legacy of White-Tailed Deer in Arkansas Unregulated hunting at the turn of the century virtually eliminated white-tailed deer in eastern North America, leading to a restocking effort in the 1930s that included animals from other parts of...
by Matt McGowan | May 3, 2021 | Features, Field Notes, Research
Extremist Flashpoints: A Spotlight on the U of A’s Terrorism Research Center Jeff Gruenewald has a pleasant, agreeable personality, but he isn’t one to smile quickly. He’s serious to the point of solemn, and above all, he is measured; he speaks slowly and...
