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This Monthā€™s Q & A: November 2021

Nitin Agarwal, Ph.D., Maulden-Entergy Chair and Distinguished Professor of Information Science, Director, Collaboratorium for Social Media and Online Behavioral Studies (COSMOS), University of Arkansas at Little Rock WHEN DID SOCIAL media become anti-social media? And how? And why? For insights into the phenomenon that increasingly shapes what passes as ā€œthe public discourseā€ these days, we

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The WBL Chronicles: November 2021

A FEEL-GOOD, FEEL-BAD, FEEL-GREAT STORY Who says the tech world doesnā€™t have heart? Kristen Shryock Work-Based Learning Manager and Senior Talent Recruiter, ACDS ITā€™S ALL ABOUT the attitude. The nuts and bolts of being a recruiter of talent can be eye-glazingly tedious if you let itā€”all those resumes washing across the desk! Or it can

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Data in the News: October 2021

DATA IN THE NEWS Want a new house? Just print itā€¦ how to safely recycle or repurpose e-wasteā€¦ embrace your laziness to beat your burnout. Check it all out right here. Want a new house? Just print itā€¦| New York Times How to safely recycle or repurpose e-wasteā€¦| Washington Post Embrace laziness to beat burnout

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This Month’s Q&A: August 2021

John Chamberlin, Tech Entrepreneur, Teacher, & Cheerleader for Arkansasā€™ Computing History, Part 2 JOHN CHAMBERLIN, FOUNDER (in 1975) of Arkansas Systems, Inc., is a diehard promoter of this stateā€™s long, impressive, and generally underappreciated history of technological expertise and accomplishment. In last monthā€™s newsletter, Chamberlin recounted how he, James Hendren, and their team turned Arkansas

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Arkansas Summer Research Institute overcomes pandemic challenges by going virtual

Originally featured on: AEDC , March 9th 2021 Arkansas NSF EPSCoR funds collaborative research and education at colleges all over the State. Due to the nature of our work, the pandemic has presented a number of challenges for our program, but also some unique opportunities. Participants were unable to carry out normal research activities on

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Happy Holidays – 2020

I’ll BET MOST of us know the words to ā€œThe Spirit of Christmasā€ā€”because weā€™ve watched Christmas Vacation so many times: Christmas is the time of yearFor being with the ones we loveSharing so much joy and cheerWhat a wonderful feelinā€™ Those poor Griswolds! But their story got us to thinking about Christmas traditions and how

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