This is A-State Connections on KASU. I’m Johnathan Reaves. This is the weekly segment called “A-State Connections and Create@State: Making Connections That Count”. In this segment, we learn about research involving a species of endangered bats in Arkansas. Dr. Tom Risch is the Interim Associate Vice Chancellor of Research and Interim Executive Director of Arkansas Biosciences Institute at Arkansas State University. Heather Custer is a graduate student at Arkansas State University and is working