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Double Your Dollars Program Returns to Northwest Arkansas Farmers Markets

June 26, 2024 | FAYETTEVILLE — Recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SrFMNP), and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) benefits can receive a dollar-for-dollar match on locally grown produce at select Northwest Arkansas farmers markets. This is the first year that the match program is available...

David Wise
College of Medicine

UAMS Reconnects with Graduates at 2024 Alumni Weekend

June 24, 2024 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) invited graduates and their guests to the UAMS main campus in Little Rock for the 2024 Alumni Weekend. Hosted May 31-June 1, the weekend was an opportunity for alumni to reconnect with classmates, see the new construction and beautification projects on campus, and learn about recent institutional...

Andrew Vogler
Mengchu Wu

Metagenomics Expert Mengchu Wu, Ph.D., Shares Career Insights at UAMS Lecture

June 21, 2024 | Mengchu Wu, Ph.D., a biochemist with extensive experience in metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS), shared her career journey and thoughts on the future of biotechnology during a lecture at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) on June 12. Jia Liu, Ph.D., an associate professor in the UAMS College of Medicine Department of Microbiology and...

Nathan Tidwell

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Daniel Voth, Sean Taverna
Graduate School

New UAMS Program Aims to Promote Fellowship Applications

June 19, 2024 | Fellowships are a key component in research training that provide awardees with financial backing, allowing them to focus on their study program. The Fellowship Initiative for Research Excellence (FIRE) is a scholarship program designed to encourage postdoctoral fellows and graduate students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to apply for extramural fellowships....

Nathan Tidwell
Natasha Wilhelm, a pre-med summer scholar, poses with Gloria Richard-Davis, M.D., in her newly presented white coat.
Academic Pathways and Workforce Partnerships

UAMS Welcomes Students to Health Career University

June 13, 2024 | In a June 4 ceremony at the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) welcomed a diverse group of students to its Health Career University (HCU), where they will spend the summer learning about various health-related professions. The students are a mix of junior and senior high school students,...

Linda Satter
Webber, Burks and Jacobs
College of Medicine

Wesley Burks, M.D., Receives UAMS College of Medicine’s 2024 Dean’s Distinguished Alumnus Award

June 24, 2024 | LITTLE ROCK — Wesley Burks, M.D., dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) School of Medicine and CEO of UNC Health, received the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine’s 2024 Dean’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. “Wesley’s current roles alone would warrant the Distinguished Alumnus Award, but he has...

Andrew Vogler
Hopek with Pharmacy Camp students
College of Pharmacy

‘More Than Just Medicine’: Students Learn Much at Pharmacy Camp

June 20, 2024 | Summer camp often conjures thoughts of outdoor activities, campfires and mosquito bites. For just a few short days in June, 30 high school students from across Arkansas experienced a different kind of camp — one with bubbling beakers, scrubs, gloves and colorful creations. Held June 3-5 at the UAMS Little Rock campus, the UAMS College...

Benjamin Waldrum

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