UAMS Celebrates U.S. Constitution Day with Health Care Lecture

Sept. 16, 2005 |

LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will celebrate U.S. Constitution Day with a free, public lecture from noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 19. Refreshments will be served.

 

Jonathan Wolfe, associate dean of the UAMS College of Pharmacy will present “Our Constitution and its Relevance to Health Care in America” in the Fred W. Smith Auditorium on the 12^th floor of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute on Jackson Stephens Drive on the UAMS campus.

 

Parking is available for a small fee in the Outpatient Parking Deck, which is connected to the building.

 

The U.S. Congress, aware of the impact the U.S. Constitution has on nearly every aspect of American life, has recently mandated that all institutions of higher education in the United States that receive federal funding shall offer a program on the U.S. Constitution each year on or near U.S. Constitution Day, which is 17th. 

 

UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with five colleges, a graduate school, a medical center, five centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has about 2,200 students and 660 residents and is the state’s largest public employer with almost 9,000 employees. UAMS and its affiliates have an economic impact in Arkansas of $4.3 billion a year.

 

UAMS centers of excellence are the Arkansas Cancer Research Center, Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy and Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.