Arts at UAMS Features Photography of Burns, Caldwell
| LITTLE ROCK – Wildlife and Arkansas landscape photography by a University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) faculty member and the son of a former UAMS faculty member are on display through the summer in the second-floor gallery of the UAMS library.
The Arts of UAMS exhibit is free and open to the public. For library hours, call (501) 686-5980.
The exhibit features photographs by Bob Burns, Ph.D., a professor in the UAMS Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, and professional photographer Paul Caldwell, the son Fred Caldwell, M.D., who was a longtime UAMS faculty member.
Burns photographs landscapes and wildlife and is the Lutterloh Professor of Medical Education Excellence in the UAMS College of Medicine. He is also founding and current director of the UAMS Partners in Health Sciences (PIHS) program, which began in 1991 to provide professional development to PreK-12 teachers statewide.
Caldwell has been a professional photographer for 10 years and an amateur photographer for more than 30 years. His work is focused on Arkansas’ nature and scenic wonders and he has traveled the state looking for subject matter. His specialty is water, especially waterfalls.
Caldwell’s father, Fred Caldwell, M.D., was a professor in the Department of Surgery for 35 years. His mother, Betty Caldwell, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized authority in early childhood education.
The Arts of UAMS series promotes the talents of UAMS employees, students and other members of the UAMS family for the benefit of campus life
UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with five colleges, a graduate school, a new 540,000-square-foot hospital, six centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has 2,652 students and 733 medical residents. Its centers of excellence include the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, the Psychiatric Research Institute and the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 10,000 employees, including nearly 1,150 physicians who provide medical care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and UAMS’ Area Health Education Centers throughout the state. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com.