October 7, 2024
Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Focuses on Historic Disparities in Health Care
The history of U.S. health care has long ignored the impact of and on African Americans, and Harriet Washington wants to change that. On Sept. 25 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), she presented “Medical Apartheid … and Beyond” as part of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture series. Washington, an award-winning…
September 16, 2024
College of Health Professions Celebrates Students, Donors at Scholarship Reception
The UAMS College of Health Professions brought together and celebrated both the students who recently received scholarships and many of the donors who support them. At the Sept. 5 reception, College of Health Professions Dean Susan Long, Ed.D., said the average debt of an in-state undergraduate student is $35,000, while an in-state graduate student’s debt…
September 12, 2024
Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology Students Don White Coats in Ceremony
UAMS College of Health Professions Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology students slipped their arms into the sleeves of their white coats for the first time and celebrated the beginning of their postgraduate studies.
September 9, 2024
UAMS to Host Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture, ‘Medical Apartheid … and Beyond’ on Sept. 25
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will host the next Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture at noon, Wednesday, Sept. 25, featuring author Harriet Washington. The lecture is open to the public.
September 4, 2024
UAMS Physician Assistant Studies Celebrates Class of 2024
Joined by family, friends and faculty at an Aug. 23 valediction ceremony, the Physician Assistant Class of 2024 celebrated the completion of their degrees and prepared themselves for the start of their careers in health care.
UAMS College of Health Professions to Offer Academic Advisors Workshop on Oct. 2
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Health Professions will present an Academic Advisors Workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 2 in the I. Dodd Wilson building, Room 126, on the Little Rock campus.
August 19, 2024
Students Graduate, Earn Master’s Degrees in Dietetics at UAMS
Fourteen students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) celebrated receiving their Master of Science in Dietetics degrees in an Aug. 9 ceremony that honored their significant achievements during the 15-month program.
July 19, 2024
Stocked & Reddie Food Pantry Celebrates 5 Years of Serving Team UAMS
The UAMS Stocked & Reddie Food Pantry on July 15 celebrated the fifth anniversary of its founding along with the more than 1.1 million meals it has provided.
June 3, 2024
Physician Assistant Class of 2026 Dons White Coats
The smiles of audience members were almost as bright as the new, white coats being put on by students in the Class of 2026 during the Physician Assistant White Coat Ceremony on May 24 at UAMS.
May 31, 2024
Dental Hygiene Alumnus Starts Fund for Scholarship
Richard Robinson is used to being the only African American, male dental hygienist in the room. About 84% of all dental hygienists are white of which 96% are women. African Americans make up approximately 4% of all hygienists, with African American men accounting for fewer than 1%. Robinson wants to change that.
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