Announcements


June 15, 2026

New Rural Health Hub Connects Arkansans to Healthcare Resources, Opportunities

Andrea Hooten

mother holds baby as physicians holds stethescope to check the baby's heart rate

More than 40% of Arkansans live in rural areas, many with insufficient health care due to a lack of transportation, lack of providers, lack of insurance, and a preponderance of chronic conditions such as diabetes or high blood pressure.


June 9, 2026

Brice Davis

News Staff

Brice Davis, MVP for June 2026

Meet Brice Davis, the university’s MVP for June, and a safety and security ambassador in the UAMS Department of Public Safety – Security and Support Services.


June 5, 2026

Sara Peeples, M.D., Receives Willow Award for Compassionate End-of-Life Care

Yavonda Chase

Sara Peeples, M.D., (second from right) was presented with the Willow Award: Excellence in End-of-Life Care. She was recognized by (from left) Howard Hurst, Jeff Smith, Mason and Samantha Pennington, and Jodie McGinley.

A crowd gathered in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on May 22 to honor neonatologist Sara Peeples, M.D., with the Willow Award: Excellence in End-of-Life Care.


June 4, 2026

UAMS Physician Assistant Program Welcomes Class of 2028 at White Coat Ceremony

Ben Boulden

The PA Class of 2028 gather for a group photo following the white coat ceremony that officially inaugurates their course of study.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Physician Assistant Studies program formally welcomed its newest cohort during a May 22 white coat ceremony, marking the official entry of the Class of 2028 into the 28-month program. Held before a standing-room-only crowd of family, friends, faculty, and supporters, the ceremony celebrated both the students’ achievements…


June 1, 2026

College of Pharmacy Graduate Student Awarded National Research Fellowship

Benjamin Waldrum

Prisha Warikoo

Prisha Warikoo, a Ph.D. graduate student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) College of Pharmacy, was recently awarded a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is one of the nation’s most prestigious fellowship programs, providing three years of financial support…


May 29, 2026

Spotlight on the Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences

News Staff

Layla Simmons, left, Summer Khairi and Deziree Arnett, direct the three degree programs of the Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences.

The Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences offers bachelor of science programs in diagnostic medical sonography, nuclear medicine imaging sciences and radiologic imaging sciences. In this issue’s column, their directors provide updates on recent developments and growth in their programs.


From Student to Teacher: CHP Alumni Return to Shape the Next Generation of Students

Ben Boulden

Cherika Robertson, left, Aaron Woodall and Lesley Jones are three of the graduates who have come back to the UAMS College of Health Professions to teach.

For some graduates of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Health Professions (CHP), their UAMS journey doesn’t end at commencement. Sometimes the past student becomes today’s teacher. After working in their careers outside the university, nearly half of the college’s core faculty have returned to UAMS’ classrooms, labs, and clinical training…


UAMS College of Medicine Celebrates Class of 2026

Linda Satter

Two graduates pause in caps, gowns and doctoral hoods for a selfie after the ceremony.

They walked into the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock as fourth-year medical students, and less than three hours later, after reciting the Hippocratic Oath before family, friends, mentors, and university leaders assembled in a sprawling conference hall, they walked out as doctors. Equal parts somber and giddy, the May 15 event marked the…


May 28, 2026

Emergency Medicine Residents Experience Mass Casualty Simulation

Linda Satter

Emergency medicine residents work on a mannikin in a simulation. The mannikin is in a hospital bed in a simulated emergency.

Emergency medicine residents at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received hands-on training in handling a mass casualty incident when the emergency room was suddenly inundated May 13 with standardized patients from an imagined collision between a bus and a pesticide-hauling 18-wheeler.


UAMS College of Public Health Celebrates Class of 2026

Kev' Moye

COPH 2026 Graduation

The smiles and hugs were plenty as the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health recognized its newest graduates during its 2026 commencement at Little Rock’s Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.



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