Announcements
June 20, 2022
Town Hall Highlights Campus Safety, Digital Health, Workday Transition
The Chancellor’s Town Hall meeting held June 16 focused on issues of campus safety, digital health efforts and UAMS’ transition to the Workday management system. Watch video of the June 16 Town Hall meeting. Robert Barrentine, chief of the UAMS Police Department, spoke first about ways that employees can protect themselves in the event of…
June 16, 2022
Trees Planted in Honor of Be a Part of the Cure Walk Top Fundraisers
The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute planted two dogwood trees June 13 in honor of the 2022 Be A Part of the Cure Walk top fundraisers. “On April 30 of this year, the Be A Part of the Cure Walk brought together more than 1,000 people from different communities who walked to honor those…
June 14, 2022
Twin Pharmacy Students Inducted into Arkansas Track & Field Hall of Fame
Tori Hoggard and Lexi Jacobus have a lot in common: they’re twin sisters, champion pole vaulters and College of Pharmacy students. Now, they can add “hall of famers” to that list. The sisters were enshrined June 3 as part of the 27th class of the Arkansas Track & Field Hall of Fame, at a ceremony…
June 13, 2022
UAMS Celebrates Creative Writing at Second Annual Mehta Awards
Though the creative arts are not commonly associated with health care, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has a long history of supporting humanities and arts, both in the curriculum and for staff development and wellness. Beginning in 2020, a generous endowment was provided to encourage employees and students to explore creative writing as…
June 8, 2022
June MVP — Shannon Lewis
Meet Shannon Lewis, the MVP for June. Shannon serves UAMS as a specialty nurse in the Women and Infants Service Line. In the course of her work, she puts into practice the UAMS values of being polite, friendly, respectful, thoughtful, optimistic and compassionate.
June 7, 2022
UAMS Graduate School Faculty, Staff Celebrate its 57 Graduates
About 130 students, faculty and staff enjoyed a Commencement Day brunch as they celebrated the Class of 2022 from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School. This year’s 57 graduates included three students who received a post-doctoral certificate, 27 students who received a doctor of philosophy degree, 11 students who received a…
Appreciation Luncheon Honors Course Instructors
Sixteen UAMS employees were honored at a luncheon on May 24 for their outstanding commitment and dedication to the System Based Practice Elective.
June 6, 2022
Biggest Audience in Three Years Attends Physician Assistant White Coat Ceremony
The White Coat Ceremony for the Class of 2024 in the UAMS College of Health Professions Department of Physician Assistant Studies was likely the largest in-person event in the Smith Auditorium in three years. “This is the first time that we have been able to have family and friends together in the auditorium since COVID…
June 2, 2022
Snead, de Gravelles Receive Chancellor’s Teaching Awards; Jo Smith Recognized for Distinguished Service
Gregory Snead, M.D., and Pamela de Gravelles, Ph.D., each took home a Chancellor’s Teaching Award from the UAMS 2022 Commencement ceremonies May 21 at Simmons Bank Arena.
June 1, 2022
College of Medicine Celebrates Class of 2022
The 162 graduates of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine Class of 2022 were greatly outnumbered by friends and family at their convocation ceremony May 20 in the Wally Allen Ballroom inside Little Rock’s Statehouse Convention Center. The crowd that filled most of the expansive space marked a welcome return…
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