Inside News
February 20, 2020
Kindness Week Spreads Thanks to Departmental Champions
There is a kindness in the air at UAMS this week as the campus celebrates National Random Acts of Kindness Week with giveaways and other special recognitions.
Chancellor’s State of University Reveals UAMS on Right Track with Finances, Strategic Plan
Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, shared a rosy financial picture and plenty of other good news during his State of the University address Feb. 13.
February 18, 2020
UAMS Employees Create Sculpture for Cancer Institute Drive
For 10 years, Penny Talbert has been trying to get something to grow in a certain spot along the circle drive at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
“I finally realized that the area was too shaded and too windy for anything to thrive in that spot,” the landscape manager said. “What we needed was a sculpture.”
February 13, 2020
First UAMS TEDx Talks Generate Excitement, Appreciation
TED talks focus on “ideas worth spreading.”
That philosophy was on display Feb. 7 as UAMS held its first ever TEDx talks in its Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute.
February 10, 2020
February MVP — Penny Talbert
Congratulations to Penny Talbert, our February MVP of the Month!
February 5, 2020
Ronald McDonald Family Room Opens at UAMS
Visitors to the fifth floor of the UAMS Medical Center hospital can’t miss the bright yellow house with a red door and a heart coming out of the chimney. The entrance is just a hint of what lies inside – a warm, inviting, space that looks more like a hotel than a hospital.
February 4, 2020
UAMS Launches New Online Literary Journal
Medicine and Meaning, a new UAMS literary journal featuring works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and images, was launched Feb. 4 to foster creativity, imagination and the arts throughout the academic medical center and the UAMS Health system. “Our UAMS community is full of artistic and creative individuals and our journal is a venue to share…
February 3, 2020
Center for Diversity Affairs Becomes Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs, first established in 2011, has been reorganized into the Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The change was prompted by a growth of the division and its strategic objectives under the direction of Brian Gittens, Ed.D., who joined UAMS as vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion in June…
January 30, 2020
Students Receive Exams, Glasses from UAMS Volunteers on MLK Day
More than 120 students from Little Rock and the surrounding area got a late Christmas present from volunteers at UAMS on Martin Luther King Jr. Day: the gift of clearer vision. The Third Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Pediatric Vision Outreach event was organized by nonprofit Rural Ophthalmology Optometry Treatment & Screening (ROOTS) and Shepherd’s…
January 29, 2020
11 Fitness Center Members Completed Yearlong Challenge
Eleven members of the UAMS Fitness Center successfully completed the 12×12 Challenge in 2019.
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