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August 13, 2021

Team UAMS Wears Blue to Thank Health Care Workers during Pandemic

Ben Boulden

Wear Blue

Blue met blue at UAMS and said ‘thank you’ starting at 6 a.m. Aug. 13. More than 50 UAMS volunteers in various articles of blue clothing gathered at three separate campus building entrances to say ‘thank you’ to co-workers, most of whom work in clinical areas and many of them in similarly colored apparel.


August 4, 2021

Expert Panel Answers COVID-19 Questions at Chancellor’s Town Hall

Ben Boulden

Before the town hall, Robert Hopkins Jr., second from right, talks with James Graham (standing), Michelle Krause and Steppe Mette, right. All four physicians made up a panel of experts who answered questions at the meeting.

A Town Hall panel gathered July 28 to answer questions from the online audience about COVID-19 featured familiar faces.


August 3, 2021

UAMS Celebrates MVP Awardees at Second Annual Luncheon

Ben Boulden

Cam Patterson and 2021 MVPs

Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, at a July 28 luncheon thanked and praised UAMS employees who in the last 12 months won an MVP award and whose contributions in earlier years might have gone largely unsung.


July 29, 2021

Forbes Magazine Ranks UAMS in Top 30% of Best Employers for Women

Linda Satter

Forbes Best Employers logo

Forbes magazine has named the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to its list of Best Employers for Women 2021. UAMS was ranked 86th on a list of the top 300 companies in the United States, putting it in the top 30%. UAMS was the only company in Arkansas to make the list. The 300…


July 22, 2021

UAMS Expands Koru Mindfulness Program to Public

Linda Haymes

“Koru was developed as an introduction to mindfulness for busy people who feel they ‘don’t have time to meditate,’” said Puru Thapa, M.D., director of the UAMS Mindfulness Program, professor of psychiatry and the director of Student, Resident and Faculty Wellness at UAMS.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Mindfulness Program is offering the Koru Mindfulness Program online for the public.  The first course will start Aug. 3. The four-week class meets weekly at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays from Aug. 3-Aug. 24. Koru Mindfulness is an introduction to mindfulness meditation and stress-management skills….


July 1, 2021

UAMS Now ‘Official Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Provider’ for Razorbacks

Ben Boulden

Razorback

UAMS on July 1 became the Official Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine provider for Razorback Athletics. You will start seeing this partnership advertised in UAMS television, print and billboard ads, and on social media. Official UAMS and Razorbacks apparel coming soon as well.


June 30, 2021

UAMS Celebrates Juneteenth with Online Event

Spencer Watson

The online celebration included information videos, music and community sharing about Juneteenth celebrations.

June 30, 2021 | On the very day that President Joe Biden signed legislation making June 19 a national holiday, the UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DDEI) hosted its second annual Juneteenth celebration, once again virtual because of the ongoing pandemic. “When we think about Juneteenth, we’re looking backwards,” said Odette Woods, senior…


June 21, 2021

UAMS Project SEARCH Interns Complete Program, Many Find Jobs

Ben Boulden

This year's Project SEARCH graduates hold their diplomas after the ceremony at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church in Little Rock. They are, left to right, Donna Pelle, Unard Bush, Marshall Neal, Jodarious Riggins, Matthew Henley Greenwalt, Joe Randall and Molly Stump.

Even masks and social distancing couldn’t conceal the powerful, positive emotions June 15 among the family and friends at St. Andrews United Methodist Church attending the graduation of seven young adults from Project SEARCH at UAMS.


COVID-19, Cancer Institute’s Growth among Topics at June Town Hall

Ben Boulden

Chancellor Cam Patterson, right, responds to a question asked by Michael Manley, left, who fielded questions from the online audience.

UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, at the virtual Town Hall meeting June 16 introduced five speakers who each addressed a variety of subjects from COVID-19 research to recruitment, clinical volumes and construction.


June 18, 2021

Wellness Week Returns and Succeeds for Residents

Ben Boulden

Wellness Week in late May included pet therapy, a food drive and a week-long, online contest using the Goose Chase app.

With the resumption of wellness week events, both in-person and virtual, attention returned to the well-being of UAMS residents who are themselves deeply committed to the wellness of others. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of Wellness Week 2020 for residents in the UAMS Graduate Medical Education (GME) program, and it put already hard-working residents…



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