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June 12, 2025

Dental Hygiene Students Achieve 100% Clinical Board Pass Rate for Fourth Consecutive Year

Ben Boulden

A Dental Hygiene student practices her skills using a typodont.

Graduates of the Department of Dental Hygiene in May achieved a 100% first-time pass rate on the clinical board exam for the fourth year in a row.


June 3, 2025

UAMS Hires Brian W. Jones, DHSc, as Next Vice Chancellor for Regional Campuses

Philip Allison

Brian Jones graphic

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has hired Brian W. Jones, DHSc, as the next vice chancellor for Regional Campuses. He will begin his new role Aug. 1. Jones will replace Richard Turnage, M.D., who is retiring after a distinguished career as a surgeon, educator and administrator, including more than…


May 29, 2025

UAMS Celebrates Project SEARCH 2025 Interns in Graduation Ceremony

Ben Boulden

Seven members of the Project SEARCH Class of 2025 participated in the May 15 graduation ceremony. Chancellor Cam Patterson, center, delivered opening remarks. Project SEARCH graduates, left to right, are: Tyheim Bones, Logan Ferguson, Amy Johnson, Keshawn Lamar, Lacinda Carter, Gavin McGinnis and Sunny Welch. Not pictured, Layla Macon.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) celebrated eight students in a May 15 graduation ceremony that marked their completion of the nine-month Project SEARCH internship program. Project SEARCH Arkansas ACCESS Initiative, in partnership with Arkansas Rehabilitative Services (ARS), is for young adults with developmental disabilities. Interns in the program work in various UAMS…


May 22, 2025

1,700 Rally for Cancer, Raise $470,000 at Fifth Be A Part of the Cure Walk

Marty Trieschmann

1,700 Rally for Cancer, Raise $470,000 at Fifth Be A Part of the Cure Walk

The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) held its fifth Be A Part of the Cure Walk on Saturday, May 3, in Little Rock. With a total of 1,700 walkers registered from 71 cities and 10 states, the huge crowd circled the War Memorial Stadium’s outdoor course…


April 29, 2025

UAMS Names Andrew James, Ph.D., as Director of Helen L. Porter, James T. Dyke Brain Imaging Research Center

Tim Taylor

Andrew James, Ph.D., has been named director of the Helen L. Porter and James T. Dyke Brain Imaging Research Center.

LITTLE ROCK — Andrew James, Ph.D., a professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, has been named the director of the Helen L. Porter and James T. Dyke Brain Imaging Research Center, effective May 1.


April 28, 2025

UAMS Medical Center Recertified as Comprehensive Stroke Center

Yavonda Chase

The UAMS Medical Center has been recertified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by DNV Healthcare USA Inc.

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center has been recertified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center by DNV Healthcare USA Inc.


March 21, 2025

College of Pharmacy Honors Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D., with Memorial Scholarship

Benjamin Waldrum

Pilar Murphy, Pharm.D.

The UAMS College of Pharmacy has established the Pilar Murphy Memorial Scholarship to honor the beloved alumna and faculty member who died Nov. 2.


March 20, 2025

Speaker at Sandor Lecture Discusses Climate Change’s Impact on Mental Health

Linda Satter

Artist Ellen Sandor; Susi Moser, Ph.D.; and businessman Richard Sandor, Ph.D., pose after the lecture.

The mental health impacts of climate change and the importance of working as a community to mitigate them was the focus of the third annual Richard and Ellen Sandor Lecture Series on Medicine and Sustainability.


March 18, 2025

UAMS Honors Famed Neurosurgeon, Nurse at Symposium

Linda Satter

view of Yasargil talking in recorded message on large screen with conference attendees seated and listening.

A recent symposium honored the legacy of M. Gazi Yasargil, M.D., an internationally renowned neurosurgeon who is often referred to as the “father of modern microneurosurgery” and who spent nearly 20 years at UAMS, and his wife, Dianne Yasargil, a former UAMS nurse.


December 26, 2024

Gail Runnells, RN, Wins 2024 Bonny Hope Wallace Award

David Robinson

Gail Runnells, RN (left), receives the Bonny Hope Wallace Award from Jennifer McClusky, UAMS research compliance manager.

Gail Runnells, RN, a clinical research nurse manager at the UAMS Translational Research Institute, recently received the 2024 Bonny Hope Wallace Award for her outstanding work as a research coordinator, mentor and manager.



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