Announcements


November 18, 2021

Volunteers Needed for Patient Call Light Coverage

News Staff

Supervisors and managers in non-clinical areas are asked to look at the workloads of their staff and determine if any non-critical work can be delayed to allow staff to offer support to answer patient call lights.


November 16, 2021

IT Security Tightens to Prevent ‘Zoombombing’

Ben Boulden

Zoom and UAMS are implementing tighter security measures for Zoom meetings. Effective immediately, all Zoom meetings scheduled on the UAMS Zoom account will require a passcode. Note that meeting links should never be published to web pages.


UAMS Compliance ‘Champions’ for 2021 Chosen

Ben Boulden

To highlight Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week from Nov. 7-13, each of the four areas of the UAMS Office of Institutional Compliance has selected one member of Team UAMS to recognize as their Compliance Champion. 


November 10, 2021

UAMS Honors Student and Employee Veterans

Kalee Sexton

Chancellor and Police

Nov. 10, 2021 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) paid tribute to those who serve or have served in a ceremony at the flagpole in front of the I. Dodd Wilson Building on Nov. 10.


November 9, 2021

Hundreds Gather at UAMS-Sponsored Health & Wellness Expo

Benjamin Waldrum

UAMS staff conducting blood pressure test

More than 350 Arkansans attended the Health & Wellness Expo, held Oct. 30, at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock. The annual event, sponsored by UAMS and presented by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, was rebranded from the Senior Expo to present health and wellness information for all Arkansans. Expo attendees took advantage of multiple…


November 8, 2021

New Entrance for Outpatient Pharmacy Opens

Kate Franks

After more than two years of planning and construction, Phase One of an expansion of the UAMS Outpatient Pharmacy is now complete. During Phase Two, the pharmacy pick-up entrance is temporarily relocated around the corner where the Breast Center was previously located.


November 5, 2021

Updated: Rahn Bridge Closed for Renovation

Ben Boulden

Rahn Bridge over Campus Drive and between Parking 2 and the Rahn Building closed Nov. 9 to allow for its renovation. Construction will take about four to six months. The closing was originally scheduled for Nov. 4.


November 4, 2021

Participation, Engagement Strong for Second Annual Health Fair

Ben Boulden

Puru Thapa

More than 500 people Oct. 18 attended the second annual UAMS Health Fair — a 20% increase over the 2020 health fair.


November MVP — Johnette Jones

News Staff

Johnette Jones

The MVP for November is Johnette Jones, who has been an asset to UAMS for more than three decades. Johnette Jones is an Administrative Manager in Human Resources, and she wonderfully represents the UAMS values of being polite, friendly, respectful, thoughtful, optimistic and compassionate.


Interim COVID Event Policy Updated

News Staff

UAMS has updated the special events policy regarding all UAMS affiliated events on and off campus. Due to the pandemic the events policy is evolving to reflect how we, as a healthcare institution, are operating at this time.



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