Announcements
November 4, 2022
UAMS College of Medicine Student Shines on “The Voice”
Nov. 4, 2022 | First-year medical student Andrew Igbokidi is on the path to a promising career. But whether that career will be medicine or music — or perhaps a combination of both — is yet to be determined. In early August, as the 22-year-old from Hot Springs was preparing to begin medical school at…
November 3, 2022
UAMS Ceremony Honors Infant and Pregnancy Loss
The setting sun and the tranquil fountain outside the entrance to the Psychiatric Research Institute provided the backdrop for a moving ceremony Oct. 20, honoring the more than 200 perinatal losses at UAMS Medical Center during the past year.
November 2, 2022
UAMS College of Pharmacy Students Organize 2nd Annual Bone Marrow Registry Drive
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy students donned scrubs and blue surgical gloves Oct. 17 as volunteers for a good cause: registering possible bone marrow donors for patients in need of lifesaving care. It was part of the second annual Be the Match donor registration event put on by UAMS students….
UAMS Holds Pride Celebration in Support of LGBTQ Community
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) capped a series of Pride events in October with a celebration of the campus’s commitment to the LGBTQ community. The LGBTQ+ Subcommittee of the UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DDEI) hosted the event, an informal affair where students and faculty members mingled over lunch and…
October 31, 2022
UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health Doctoral Student Uses Hometown Inspiration to Make Academic Achievement
Shun Ingram — a doctoral student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, Health Promotion and Prevention Research Program — has earned the prestigious Southern Region Educational Board-State Doctoral Scholars Program Award. “It’s a highly competitive scholarship,” he said. “It relieves some of the financial burden of…
October 25, 2022
BSN Students Don White Coats in UAMS College of Nursing Ceremony
Dozens of students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing gathered Oct. 7 at the First Pentecostal Church in North Little Rock to don their white coats and mark a new phase of their education. About 90 members of the Class of 2024 took part in the white coat ceremony,…
October 19, 2022
UAMS College of Pharmacy Student Team Wins Third Consecutive National Business Plan Competition
LITTLE ROCK — A team of student pharmacists from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy was named the winner of the 19th annual National Community Pharmacy Association’s (NCPA) Good Neighbor Pharmacy Pruitt-Schutte Student Business Plan Competition. With this year’s win at nationals, the college became the first to win three…
October 14, 2022
Arkansas House and Senate Public Health Committees Hold Meeting at UAMS
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted the Arkansas Senate and House Committees on Public Health, Welfare and Labor for a public meeting Oct. 3. The joint committee meeting saw presentations on key UAMS priorities, as well as an opportunity for legislators to meet College of Medicine students. Sen. Cecile Bledsoe and Rep….
October 5, 2022
October MVP — Kenyon Coiley
Meet Kenyon Coiley, the MVP for October. Kenyon serves UAMS as a food preparation supervisor in UAMS Patient Food Services for the Psychiatric Research Institute. In the course of his work, he puts into practice the UAMS values of being polite, friendly, respectful, thoughtful, optimistic and compassionate. Here’s what his nominator wrote: Kenyon has worked…
October 4, 2022
College of Pharmacy Students Refine Their Skills in Graduate Program
The UAMS College of Pharmacy continues to evolve along with the pharmacy profession itself, and its students are reaping the benefits of a more diverse pharmacy education. One area where this diverse education is evident is the college’s Pharmaceutical Evaluation & Policy or “PEP” track, which offers a master’s degree and a Ph.D. focused on…
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