Announcements
September 22, 2021
SEED Grows Understanding, Empathy at UAMS
![Seen here in early 2019, Mildred Randolph, DVM, seated, is director of SEED at UAMS and Marlo Thomas, standing, is the program's coordinator.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SEED-MarloAndMildred-150x150.jpg)
In a time of division in American society, the SEED program at UAMS cultivates understanding and empathy among the university community’s students, faculty and staff to erase those dividing lines.
September 21, 2021
East Lane of Cedar Street Closed for One Month
To facilitate work on the Pine/Cedar streets project, the east lane of Cedar will close Oct. 4 and remain closed for about one month. The closing will only affect the area of the east lane of Cedar Street closest to the intersection of Cedar and Plateau streets.
Organizational Development’s Virtual Workshop Schedule Set for September, October
Updated: UAMS Organizational Development presents its Virtual Workshop Schedule September -October 2021. The workshops are free to all UAMS team members.
September 20, 2021
UAMS Opens Rejuvenation Room for Clinical Workers
![Sherri Youngblood, R.N., takes a break from the ICU.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Rejuvenation-room-H4-08252021-850_1934-1-150x150.jpg)
You walk through a nondescript wooden door halfway down the fourth-floor hallway outside the Intensive Care Unit. Suddenly, you’re free from the glare of overhead lights and the cacophony of phones, loudspeakers and beeping machines. You are removed, albeit temporarily, from the all-encompassing, heartbreaking reality of patients you’ve come to know who are fighting to…
National Telehealth Research Symposium SEARCH 2021 Nov. 8-10
Over 50 researchers will present their work and share innovative studies. SEARCH 2021 begins Nov. 8 and concludes on Nov. 10, 2021. SEARCH 2021, the National Telehealth Research Symposium is a virtual venue for sharing findings and fostering research partnerships.
September 16, 2021
Brain Imaging Research Center Installs New MRI Scanner
![Using a crane, workers Sept. 13 install a new MRI scanner in the UAMS Psychiatric Research Institute.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/MRI-Install-announce-150x150.jpg)
To maintain its cutting-edge research efforts, the Brain Imaging Research Center replaced its current Philips 3T Achieva magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner Monday, Sept. 13 with a new Siemens 3T Prisma MRI scanner, capable of imaging brain function and structure with improved spatial and temporal resolution.
Virtual Family Medicine Update with Free Tobacco & Disease Symposium Oct. 26 – 29
The 25th annual Family Medicine Update with Free Tobacco & Disease Symposium Oct. 26 – 29 offers up to 16 hours of content in a four-day, virtual format.
September 14, 2021
Gittens Highlights National Recognition, Geographic Expansion in Annual State of Diversity and Inclusion Address
![Vice Chancellor Brian Gittens, Ed.D., MPA, (center) pictured with UAMS Serves and Dr. Edith Irby Jones Diversity and Inclusion award recipients.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Edith-Irby-Jones-Awards-09022021-EDL_6341-150x150.jpg)
Vice Chancellor Brian Gittens, Ed.D., MPA, pictured above with Vice Chancellor and Chief Human Resources Officer Danielle Lombard-Sims, Ph.D., recognized unlimited opportunities and potential to advance diversity, equity and inclusion when he arrived at UAMS in June 2019.
Virtual Family Medicine Update with Free Tobacco & Disease Symposium Oct. 26-29
The 25th Annual Family Medicine Update with Free Tobacco & Disease Symposium Oct. 26 – 29 offers up to 16 hours of content in a 4-day, virtual format. Primary care physicians, PAs, APRNs, nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, CHES, social workers and pharmacists may receive credit. Topics include colorectal cancer screening, food as medicine, Covid-19…
September 13, 2021
Army Medical Team at UAMS to Help Care for COVID-19 Patients
![Members of an Army medical team get fit-tested for personal protective equipment. The Army arrived on campus Sept. 10 to help provide COVID-19 patient care in the UAMS Medical Center.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DOD-personnel-orientation-featured-150x150.jpg)
Each speaker who spoke Sept. 9 to the Army personnel in the Lobby Gallery at UAMS chose different words to deliver the same message: We need you, and we are so very glad you’re here. Including nurses, respiratory therapists and physicians, the 20-person Army medical team arrived Thursday on the main campus for orientation.
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