Announcements


September 8, 2021

Audiology, Speech Pathology Students Don White Coats

Ben Boulden

Students gather for a photo after receiving their white coats. They are members of the in the Master of Science (M.S.) in Communication Sciences in Disorders Class of 2023

One of the many things the white coat represents for students pursuing degrees in the health care field is a fresh start. For the first-year students in the UAMS Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, the department’s white coat ceremony on Aug. 20 marked the formal beginning of the next phase of their academic lives.


September 2, 2021

Sign Up for Payroll Deduction for Food Service Now Available Online

Ben Boulden

Employees now can sign up online to use payroll deduction to pay for food from Nutrition Services. All benefit-eligible faculty and staff may elect to sign up for payroll deduction in order to have charging privileges on campus.


Fitness Center’s ‘Shoulder Savers’ Video Available

Ben Boulden

Watch the Shoulder Savers presentation via YouTube, recorded Sept. 14. Fitness Center Manager Adam Carter’s demonstrates two sources of mild shoulder discomfort and how exercise may improve shoulder health and exercise effectiveness.


August 31, 2021

UAMS Police: Illegal to Park in Front of Public, Private Driveways

Ben Boulden

The UAMS Police Department wants to remind the Campus Community that according to the Arkansas State Statue it is a violation of the law to park a vehicle in front of a public or private driveway. 


Pyxis Supply Station Requests Added to Supply Chain Portal

Ben Boulden

Starting on Tuesday, Aug. 31, at about 4 p.m., the UAMS Supply Chain portal is adding a way to report and track anything related to Pyxis Supply Stations.


August 27, 2021

College of Medicine Welcomes Diverse Class of 2025

Linda Satter

Faculty advisers from the seven academic houses in the College of Medicine stand behind, from left, James Graham, M.D., executive associate dean for student affairs; Susan Smyth, M.D., Ph. D., dean of the College of Medicine; Sara Tariq, M.D., associate dean of student affairs; and Romona Davis, M.D.

Among the 174 students comprising the College of Medicine’s Class of 2025 are the great-great-great granddaughter of UAMS’ founder, P.O. Hooper, M.D., and an Olympic Trials pole vaulter. Others have run their own businesses, labored in construction, edited newspapers and supervised air traffic controllers. Some have received U.S. Army medals or honors in scouting, mathematics,…


August 26, 2021

Graduate School Welcomes New Students

Linda Haymes

Campus representatives from areas including the UAMS Library, Student Financial Services, the Student Success Center and the Graduate Student Association visited with the new students at various tables during a recent 90-minute fair.

As the fall semester began, Robert McGehee, Ph.D., dean of the UAMS Graduate School, and other campus leaders recently welcomed new graduate students with an orientation on the first floor of the I. Dodd Wilson building. It was the first such in-person orientation the Graduate School has held since 2019. Nearly 30 of this year’s…


UAMS Password Policy Changing; Implementation Delayed until Oct. 1

Ben Boulden

UAMS is updating the network password policy for all users. The result of this change will be to eliminate password expiration, meaning that users will no longer be required to change their passwords every 120 days. We will begin implementing this policy change on Sept. 1, 2021.


August 24, 2021

New Pharmacy Students Mask Up For First In-Person Orientation in Two Years

Karmen Robinson

First-year students in the College of Pharmacy wait to begin their first day of orientation on Aug. 2, 2021.

Dean Cindy Stowe, Pharm.D., of the UAMS College of Pharmacy let out a sigh of relief before she officially greeted the Class of 2025 at the college’s first in-person orientation in two years. Her sigh represented the long-anticipated return of face-to-face classes and events. “This is amazing. My jaw is dropped if you can’t see…


August 23, 2021

Chancellor’s Town Hall COVID-19 Panel Answers Questions about Third Shots, Immunity

Ben Boulden

Aug. 19 Town Hall

As soon as Sept. 20, UAMS may begin offering third vaccination shots to further protect its vaccinated students, employees, and members of the community against COVID-19.



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