Announcements
July 29, 2021
Forbes Magazine Ranks UAMS in Top 30% of Best Employers for Women
![Forbes Best Employers logo](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Forbes-150x150.jpg)
Forbes magazine has named the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to its list of Best Employers for Women 2021. UAMS was ranked 86th on a list of the top 300 companies in the United States, putting it in the top 30%. UAMS was the only company in Arkansas to make the list. The 300…
Interim COVID Event Policy Updated
The Chancellor’s office has recently updated the UAMS events policy. We appreciate everyone’s understanding and cooperation when hosting UAMS affiliated events.
July 27, 2021
UAMS Students Aid Efforts to Offer Covid-19 Vaccines to Emergency Department Patients
![Carly Eastin, M.D., left, patient Antonio Jackson and second-year medical students Cammie York, Beau Pennington and Luke Lefler.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/C-Eastin-and-med-students-with-patient-150x150.jpg)
An idea for increasing COVID-19 vaccination rates in Arkansas while providing an educational experience for University of Arkansas for Medical Science (UAMS) students has proven successful on both fronts.
July 26, 2021
Seeking Team UAMS at Work Nominations
Do you know someone who helps UAMS serve the people of Arkansas through education, research and/or exceptional patient care? If so, nominate them for Team UAMS at Work.
July 22, 2021
UAMS Expands Koru Mindfulness Program to Public
![“Koru was developed as an introduction to mindfulness for busy people who feel they ‘don’t have time to meditate,’” said Puru Thapa, M.D., director of the UAMS Mindfulness Program, professor of psychiatry and the director of Student, Resident and Faculty Wellness at UAMS.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/mindfulness07222021-2-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Mindfulness Program is offering the Koru Mindfulness Program online for the public. The first course will start Aug. 3. The four-week class meets weekly at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays from Aug. 3-Aug. 24. Koru Mindfulness is an introduction to mindfulness meditation and stress-management skills….
Change in International Travel Requirements for UAMS Employees and Students
New UAMS guidelines require that all employees, non-employees and students returning from international travel, regardless of vaccination status, undergo COVID-19 PCR testing after returning to the United States before returning to a UAMS campus or work.
July 15, 2021
Organizational Development Offers Additional Change Management Courses
Organizational Development has added additional change management courses designed to target specific audiences to better meet your needs: For Leaders Managing Change, For Any Managers with Direct Reports and Front Line Employee Survival Guide to Change.
Supply Chain Procurement Request Portal Launches Improvements
On Thursday, July 15, 2021, the UAMS Supply Chain Request Portal will launch improvements to the request process and tracking individual requests. For your convenience, the following short videos are available to assist with your experience.
July 9, 2021
UAMS Medical Student Published in JAMA Network Open
![Austin Morgan, a third-year student in the College of Medicine, was recently published in JAMA Network Open, an international, peer-reviewed, open access, general medical journal that focuses on original research articles and commentary on a variety of medical and health topics.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Austin-Morgan-150x150.jpg)
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) recently published University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) medical student Austin Morgan’s results from his study on diversity among cancer centers’ leadership.
July 8, 2021
Physician Assistant, Audiology, Speech Pathology Students Don White Coats
![Tiffany Huitt, Ph.D., left, reads the names of students as each one takes a turn at putting on their white coat.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PA-White-Coat-Ceremony-featured-150x150.jpg)
May often brings graduations and happy endings to the studies of many types of students.
But for the first-year students in the UAMS department of Physician Assistant Studies and fourth-year audiology students in Audiology and Speech Pathology, the month and the departments’ white coat ceremonies marked the formal beginning of the next phase of their academic lives.
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