Announcements
October 23, 2020
UAMS College of Pharmacy Business Plan Team Takes National Award for Fourth Time for Most Wins Ever
![On March 5 before masking and social distancing guidelines were in effect, the NCPA Student Business Plan team stands in front of a pharmacy decorated with signs to stand in for the team's Functional Pharmacy concept they proposed in their winning business plan. Team members are, left to right, Patrick Gurley, Brittany Butterfield, Marissa Johnston and Byron Johnson.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Functional-Pharmacy-150x150.jpg)
LITTLE ROCK — A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy team of four student pharmacists achieved a record-setting win recently in a national business plan competition. It marked the fourth time in eight years a team from the college has won the National Community Pharmacy Association’s Good Neighbor Pharmacy Pruitt-Schutte Student…
October 22, 2020
UAMS Drug Free Campus Notice
As a drug free campus, all employees, faculty and students must acknowledge that they have received the notice about the UAMS drug free campus program. You MUST log into MyCompass and check the box that you have received the notice.
Plateau Street Between Pine and Cedar Closed; Don’t Cut Through Parking Lots
Plateau Street between Pine and Cedar Streets closed to traffic July 8 and will remain closed until approximately September 2022 as part of the project to reroute Pine and Cedar. Please DO NOT cut through the Walgreen’s and Subway parking lots as this creates a dangerous situation.
October 21, 2020
Two Toxicology Ph.D. Students Earn Inaugural Distinguished Scholarship
![Brian Parks and Lance Benson at a virtual meeting for the scholarship recipients.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Millner-scholar-grad-student-screen-shot-ed-150x150.jpg)
UAMS Graduate School Ph.D. students Lance Benson and Brian Parks have been named the inaugural Dr. Glenn and Lori Millner Distinguished Scholars in Pharmacology and Toxicology. Millner earned his Ph.D. from the UAMS Graduate School in 1988 from what was then called the Interdisciplinary Toxicology Program. In 1997, he and colleagues founded their company, Center…
Nursing Students Don White Coats as They Transition to Patient Care
![Nursing students donned their white coats from remote locations while faculty applauded their transition to clinical care from the Little Rock campus.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC_2664-150x150.jpg)
Smiling faces projected onto an enormous screen took the place of the traditional in-person ceremony Oct. 9 as students working to earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing put on their white coats for the first time. The coats symbolize their transition from learning the methods and mastering the skills of nursing to applying that knowledge…
October 16, 2020
Get Healthy UAMS Presents First Virtual Health Fair
![Margaret Pauly, a registered dietitian, joins Mande Corbett from Stocked and Reddie to demonstrate how to prepare Cuban black beans.](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Cooking-demonstration-scaled-e1602872183311-150x150.jpg)
More than 400 Team UAMS members tuned in Oct. 13 for the first Virtual Health Fair, sponsored by Get Healthy UAMS.
October 14, 2020
UAMS Scam Calls
A person who identified himself as Trevor with Physicians Network/Northwestern Mutual has called UAMS faculty, stating that he was calling to schedule a financial planning meeting. The person stated that this is a service that UAMS is offering to faculty. Please be aware that this is a scam. TIAA and Fidelity are the only UAMS vendors that we use for financial wellness planning.
October 13, 2020
Campus Speed and Safety
Parking Operations is collaborating with the Police Department to monitor and control speeding on campus parking decks and streets. UAMS has purchased a speed trailer like those used on city streets and highways. The speed trailer will display a vehicle’s current speed and flash if the speed limit is exceeded.
Muse is New Home for Conflict of Interest Disclosures
Muse, UAMS’ new compliance and research management platform, will be the new location for all required annual Conflict of Interest disclosures at UAMS.
October 7, 2020
October MVP — Shaun Jenkins
![Shaun Jenkins is the October MVP of the Month. Congratulations, Shaun!](https://news.uams.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Shaun-Jenkins-scaled-e1602081009141-150x150.jpg)
Congratulations to Shaun Jenkins, our October MVP of the Month!
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