Announcements
June 8, 2020
Day Camp Opens for UAMS Employees’ Children During Pandemic
When COVID-19 arrived in Arkansas in March, Gov. Asa Hutchinson directed that public school buildings statewide be closed to help slow the spread of the contagious and potentially deadly disease. As Little Rock School District students and teachers vacated their buildings and moved to remote learning, physicians, nurses and other essential employees at UAMS scrambled to secure childcare.
June 5, 2020
College of Health Professions Celebrates Graduates Via Zoom
The College of Health Professions approached this commencement season with pomp, circumstance and a lot of creativity.
June 2, 2020
College of Public Health Jumps into Action for COVID-19 Response
June 2, 2020 | The UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health has established a contact tracing call center on the UAMS campus to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Contact tracing is how public health officials track the spread of an infectious disease. In this situation, if a person is confirmed to…
UAMS Hosts Farmers’ Market on Tuesdays
Starting Tuesday, June 15, UAMS will sponsor a Farmer’s Market on campus for employees and students. The Farmer’s Market will be located next to the Lobby Gallery in the PRI hallway entrance from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays.
May 29, 2020
Drive-thru screening for COVID-19 Brought to Little Rock Neighborhood
As the late morning sun dried out the rainwashed pavement May 23 at Saint Mark Baptist Church in Little Rock, UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, and Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott greeted Gov. Asa Hutchinson as he arrived to visit with members of the UAMS Triage Unit’s mobile team. The team conducted drive-thru evaluations…
May 28, 2020
Farmers Market Opens on Campus
Employees and students don’t have to go far to pick up fresh fruit and vegetables now that UAMS is sponsoring a Farmers Market from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Tuesday.
May 22, 2020
Grad School Celebrates Graduates Joining Careers of Lifelong Learning
College deans and faculty always go the extra mile to help their students, and this year for UAMS Graduate School Dean Robert E. McGehee Jr., Ph.D., that was literal. Usually “the extra mile” involves writing a last-minute recommendation or providing a glowing reference. This year, McGehee put in the miles by driving around Central Arkansas,…
May 21, 2020
Graduating College of Medicine Class Breaks Tradition, Makes History
When the UAMS College of Medicine held the first virtual Honors Convocation in its 141-year history for the Class of 2020, the faculty balanced this departure from tradition with an extra dose of symbolism. It became clear in the days leading up to the ceremony that the students might not all receive their academic robes…
May 20, 2020
UAMS Medical Student Amy James Receives Prestigious Award from U.S. Public Health Service
Amy James, a senior at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been selected to receive a 2020 Excellence in Public Health Award from the U.S. Public Health Service Physician Professional Advisory Committee. The national award is given to medical students who are public health champions advancing the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS)…
Diversity Summer Outreach Programs Go Digital
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, summer outreach programs of the UAMS Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion have been moved online. The programs, designed to cultivate an interest in health sciences among up-and-coming students from kindergarten to undergraduate levels, particularly underrepresented minority students, include the DDEI STEM Academy, the Academy of Pre-Health Scholars and…
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