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June 10, 2025

Physician Assistant Class of 2027 Don White Coats

Ben Boulden

The PA Class of 2027 recites the Professional Oath before the conclusion of the White Coat Ceremony.

The Class of 2027 Physician Assistant students began their studies a month ago, and on May 23 they donned their white coats for the first time in a ceremony marking the formal start of their professional education at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The ceremony represents a rite of passage as students…


May 30, 2025

College of Pharmacy Match Ceremony Shares Next Steps for Seniors, Alumni

Benjamin Waldrum

Olgaaurora Rodriguez COP Match 2025

Twenty-seven seniors and alumni from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) College of Pharmacy announced their postgraduate residency, fellowship or graduate training positions at a May 15 ceremony in Little Rock. Upon completion of their Doctor of Pharmacy degree, students are able to join the workforce or continue to develop their skills in…


May 29, 2025

College of Health Professions Celebrates College’s Largest Graduating Class Ever

Ben Boulden

Graduating College of Health Professions students proceed in a long line up to the Statehouse Convention Center stage at the start of the college's May 16 commencement ceremony.

Although the College of Health Professions at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is more than 50 years old, the college celebrated its first college-wide commencement ceremony on May 16..


May 28, 2025

UAMS College of Medicine Graduates 168

Linda Satter

Each student was assisted onstage by family, friends or members of the faculty as they received their doctoral hoods.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) conferred degrees on 168 graduates of the College of Medicine on May 16 during a ceremony at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock. The formal transition from fourth-year medical students to physicians began with Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, conferring medical degrees on students just…


May 27, 2025

Graduate School Celebrates 50 Graduates at Commencement Ceremony

Nathan Tidwell

Graduate School Feature

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School celebrated its graduates at a commencement and reception May 15. Faculty, family and friends gathered at the Fred W. Smith Auditorium on the 12th floor of the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute as 50 students received conferral of doctoral degrees, Master of Science…


May 23, 2025

College of Pharmacy Class of 2025 Receives Degrees at Ceremony

Benjamin Waldrum

College of Pharmacy Class of 2025 Graduates

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ College of Pharmacy celebrated the Class of 2025 at a May 17 ceremony in Benton, where 85 students received their Doctor of Pharmacy degrees in front of a packed house of family, friends and well-wishers. The standing-room-only crowd filled the Benton High School Butler Auditorium to capacity and…


May 21, 2025

UAMS College of Nursing Honors 183 Graduates at Commencement Ceremony

Chris Carmody

A graduate receives his diploma and congratulations from Patricia Cowan, dean of the College of Nursing.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing celebrated commencement with a May 16 ceremony that recognized 183 graduates as new colleagues in the nursing profession.


May 14, 2025

HUPC Program Celebrates Largest Graduating Class to Date

Philip Allison

HUPC logo

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is celebrating its largest graduating class yet from the Honors in Underserved Primary Care (HUPC) program.   HUPC is designed to prepare medical students to care for rural and underserved populations across Arkansas. Upon completion of the program, participants graduate from medical school with an Honors designation.  The…


May 7, 2025

Journal Publishes Paper by College of Public Health Student

Kev' Moye

Ajoke

Ajoke Adebisi-Ogedegbe, a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, led a women’s health study recently published by the African Journal of Reproductive Health. Adebisi-Ogedegbe, who’s in the college’s Health Promotion and Prevention Research Program, spearheaded the research project, “Two Decades of Women’s Sexual…


May 2, 2025

Graduate School Students, Faculty Receive Accolades at Spring Awards Ceremony

Nathan Tidwell

Huang, Dawson, Brint, Dings

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School recognized top-achieving students and faculty at its Spring Awards on April 17. The awards were held in the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building in conjunction with Student Research Day, which was rescheduled from February due to inclement weather. “Through a lot of coordination across multiple…



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