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June 3, 2025

UAMS Hires Brian W. Jones, DHSc, as Next Vice Chancellor for Regional Campuses

Philip Allison

Brian Jones graphic

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has hired Brian W. Jones, DHSc, as the next vice chancellor for Regional Campuses. He will begin his new role Aug. 1. Jones will replace Richard Turnage, M.D., who is retiring after a distinguished career as a surgeon, educator and administrator, including more than…


May 30, 2025

UAMS College of Public Health Celebrates Class of 2025

Kev' Moye

COPH Graduation

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health celebrated its newest group of graduates during its 2025 commencement at Little Rock’s Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. There were 78 graduates in this year’s class. Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, reminded graduates of their responsibility to society as they…


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 22, 2025

1,700 Rally for Cancer, Raise $470,000 at Fifth Be A Part of the Cure Walk

Marty Trieschmann

1,700 Rally for Cancer, Raise $470,000 at Fifth Be A Part of the Cure Walk

The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) held its fifth Be A Part of the Cure Walk on Saturday, May 3, in Little Rock. With a total of 1,700 walkers registered from 71 cities and 10 states, the huge crowd circled the War Memorial Stadium’s outdoor course…


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 19, 2025

UAMS Graduates 1,186 Health Professionals

Chris Carmody

A graduate receives her hood during the UAMS College of Nursing’s commencement ceremony.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently held commencement ceremonies to confer degrees and certificates to 1,186 students in its five colleges and graduate school. UAMS awarded a total of 1,207 degrees or certificates: 168 to students in the College of Medicine, 183 in the College of Nursing, 643 in the College of…


May 16, 2025

Conference Celebrates Successes in Collaborative Nursing Research

Chris Carmody

Patricia Bamwine, assistant professor at the University of Tennessee School of Social Work-Nashville Campus, speaks about her research on the aftermath of violence, particularly among youths who experience the loss of friends or loved ones.

Nurses and nursing students from across the state convened at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for a May 2 conference that highlighted the impact of collaborative research.   This year’s Arkansas Nursing Research Day focused on the theme of “Nursing Excellence: Using Research to Advance Science and Practice.” The event featured a series…



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