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June 12, 2025
Dental Hygiene Students Achieve 100% Clinical Board Pass Rate for Fourth Consecutive Year
Graduates of the Department of Dental Hygiene in May achieved a 100% first-time pass rate on the clinical board exam for the fourth year in a row.
June 10, 2025
UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, Stepping Down
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Chancellor Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, announced today that he will step down as leader of the state’s only academic health sciences university once a transition plan is in place.
June 6, 2025
Local Mother Donates Gift Baskets for UAMS’ Newborns in Honor of Her Stillborn Son
For Mallory Weatherford, there was never a doubt where the gift baskets she created in honor of her son, Carson, were going.
June 5, 2025
Gifts from Walker Foundation, Jane Lyon Honor UAMS’ Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D., Create Distinguished Chair
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received gifts totaling more than $2.1 million to create the Jeanne Wei, M.D., Ph.D., Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Geriatric Medicine, an endowed fund in the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. The Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation made a $1 million donation…
June 3, 2025
UAMS Hires Brian W. Jones, DHSc, as Next Vice Chancellor for Regional Campuses
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
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
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
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
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
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…
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