Aug. 7, 2020 | It doesn’t take long for many young girls to be exposed to messages about what girls “can” and “cannot” do. Thankfully, Heather Pinckard-Dover never got the memo. She is the first female neurosurgeon to complete a residency at UAMS, Arkansas’ only academic health sciences center. “From the time I was little, my parents were always...
Aug. 4, 2020 | Achieving the perfect tan is a summertime goal for many young women. But for fair-skinned Kristi Dannelley, getting a golden glow was no easy task. That’s why she turned to tanning beds. “I spent hours in tanning beds as a teenager and in my early 20s,” said Dannelley, president of Magna IV in Little Rock....
The UAMS College of Pharmacy recently was recognized by U.S. News & World Report as having one of the best colleges of pharmacy nationwide, ranking 31st among 134 total colleges in the magazine’s 2020 list. “What makes the College of Pharmacy special is its people. The hard work and passion its faculty and students have…
Stocked & Reddie celebrated its one-year anniversary with cupcakes and the resumption of Thursday hours – all in its new location in the Monroe Building (formerly the Red Cross building).
The Office of Human Resources has instituted a new Remote Work policy.
Effective Sept. 1, 2020, FMLASource® will serve as the third-party vendor for Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) administration for UAMS.
Beginning Tuesday, Aug. 18, UAMS students and employees who need a COVID-19 test as determined by Student and Employee Health Services will be tested at the Monroe Building (former Red Cross Building) near the Ray Winder Parking Lot.
Due to a newly published study by Duke University citing that neck gaiters and bandanas are not effective face coverings in protecting against COVID-19, they will no longer be allowed as appropriate face covering inside UAMS buildings. This policy will begin on Monday, Aug. 17, for all employees, students and patients.
A new edition of the Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DDEI) newsletter Kaleidoscope, which covers summer events and programs, is now available.
The OneContent application (http://ocweb.uams.edu) and associated servers will receive various hardware and software updates on Thursday, Aug. 20, beginning at 7 p.m and lasting until 10 p.m.
The next continuing education event in the Connecting Across Professions series will be “Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder/Developmental Disabilities” at noon-1 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 18. This event is available via interactive video and webinar. Join us virtually.