UAMS News


August 11, 2010

UAMS Receives Awards for Energy Efficiency, Cost Savings

David Robinson

Aug. 11, 2010 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Residence Hall that opened in 2006 has the highest score for energy efficiency of any residence hall in the nation. In addition, the UAMS campus added more than 1 million square feet in construction the last two years and still lowered its energy consumption per square foot by 20 percent.


Tollett Family Sees Firsthand JEI’s Plans for $3 Million Gift

Nate Hinkel

Aug. 11, 2010 | Leland and Betty Tollett are most inspired that the $3 million gift they’ve pledged to the UAMS Jones Eye Institute will create a genetics clinic that will be one of only four of its kind nationwide.


UAMS Receives ENERGY STAR®, E2C Awards for Energy Efficiency, Cost Savings

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) reduced energy use per square foot by 20 percent in the past two years as it added 1 million square feet in new construction.</span>


August 9, 2010

College of Medicine Presents White Coats to Incoming Students

Jon Parham

Aug. 9, 2010 | The 174 students in the College of Medicine Class of 2014 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) took their first steps toward becoming physicians when they received their brand-new white physician coats in an Aug. 6 ceremony.


$3.6 Million Grant Awarded to Study Decisions of Drug Users

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Warren K. Bickel, Ph.D., director of the Center for Addiction Research (CAR) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received a $3,665,151 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Health, to study the decision-making process of cocaine users. </span>


August 5, 2010

Monette Native Leslye McGrath, M.D., Joins UAMS AHEC NE

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>JONESBORO – Leslye McGrath, M.D., is now seeing patients as a family medicine physician at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Northeast in Jonesboro. </span>


August 4, 2010

UAMS’ Henry-Tillman Named to NIH Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) breast cancer surgeon Ronda Henry-Tillman, M.D., has been appointed to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Advisory Committee on Research on Women’s Health.</span>


August 3, 2010

UAMS Pediatrician Pens JAMA Editorial on Child Hunger

David Robinson

Aug. 3, 2010| UAMS’ Patrick H. Casey, M.D., is the lead author of an editorial published in the August issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, calling for national policies that address child hunger issues.


Public Invited to Free Lunch and Cataract Surgery Seminar at UAMS

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The public is invited to attend a free “Lunch and Learn About Cataract Surgery” seminar Aug. 25 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute. </span>


July 30, 2010

UAMS Cancer Institute Dedicates New Tower

Jon Parham

July 30, 2010 | Cancer survivors from across Arkansas and beyond were celebrated today at the dedication ceremony of the 12-story expansion to the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).



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