UAMS News


January 27, 2010

UAMS’ Childs Leads National Scientific Group

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Gwen Childs, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine, has been elected president of the American Association of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Neurobiology Chairpersons.</span>


January 26, 2010

UAMS to Offer Free Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lecture Feb. 16 on Umbilical Cord Blood Transplants

Susan Van Dusen

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – A national expert in umbilical cord transplants will present a free lecture Feb. 16 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as part of the Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lectures.</span>


January 25, 2010

Shell Family and Baldwin Shell Co. make generous gifts to Reynolds Institute

Jon Parham

Bob Shell, president of Baldwin Shell Co., and company executives recently presented gifts of $100,000 and $50,000 to the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.


JEI Unveils John P. Shock, M.D., Welcome Center to Former Chair’s Surprise

Nate Hinkel

Jan. 22, 2010 | Stepping out of the UAMS Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute first-floor elevator doors and around the corner, its founding director was greeted by more than 200 family, friends and colleagues and a hearty round of applause.


January 21, 2010

Former UAMS Jones Eye Institute Director Honored with John P. Shock, M.D., Welcome Center

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute (JEI) honored its founding director today by unveiling the John P. Shock, M.D., Welcome Center.</span>


January 19, 2010

Fifteen Years After JEI Dream Realized, Shock Steps Down

Nate Hinkel

Jan. 19, 2010 | When John Shock, M.D., arrived at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in 1979, he’d trek from his office in an old chemistry lab through the weeds and on broken sidewalks to reach the first eye clinic far across campus.


UAMS Announces February Computer Classes for Seniors

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – An overview of Microsoft Vista and two introduction to computers classes will be taught in February for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. </span>


January 15, 2010

UAMS Expands Look Good … Feel Better Program for Cancer Patients

Susan Van Dusen

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – A free program to help women cope with the appearance-related changes that accompany cancer treatment is expanding at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). </span><br />


Chancellor Calls on Employees to ‘Live the Change’ in King’s Words

Jon Parham

Jan. 15, 2010 | UAMS’ institutional core values are built on the same principles of integrity and respect that guided civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D., told UAMS faculty and staff attending an event marking King’s birthday. Rahn called on employees to “be the change we want to see in the world.”


January 14, 2010

UAMS Head Start/Early Head Start to Take Enrollment Applications for the 2010-2011 School Year

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Head Start/ Early Head Start program on Jan. 25 will begin accepting applications for the 2010 – 2011 school year, which begins in August. </span>



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