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May 19, 2026

Pharmacy Graduates, Alumni Announce Postgraduate Matches

Benjamin Waldrum

Mackenzie McGuire COP postgraduate match 2026

A crowd of family, friends and well-wishers celebrated 30 UAMS College of Pharmacy graduating students and alumni as they announced their postgraduate residency and postgraduate training matches in a ceremony held May 14 in Little Rock. This year, there were nearly 6,000 applicants nationwide for postgraduate year one (PGY-1) and year two (PGY-2) residencies. Twenty…


May 18, 2026

UAMS Graduates 1,237 Health Professionals

Chris Carmody

Graduates from the UAMS College of Pharmacy take part in this year’s commencement exercises.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently held commencement ceremonies to recognize 1,237 students who earned degrees or certificates from the university’s five colleges and graduate school.


May 6, 2026

Third-Year Pharmacy Students Receive Pins, Ready for Patient Care

Benjamin Waldrum

Christy Bell, Dean Stowe and John Vinson

A total of 91 third-year students in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy received commemorative pins in split ceremonies held April 10 in Fayetteville and April 24 in Little Rock. The annual tradition recognizes the symbolic transition from classroom instruction to patient care as students enter their final year of pharmacy school.


April 30, 2026

Graduate School Spring Awards Recognize Top Performers

Nathan Tidwell

Abdel Fouda, Bushra Zaman, Prisha Warikoo, Amit Tiwari

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School recognized outstanding students and faculty during its Spring Awards on April 15.


April 9, 2026

Public Health Students Serve in Downtown Little Rock

Kev' Moye

Class

Students in a community-based program design course at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) are learning about the value of strong relationships between researchers and community members. The class, which is in the UAMS Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, includes a semester-long service-learning project at the client choice food pantry at…


March 30, 2026

College of Medicine Class of 2026 Celebrates Matches Across 30 States, D.C.

Linda Satter

Haya Safar stands beside a map showing where all the UAMS seniors are going, holding a sign announcing that she matched at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard in Boston.

Senior medical students on the verge of receiving their medical credentials from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) gathered March 20 in central Arkansas and Fayetteville to learn where they will spend their next three to seven years of training.


March 23, 2026

UAMS Sees Record Participation for Student Research Day

Nathan Tidwell

Elaina Buchanan

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) experienced its biggest Student Research Day yet. More than 390 posters were submitted, with all five colleges and the Graduate School being represented between the main campus in Little Rock and the Northwest Regional campus in Fayetteville. Additionally, 40 students participated in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT)…


March 20, 2026

UAMS College of Medicine Applauds Seniors Heading to Residencies in Arkansas, 29 Other States, D.C.

Linda Satter

UAMS College of Medicine Class of 2026 Class President Jared Cononigo marks Stanford, California, on the map after he matched in pediatrics at Stanford Health Care.

LITTLE ROCK — Soon-to-be graduates of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine were among thousands of senior medical students nationwide who learned during simultaneous ceremonies March 20 where they will soon begin their residencies.


December 30, 2025

UAMS Physician Assistant Students Break Fundraising Records for Arkansas Food Bank

Ben Boulden

Maggie Grappe, right, and Claire Tiffin, hold a ceremonial check displaying the total of the funds raised by physician assistant students for the Arkansas Food Bank this fall. Samantha Lawson stands far left.

Students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Physician Assistant (PA) program celebrated a decade of service and another record-breaking year of fundraising for the Arkansas Food Bank during a Dec. 12 check presentation ceremony.


December 15, 2025

Graduate School Awards Ceremony Highlights Students, Faculty

Nathan Tidwell

Reham Sewilam, Sydnye Shuttleworth

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School recognized top-achieving students and faculty at its Winter Awards Reception on Dec. 4.



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