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May 21, 2025

UAMS College of Nursing Honors 183 Graduates at Commencement Ceremony

Chris Carmody

A graduate receives his diploma and congratulations from Patricia Cowan, dean of the College of Nursing.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing celebrated commencement with a May 16 ceremony that recognized 183 graduates as new colleagues in the nursing profession.


May 14, 2025

HUPC Program Celebrates Largest Graduating Class to Date

Philip Allison

HUPC logo

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is celebrating its largest graduating class yet from the Honors in Underserved Primary Care (HUPC) program.   HUPC is designed to prepare medical students to care for rural and underserved populations across Arkansas. Upon completion of the program, participants graduate from medical school with an Honors designation.  The…


May 7, 2025

Journal Publishes Paper by College of Public Health Student

Kev' Moye

Ajoke

Ajoke Adebisi-Ogedegbe, a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, led a women’s health study recently published by the African Journal of Reproductive Health. Adebisi-Ogedegbe, who’s in the college’s Health Promotion and Prevention Research Program, spearheaded the research project, “Two Decades of Women’s Sexual…


May 2, 2025

Graduate School Students, Faculty Receive Accolades at Spring Awards Ceremony

Nathan Tidwell

Huang, Dawson, Brint, Dings

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School recognized top-achieving students and faculty at its Spring Awards on April 17. The awards were held in the I. Dodd Wilson Education Building in conjunction with Student Research Day, which was rescheduled from February due to inclement weather. “Through a lot of coordination across multiple…


April 25, 2025

Student Research Day Celebrates UAMS’ Next Generation

Nathan Tidwell

Student Research Day Featured

Aspiring researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) presented their work to faculty and peers at Student Research Day on the main campus in Little Rock on April 17. The UAMS Northwest Regional Campus in Fayetteville hosted a concurrent Student Research Day at Washington Regional Medical Center. The event, originally scheduled for…


April 14, 2025

Pharmacy Students Recognized Nationally at APhA Annual Meeting

Benjamin Waldrum

UAMS College of Pharmacy students posing in front of a large APhA sign.

At this year’s American Pharmacists Association (APhA) annual meeting, the UAMS College of Pharmacy’s Academy of Student Pharmacists (ASP) chapter was named national runner-up in its division, and third-year student Hayden Wood was elected ASP speaker of the house. The college’s ASP student chapter has been named runner-up or division winner multiple times over the…


April 4, 2025

UAMS Residency Fair Connects Arkansas Medical Students with Training Programs

Philip Allison

Matthew Nix, M.D. (right) talks with a student at the recent UAMS Residency Fair.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Department of Family and Preventive Medicine recently hosted its second annual Residency Fair, an event aimed at connecting medical students with primary care residency programs across Arkansas. The event provided students with a unique opportunity to explore residency training options in a casual setting. Unlike traditional residency…


March 28, 2025

UAMS College of Medicine Applauds 168 Seniors Heading to Residencies in 30 States and Washington, D.C.

Linda Satter

Kathleen “Katie” Kinder and her niece, Eloise, celebrate Kinder's match into an orthopaedic surgery residency at UAMS.

The tension at the Statehouse Convention Center was palpable just before 11 a.m. March 21, as 160 senior medical students from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) sat waiting at large round tables to open the sealed envelopes they had just been handed. As the countdown clock on a large screen at the…


March 26, 2025

Overcoming a Disease Inspires College of Public Health Student to Address Population Health

Kev' Moye

B. Young

Brandyn Young is grateful for the opportunity to earn a dual degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). After surviving a life-altering health scare, Young vowed to help others attain, or maintain, good health. A student in the UAMS M.D./MPH Combined Degree Program — a collaboration between the Fay W. Boozman College…


March 18, 2025

College of Pharmacy Recognizes Class of 2026 at Pinning Ceremonies

Benjamin Waldrum

COP Class of 2026 LR

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy Class of 2026 received commemorative pins marking their transition to patient care during ceremonies held in Little Rock on March 7 and Fayetteville on March 10. Thirty-nine students in Little Rock and 14 students in Fayetteville participated in the ceremonies, held at their respective…



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