UAMS News
September 21, 2011
Public Invited Oct. 11 to UAMS ‘Mini Medical School’
LITTLE ROCK – For anyone who’s ever wondered what medical school is like, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine is offering a two-hour Mini Medical School on Oct. 11.
UAMS Medical Center Installs Wide-Bore MRI
Sept. 21, 2011 | A large, 210-ton crane lifted the nearly 10,000-pound doughnut-shaped section of a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) unit gingerly between two buildings Sept. 19, guiding it to its new first-floor home in the UAMS Medical Center.
September 19, 2011
Jeanne Heard Joins UAMS as Vice Chancellor
LITTLE ROCK – Jeanne Heard, M.D., Ph.D., has been named vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
September 16, 2011
UAMS Marks Constitution Day
Sept. 16, 2011 | Abraham Lincoln’s famous quote from his Gettysburg Address reassuring Americans that its “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth,” has come to symbolize what democracy and the U.S. Constitution is all about.
UAMS Presents Broadband plans at Morrilton Community College
Sept. 14, 2011 | Plans for a federal project to provide increased Internet bandwidth to the state’s colleges and universities was outlined at the first of 22 two-year colleges that will receive the upgrade.
September 15, 2011
State Surgeon General Challenges Nutrition Students
Sept. 15, 2011 | Arkansas Surgeon General Joe Thompson, M.D., M.P.H., issued a call to arms to UAMS nutrition students to help address the state’s obesity problem.
New UAMS License Plate Supports Student Scholarships
LITTLE ROCK – A new University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) specialty state license plate shows support for the state’s only academic health center while contributing to student scholarships.
September 14, 2011
UAMS Makes ‘Top Performers’ List
Sept. 14, 2011 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today was named one of the nation’s top performers on key quality measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America. <br />
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UAMS Researchers Find Critical Clue to Bone Renewal Process
Sept. 14, 2011 | Researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) seeking to isolate the cellular trigger for the constant bone renewal process in the skeleton found that cells embedded within the bone are an unexpected source of a protein that is a key player in the process.
Brenda Scisson Named Executive Director of UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Foundation
LITTLE ROCK – Brenda Scisson has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as executive director of the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Foundation Fund, where she will oversee all fundraising activities for the institute.
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