UAMS News


August 19, 2010

UAMS Announces September Computer Classes for Seniors

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Photo editing, word processing and an introduction to computers will be taught in September for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. </span>


August 18, 2010

UAMS Receives $102 Million for Statewide Broadband To Benefit Health Care, Education

Nate Hinkel

Aug. 18, 2010 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received more than $102 million in stimulus money to establish or upgrade broadband connections at 474 health care and education sites across Arkansas.


UAMS Receives $102 Million for Statewide Broadband To Benefit Health Care, Education

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received more than $102 million in stimulus money to establish or upgrade broadband connections at 474 health care and education sites across Arkansas.</span>


$500,000 in Gifts To Go For Fight Against Neurological Diseases

Nate Hinkel

Aug. 18, 2010 | Two $250,000 gifts, one in honor of Frances Ernareeth (Reese) Adkins Barnes, have been given to the Major and Ruth Nodini Endowed Chair in Neurology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The donors wished to remain anonymous.


Orthopaedic Oncologist Corey Montgomery, M.D., Joins UAMS

Susan Van Dusen

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Corey Montgomery, M.D., has joined the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an assistant professor of orthopaedics. He will see patients with bone cancer, soft-tissue cancer and metastatic cancer to bone in the Orthopaedic Oncology Clinic at the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.</span>


August 16, 2010

UAMS’ Barger Takes Alzheimer’s Passion on the Road

Nate Hinkel

Aug. 16, 2010| UAMS’ Steve Barger, Ph.D., is passionate about Alzheimer’s research and biking. So when he got the rare opportunity to combine those passions in one project, he didn’t hesitate.


August 13, 2010

UAMS Receives $500,000 in Gifts For Fight Against Neurological Diseases

David Robinson

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Two $250,000 gifts, one in honor of Frances Ernareeth (Reese) Adkins Barnes, have been given to the Major and Ruth Nodini Endowed Chair in Neurology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The donors wished to remain anonymous.</span>


Borders Awarded $1.5 million for Drug Use Treatment Study

Nate Hinkel

Aug. 13, 2010 | A $1.5 million federal grant to examine differences between rural and urban African-American drug users is intended to find ways to encourage both groups to seek treatment.


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.



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