UAMS News
May 19, 2009
UAMS Chancellor Named Rotary’s Business Professional of the Year
With tributes from his colleagues in education and business, I. Dodd Wilson, M.D., was named 2009 Business & Professional Leader of the Year today by The Rotary Club of Little Rock.
The award is given annually by the service club to honor “one who is successful in business or their profession and has made substantial contributions to the growth of our community and state.”
May 18, 2009
May 26, Science Café – ‘Ecotourism’
LITTLE ROCK – The Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, “Ecotourism” on May 26. Panelists will discus everything from native plants and sustainability to protected Arkansas forests and Native American culture/history.<span class=”content”></span>
UAMS Graduates 811 New Health Care Professionals
<span class=”content”>The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) awarded certificates and degrees today to 811 graduates of its five colleges and graduate school during its commencement ceremony at Barton Coliseum.</span>
May 15, 2009
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Receives $3.75 Million from Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation
<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – A $3.75 million gift from the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation announced today will allow the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) to match the $36 million designated by the Arkansas Legislature for construction of the Institute’s new tower.</span>
May 14, 2009
UAMS’ Kent McKelvey, M.D., Named Winthrop P. Rockefeller Chair in Clinical Genetics
<p><span class=”content”></span><span class=”content”></span>LITTLE ROCK – Unlocking a person’s genetic code provides a pathway to understanding their susceptibility to disease and their ability to combat it. With that in mind, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today named genetics educator and physician Kent McKelvey, M.D., the inaugural recipient of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Chair in Clinical Genetics.</p>
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Julep Cup Jaunt Races to another Successful Year
A crowd of about 250 braved the rainy weather to enjoy the Kentucky Derby and support UAMS at the sixth annual Julep Cup Jaunt derby watch party May 2. The event raised a total of more than $30,000 in the past two years to benefit the UAMS neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The NICU cares for some of the state’s tiniest babies.
May 12, 2009
Friends, Supporters Tee Up for Paul Dunn Classic to Aid ALS Research
Grant Olsen moved next door to Paul Dunn when the two were youngsters. It was the start of a lifelong friendship that continued when they were college fraternity brothers but was cut short when Dunn succumbed to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2002.
Friends, Supporters Tee Up for Paul Dunn Classic to Aid ALS Research
Grant Olsen moved next door to Paul Dunn when the two were youngsters. It was the start of a lifelong friendship that continued when they were college fraternity brothers but was cut short when Dunn succumbed to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2002.
May 8, 2009
Cooks Tour Events Raise Funds for Patient Services
About 200 people turned out for the April 17 Cooks Tour Patrons’ Cocktail Buffet, while about 500 guests attended the tour of homes April 19. The events raised about $50,000 for the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Auxiliary at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Maria Furcron and Jenny Moss Brungart were co-chairwomen.
UAMS Sees Ophthalmic Med Techs Stature Raised
For a profession listed as one of the fastest growing in the nation, Suzanne Hansen, chairman of the UAMS ophthalmic medical technology program says it sometimes struggles to recruit students.
“Many people still are not aware of the profession,” said Hansen, who leads the program in the UAMS College of Health Related Professions. It’s one of only five in the United States accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ophthalmic Medical Programs.
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