UAMS News
September 26, 2008
UAMS Celebrates ‘Topping Out’ Of Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Expansion
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today marked the high point for construction of a 12-floor, 300,000-square-foot expansion of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute with a traditional “topping out” ceremony. A white steel beam signed by UAMS employees, volunteers and supporters was raised into place to mark…
September 24, 2008
UAMS Names Kenneday to Lead Campus Operations Division
LITTLE ROCK – Mark Kenneday, who brings 25 years experience in facility management and operations, has been named vice chancellor for campus operations at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Kenneday, a certified health care facilities manager by the American Hospital Association, most recently served almost five years as director of…
September 23, 2008
Miniature Golf Outing To Benefit Car Seat Safety Program
LITTLE ROCK – Parents and children are invited to perfect their putting at an annual golf outing in support of Safe from the Start, a car seat safety education program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). In its third year, the outing is moving from the links to the miniature…
September 22, 2008
UAMS Receives Funding to Benefit Underserved, Uninsured
LITTLE ROCK – The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received $121,000 from the Arkansas Minority Health Commission that will directly benefit targeted areas of the state’s underserved and uninsured residents. The money is being distributed in five roughly equal amounts through UAMS: The UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s…
September 18, 2008
UAMS Spotlights Unprecedented Health Care Access to Elderly
LITTLE ROCK – Most elderly Arkansans today are no more than an hour’s drive from quality geriatric health care, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) officials told a gathering of state lawmakers and health care officials today. Over the last few years, the UAMS Arkansas Aging Initiative has established eight Regional Centers…
September 17, 2008
Tiny Hands Monster Bash Oct. 17 to Benefit UAMS Family Home, Neonatal Nursery
LITTLE ROCK – Get a jump on Halloween by attending the Tiny Hands Monster Bash, a fundraiser benefiting the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Family Home and the UAMS Medical Center neonatal intensive care unit. The event is scheduled for 7-11 p.m. Oct. 17 at Pavilion in the Park, 8201 Cantrell, in Little Rock.
UAMS’ DuBose Named to Board of Sonography Group
LITTLE ROCK – Terry DuBose, director of the Diagnostic Medical Sonography division in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) College of Health Related Professions, has been elected to the board of directors for the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS). DuBose, who joined the UAMS faculty in 1996 to start the sonography…
September 16, 2008
Sept. 23 Science Café – ‘Human Behavior: What Makes You Tick?’
LITTLE ROCK – The Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Human Behavior: What Makes You Tick? on Sept. 23. Panelists will describe their research on intelligence, behavioral development, addiction susceptibility and socialization.
UAMS Ranked by Information Week for Use of Technology
LITTLE ROCK – Business technology magazine Information Week has recognized the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in its annual InformationWeek 500 ranking of the most innovative users of technology in the nation.
September 10, 2008
UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute to Offer Free Prostate Cancer Screening Sept. 19
LITTLE ROCK — The Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will offer free prostate cancer screenings from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 19. The screenings will be held on the sixth floor of the Cancer Institute on the UAMS campus.
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