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Pharmacy Summer Camp 2025 Shira Hendrix and Addison Taylor

2025 Pharmacy Camp Opens Young Minds to New Possibilities

June 30, 2025 | Just about everyone has visited a pharmacy, but it’s a rare experience to get a peek behind the curtain. For three days in June, 39 high school students from Arkansas, Missouri and Arizona got to do just that, learning about the profession and potentially sparking their interest in pharmacy careers. Held June 2-4 at the...

C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., has been named the interim chancellor for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

UA System President Names Barnes as UAMS Interim Chancellor Beginning July 11

June 30, 2025 | LITTLE ROCK — University of Arkansas System President Jay B. Silveria today announced that C. Lowry Barnes, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has been named interim chancellor of the university and will begin his role July 11. 

Scott and Anne Pace College of Pharmacy

Anne and Scott Pace Donate $25,000 to Create Pharmacy Advocacy Scholarship

June 27, 2025 | Pharmacy owners Anne Pace, Pharm.D., and Scott Pace, Pharm.D., J.D., have created a $25,000 endowment for a new scholarship in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy focused on honoring the drive and determination needed to advocate for change in the profession. ”The College of Pharmacy is grateful for Scott and...

Arkansas INBRE Cancer Workshop

College Students Explore Cancer Research at Arkansas INBRE Workshop

June 26, 2025 | Undergraduates from 14 schools across the country had the opportunity to explore the field of cancer research at a UAMS workshop sponsored by the Arkansas INBRE (IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence). Held May 28 in the UAMS Library, the “Bench to Bedside: Breakthroughs in Cancer Research and Therapy Workshop” attracted nearly 30 students interested in...

Golden Graduates of 1975

UAMS Alumni Reconnect at Reunion

June 26, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) welcomed past graduates to Little Rock for the 2025 Alumni Reunion, an evening that honored alumni from all colleges and the graduate school, with many classes represented and ready to celebrate. Cam Patterson, M.D., MBA, UAMS chancellor and CEO of UAMS Health, welcomed alumni and provided guests...

College of Pharmacy ISPOR Quiz Bowl Team 2025

College of Pharmacy Quiz Bowl Team Finishes Second at International Competition

June 24, 2025 | A team of four College of Pharmacy graduate students took second place in a quiz bowl-style competition for the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), held May 13-16 in Montreal. ISPOR is the leading professional society for health economics and outcomes research. The society’s mission is to advance excellence in health economics and...

Michael Carter is shown with Patricia Cowan (center), dean of the UAMS College of Nursing, at an Alumni Weekend event in 2019. Cowan said she benefited from Carter’s mentorship not only as a colleague but also as a student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, where she earned her doctoral degree.

UAMS College of Nursing Mourns Passing of Michael Carter, DNSc, DNP, FAAN

June 23, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is saddened to learn of the June 17 death of Michael Carter, DNSc, DNP, FAAN, a UAMS alumnus and longtime dean of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing. After earning his Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree from UAMS in 1969, Carter...

UAMS Clinic in El Dorado

UAMS Earns Initial Accreditation for Family Medicine Residency Program in El Dorado

June 19, 2025 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has received initial accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to establish a family medicine rural track residency program in El Dorado. The new residency program will focus on full scope family medicine with a unique emphasis on obstetrics. Recruiting for the program will...

University of Arkansas System, Message from the President

Message from UA System President Jay B. Silveria to UAMS

June 19, 2025 | Lt. Gen. (Retired) Jay B. Silveria, President of the University of Arkansas System, recorded a special message for Team UAMS about the search for the next chancellor of our university. In his message, President Silveria discusses the process and names the chair of the search committee. Please tune in to watch the video message. A transcript is included with the video post.

Henry Palfrey, Ph.D., speaks during the playoff round of the competition as Victoria Bourgeois, MBA, stands by.

UAMS Postdoc Competes on Global Stage with Lifesaving Technology

June 18, 2025 | Henry Palfrey, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and his business startup team, PulseArk Technologies, reached the semifinals and earned a Best Presentation Award in the Bangkok Business Challenge, one of the world’s leading student startup competitions. Palfrey is a third-year postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of John...

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