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UAMS Receives $434,000 for Exercise Study

June 15, 2012 | June 15, 2012 | A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing researcher is studying a new approach for increasing physical activity in older, sedentary women after receiving a $434,000 National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) grant.

UAMS Data Center Achieves Energy Star Rating for Efficiency

June 12, 2012 | June 12, 2012 | The UAMS Primary Data Center, opened in September 2010 to handle the campus’ growing information technology infrastructure needs, recently achieved high marks for energy efficiency – among the best in the nation for such facilities.

UAMS’ Institute on Aging Celebrates Four-story Expansion

June 4, 2012 | June 5, 2012 | The Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation have dedicated four new floors built atop the existing institute that will expand research and education capabilities.

UAMS Enlists Search Dogs for Cancer Study

May 30, 2012 | May 30, 2012 | In the first study of its kind, Alexander “Sandy” Burnett, M.D., at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), is testing whether local search and rescue dogs can detect ovarian cancer.

Anti-Meth Research Earns Student Award

May 29, 2012 | May 29, 2012 | While no medication exists now for treating addiction to methamphetamine, UAMS graduate student Shraddha Thakkar and colleagues in the Graduate School and College of Medicine are working to change that.

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