Celebrating African-American Women Firsts

Feb. 23, 2012 | Feb 23, 2012 | Arkansas native and poet Maya Angelou wrote: You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise.

UAMS Northwest Campus Receives $435,000 from Walmart Foundation for Academic Specialty Clinic

Feb. 9, 2012 | Feb. 9, 2011 | A $435,000 grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest announced Feb. 8 from the Walmart Foundation will fund a new teaching clinic that will give students at the regional campus enhanced clinical experiences.

Rahn: Achievements Position UAMS for Future

Feb. 6, 2012 | Feb. 6, 2011 | Efforts to expand student enrollment, improve patient care and extend research positions the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for the future regardless of the challenges, said Chancellor Dan Rahn, M.D.

UAMS Honors King with Music, Call for Teamwork

Jan. 26, 2012 | Jan. 26, 2011 | Teamwork honors the legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., said an Arkansas legislator speaking Jan. 25 at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

UAMS, NIH Effort Yields Homegrown Researchers

Jan. 24, 2012 | Jan. 24, 2012 | Lindsey Dayer still recalls the thrill of injecting cells with a needle during a 2003 summer research fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

UAMS Announces Nanomedicine Center

Jan. 23, 2012 | Jan. 23, 2012 | Gathering nanomedicine efforts and resources from within the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and statewide collaborators under one umbrella, UAMS today announced the creation of the Arkansas Nanomedicine Center (ANC) in the College of Medicine.

UAMS Names van Rhee First Scharlau Chair Recipient

Jan. 19, 2012 | Jan. 19, 2011 | Internationally known multiple myeloma researcher Frits van Rhee, M.D., Ph.D., was invested Jan. 17 as the inaugural recipient of the Charles & Clydene Scharlau Chair for Hematological Malignancies Research.

UAMS Northwest Receives $1.5 Million from Walker Charitable Foundation

Jan. 17, 2012 | Jan. 17, 2012 | Students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest campus will gain experience with real and simulated patients at a clinic to be funded by a $1.5 million gift from the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation announced today.

Thyroid Cancer Spurs Researcher

Jan. 12, 2012 | Jan. 12, 2012 | For Aime Franco, Ph.D., her job as a thyroid cancer researcher is personal. Diagnosed at age 22 with the disease, she beat it and wants her research to help other patients survive as well.

Charles White Retires After Five Decades at UAMS

Jan. 9, 2012 | Jan. 09, 2012 | December marked the end of an era with the retirement of Charles White, assistant vice chancellor for employee relations after 53 years at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).