U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin Reads to UAMS Head Start Students

April 25, 2011 | April 25, 2011 | U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to students during a recent tour of the UAMS Head Start/Early Head Start in Little Rock.

UAMS Marks Earth Day with Tree Planting, Fair

April 22, 2011 | April 22, 2011 | A tulip poplar tree planted to mark Earth Day today at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will one day soon provide shade for students, employees and campus visitors.

UAMS and India University Establish Partnership

April 20, 2011 | April 20, 2011 | Future faculty and student exchanges and collaborative research are expected to follow a recent memorandum of understanding signed by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and the University of Hyderabad in India.

First Campuswide Student Research Day Draws Range of Interests

April 11, 2011 | April 11, 2011 | For third-year pharmacy student Sarah Norman, it was the clinical aspect – testing a treatment for a bacterial infection in cystic fibrosis patients – that interested her.

UAMS Celebrates Topping Out at Institute on Aging

April 7, 2011 | April 7, 2011 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging today celebrated placement of the final beam of its four-story, $30.4 million expansion.

Trauma Training Draws 190 Therapists From Across Arkansas

April 6, 2011 | April 6, 2011 | The second AR BEST (Arkansas Building Effective Services for Trauma) training conference attracted 190 mental health clinicians from every corner of Arkansas, all of them seeking to improve treatment for children who have experienced various forms of traumatic stress.

Paintings With Healing Message Donated to Child Study Center

April 5, 2011 | Art helps children forget that they are ill while being in a strange place that otherwise might be frightening. Art connects children to delight and discovery and brings back some of the experiences of being a child, not just a sick child. – “Creativity and the Arts in Health Care Settings,” Journal of the American Medical Association, Feb. 4, 1998

UAMS Simulation Center Opens to Provide Hands-on Training

March 31, 2011 | March 31, 2011 | The state’s only comprehensive adult medical Simulation Center with computerized, life-like manikins for hands-on training of students, faculty and staff opened today at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

Rasco Symposium Focuses on Colorectal and GI Cancers

March 30, 2011 | March 30, 2011 | An annual event at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) brought together health care professionals March 11-12 from across Arkansas.

Sculpture Unveiled at UAMS Cancer Institute Honors Bookout

March 25, 2011 | March 25, 2011 | The late Sen. Jerry Bookout, a longtime Arkansas legislator and health care proponent, was honored today at a ceremony at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).