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Layla Simmons, left, Summer Khairi and Deziree Arnett, direct the three degree programs of the Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences.

Spotlight on the Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences

May 29, 2026 | The Department of Imaging and Radiation Sciences offers bachelor of science programs in diagnostic medical sonography, nuclear medicine imaging sciences and radiologic imaging sciences. In this issue's column, their directors provide updates on recent developments and growth in their programs.

Cherika Robertson, left, Aaron Woodall and Lesley Jones are three of the graduates who have come back to the UAMS College of Health Professions to teach.

From Student to Teacher: CHP Alumni Return to Shape the Next Generation of Students

May 29, 2026 | For some graduates of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Health Professions (CHP), their UAMS journey doesn’t end at commencement. Sometimes the past student becomes today’s teacher. After working in their careers outside the university, nearly half of the college’s core faculty have returned to UAMS’ classrooms, labs, and clinical training...

Two graduates pause in caps, gowns and doctoral hoods for a selfie after the ceremony.

UAMS College of Medicine Celebrates Class of 2026

May 29, 2026 | They walked into the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock as fourth-year medical students, and less than three hours later, after reciting the Hippocratic Oath before family, friends, mentors, and university leaders assembled in a sprawling conference hall, they walked out as doctors. Equal parts somber and giddy, the May 15 event marked the...

Emergency medicine residents work on a mannikin in a simulation. The mannikin is in a hospital bed in a simulated emergency.

Emergency Medicine Residents Experience Mass Casualty Simulation

May 28, 2026 | Emergency medicine residents at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received hands-on training in handling a mass casualty incident when the emergency room was suddenly inundated May 13 with standardized patients from an imagined collision between a bus and a pesticide-hauling 18-wheeler.

COPH 2026 Graduation

UAMS College of Public Health Celebrates Class of 2026

May 28, 2026 | The smiles and hugs were plenty as the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health recognized its newest graduates during its 2026 commencement at Little Rock’s Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.

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