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UAMS Receives $350,000 in Grants from Walmart Foundation, Alice L. Walton Foundation to Support Double Your Dollars Food Assistance Program
LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) received grants from the Walmart Foundation, $250,000, and the Alice L. Walton Foundation, $100,000, to support the Northwest Arkansas (NWA) Farmers’ Market Alliance’s Double Your Dollars program, an initiative that provides residents access to affordable, healthy foods at farmers markets. Created in 2012 to…
September 1, 2022
Stead Scholars Program Gives Undergraduate Students an Opportunity to Intern with Public Health Professionals
The 2022 Stead Scholars stood side by side, smiling and clutching a certificate of achievement as they took a group photo following the program’s closing ceremony. Meanwhile, the scholars’ family members, along with public health professionals from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health and the Arkansas…
August 31, 2022
UAMS Researchers Address Need in Forrest City for Safer Roads to Promote Physical Activity
FAYETTEVILLE – A community need for safer roads to increase physical activity among Forrest City children was addressed through a traffic-calming event coordinated by researchers at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research, in collaboration with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service. Through their…
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August 30, 2022
UAMS Collaborates with EAST Students, City of Springdale to Install StoryWalk at Murphy Park
FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS) Office of Community Health & Research worked with Springdale EAST students and the City of Springdale to install a StoryWalk at Murphy Park. A StoryWalk is a literacy-boosting project that separates and enlarges the pages of a children’s book and displays them on a walking path,…
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UAMS to Offer Free Health Screenings, COVID Vaccinations at Alma Middle School
FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will offer health screenings and COVID-19 vaccines to the public at no cost in Alma on Thursday, Sept. 15, as part of a statewide initiative to improve health outcomes in rural communities in Arkansas. The health screening event will be at the Alma Middle School,…
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August 29, 2022
Laser Treatment Gives UAMS Patient Relief from Kidney Stones
For Jeff Hankins, kidney stones were an unfortunate part of life. But in the past couple of years, passing the stones without medical help became a lot harder as the stones got larger.
August 26, 2022
Accelerated BSN Students Begin Nursing Journey with White Coat Ceremony
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) nursing students on an accelerated path to their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degrees participated in a White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 19, at the UAMS Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale.
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UAMS, AmeriCorps Announces Food Security Initiative in Arkansas
WASHINGTON, D.C. – AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, announced more than $255,000 in American Rescue Plan grant funding to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as part of the AmeriCorps VISTA program’s food security initiative over the next three years.
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August 25, 2022
North Little Rock Woman Sets Squat Record to Raise Awareness of Nervous System Disorder, UAMS Long-COVID-19 Research
Some days, Gabby Rushing, 22, struggles with the daily activities of life, but Saturday, Aug. 20, was not one of them. In a triumph over her physical trials, Rushing set a world record at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for the longest time to hold a deep squat.
UAMS, Local Pharmacies Partner to Provide Community Health Workers in Craighead County
FAYETTEVILLE – Tina Hall, Colby Binkley, Jessica Nash and Whitney Pennington were hired recently through a partnership between the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), The Medicine Shoppe, Southern Pharmacy of Arkansas and McFarlin Pharmacy to help people in Craighead County navigate the health care system. As embedded community health workers, Hall, Binkley, Nash…
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