The PA Class of 2028 gather for a group photo following the white coat ceremony that officially inaugurates their course of study.
College of Health Professions

UAMS Physician Assistant Program Welcomes Class of 2028 at White Coat Ceremony

June 4, 2026 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Physician Assistant Studies program formally welcomed its newest cohort during a May 22 white coat ceremony, marking the official entry of the Class of 2028 into the 28-month program. Held before a standing-room-only crowd of family, friends, faculty, and supporters, the ceremony celebrated both the students’ achievements...

Ben Boulden
Two graduates pause in caps, gowns and doctoral hoods for a selfie after the ceremony.
College of Medicine

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...

Linda Satter

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Prisha Warikoo

College of Pharmacy Graduate Student Awarded National Research Fellowship

June 1, 2026 | Prisha Warikoo, a Ph.D. graduate student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ (UAMS) College of Pharmacy, was recently awarded a prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is one of the nation’s most prestigious fellowship programs, providing three years of financial support...

Benjamin Waldrum
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.

Linda Satter

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