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September 13, 2013

Shoppers and Diners Enjoy a 20 Percent Discount With UAMS Cancer Institute’s Partners Card

Liz Caldwell

More than 170 shops and restaurants in central and northwest Arkansas will offer discounts Oct. 25 – Nov. 3 as part of Partners Card, a fundraising project of the volunteer auxiliary of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).


September 12, 2013

Sept. 24 Science Café: ‘The Science of Espionage’

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, The Science of Espionage, on Sept. 24. Panelists will discuss espionage threatening the United States and ways to stop the illegal flow of classified, proprietary and private information as well as technology.


Help UAMS Patients while Voting on the Best Tasting Bacon at the Rock Town Bacon Throwdown Oct. 5

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Tickets are on sale now for the first Rock Town Bacon Throwdown, 1 p.m., Oct. 5 at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, a competition featuring local professional chefs serving their best bacon dishes in a cookoff contest to benefit patients at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center.


September 11, 2013

Pioneering Arkansas Doctor, Philosopher Brought to Life at UAMS

Nate Hinkel

Sept. 11, 2013 | The life and times of a pioneering doctor, farmer, philosopher, naturalist and independent thinker on the “wild frontier” of Arkansas during the last half of the nineteenth century was brought to life at a celebration of a new book featuring significant contributions from several UAMS faculty and library staff.


UAMS Names Efurd Chair of Department of Dental Hygiene

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Melissa Efurd, Ed.D., M.S., an experienced dental hygiene program director, has been chosen to lead the program in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Health Professions.


September 10, 2013

UAMS Receives $135,000 for Health Education of Teachers

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK — Through a unique statewide outreach program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), two grants totaling $135,000 will fund professional development for Arkansas’ pre-K-12 teachers.


UAMS Receives $135,000 for Teacher Health Education

Ben Boulden

Sept. 10, 2013 | Through a unique statewide outreach program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), two grants totaling $135,000 will fund professional development for Arkansas’ pre-K-12 teachers.


September 9, 2013

UAMS Alumnus Gives $500,000 to Honor Surgeon

Nate Hinkel

LITTLE ROCK – Retired Little Rock otolaryngologist J. Floyd Kyser, M.D., recently gave $500,000 to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for a professorship to honor the surgeon who trained with him as a resident and went on to become an international leader in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery at UAMS.


September 6, 2013

Two New UAMS Researchers Win Funding for Asthma, Cardiovascular Studies

Nate Hinkel

LITTLE ROCK – Two University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researchers, Joshua Kennedy, M.D., and Elvin Price, Pharm.D., Ph.D., are the newest recipients of the UAMS Translational Research Institute KL2 Scholar Career Development Awards, which will provide them with salary and research support for two years.


September 4, 2013

Makhoul Named Director of UAMS Division of Hematology/Oncology

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – Issam Makhoul, M.D., has been named director of the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute. He will serve as the inaugural holder of the Laura F. Hutchins, M.D. Distinguished Chair for the Division of Hematology/Oncology.



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