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May 20, 2016
UAMS Sets Special SeniorNet Computer Class in June for People 50 and Up
May 20, 2016 | Little Rock SeniorNet, a nonprofit volunteer group, will teach a special, one-on-one class, Windows 10 Upgrade Help, in June at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging for people ages 50 and older. The class, which will help participants install the Windows 10 upgrade,…
Benton Woman Finds Relief from Knee Pain
May 20, 2016 | Peggy Kinkaid, 65, of Benton, was willing to give surgery one more chance. The retired Benton Junior High secretary was in constant pain after she had knee replacement surgery on her right leg in 2013. That’s not the way she felt after her left knee was replaced in 2008. “I knew…
May 19, 2016
Medical Students Awarded Year-Long Research Fellowships
May 19, 2016 | Two medical students at UAMS have been selected for prestigious, year-long research fellowships through an initiative of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) designed to help develop the nation’s next generation of physician-scientists. Thomas “Chad” Binns and Christopher Moutos, juniors in the UAMS College of Medicine, will take leave from their…
May 18, 2016
Mega Brain Debuts at Strike Out Stroke Nights
May 18, 2016 | The 5-year-old boy’s eyes were wide with wonder outside busy Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock as he spied not his baseball hero but the giant, inflatable Mega Brain. Mega Brain was there May 5 for Strike Out Stroke night, an event to raise public awareness about stroke that is organized…
May 24 Science Café — ‘Impacts of Lost Technology’
May 18, 2016 | Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, Impacts of Lost Technology, on May 24. Panelists will discuss the positive effects of science and technology in Arkansas, as well as the economic impact of its loss via organizational change,…
May 17, 2016
Donna Gullette, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., Receives Outstanding Woman Faculty Award
May 17, 2016 | Donna Gullette, Ph.D., A.P.R.N., associate dean for practice and professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing, received the 2016 Outstanding Woman Faculty Award from the UAMS Women’s Faculty Development Caucus. Gullette, who is also director of the college’s Master of Nursing Science (M.N.Sc.) program, was…
May 16, 2016
Hong-Yu Li, Ph.D., Named ARA Scholar, Awarded Adams Chair
May 16, 2016 | Hong-yu Li, Ph. D., a professor in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was named an Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) Scholar at a news conference today at the Governor’s Mansion. In a ceremony following the conference, he also was named to the Helen…
May 13, 2016
Julep Cup Jaunt Raises $103,000 for Preemies
May 13, 2016 | For all the excitement that was the 142nd Kentucky Derby, the loudest cheers of the day were reserved for the littlest guest. Around 300 guests decked out in derby attire gathered for the 13th Julep Cup Jaunt at UAMS, held May 7 in the Fred W. Smith Conference Center on the…
May 12, 2016
Historical Research Center Celebrates Expansion, New Space
May 12, 2016 | Unique artifacts such as a scrapbook of varnished tissue specimens along with historical documents such as a Civil War surgeon’s letters on the health of soldiers recently moved into newly renovated space at UAMS. The Historical Research Center of the UAMS Library now includes a research room open to the public,…
Stroke Program Helps Lower Arkansas to Sixth from First in Stroke Deaths
May 12, 2016 | Arkansas recently fell to sixth in the nation in the number of stroke deaths per capita after many years in first place, a huge improvement that health officials credit in part to a statewide telemedicine program of stroke education and treatment. The program — Arkansas Stroke Assistance through Virtual Emergency Support, or…
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