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June 18, 2015

UAMS Sets SeniorNet July Computer Classes for People 50 and Up

Kelly Gardner

LITTLE ROCK — Computer classes — Fundamentals for Beginners and Computer Maintenance ­— and workshops — Tips & Ideas for Easy Mail Merging and Internet Workshop — will be taught in July for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. Computer classes…


June 17, 2015

Shannon Fleming Named Senior Director of Development for UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging

Kelly Gardner

LITTLE ROCK — Shannon Fleming has been named senior director of development for the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), effective May 29. He comes to UAMS from the University of Southern Mississippi, where he served since 2013 as executive director of the university’s foundation, which had…


June 16, 2015

Senior Olympian Gets Relief from Back Pain

Kelly Gardner

June 16, 2015 | After four previous spine surgeries, Frank Dicus wasn’t sure he would ever experience relief from his back pain, but he wasn’t ready to give up hope.


Cross-Country Cyclists Visit the UAMS Cancer Institute

Kelly Gardner

June 16, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) welcomed about 30 University of Texas students June 15 as they rode through Little Rock on the longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world.


June 15, 2015

UAMS Welcomes Texas 4000 Bicyclists

Kelly Gardner

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today welcomed about 30 University of Texas students as they rode through Little Rock on the longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world. The Texas 4000 team visited the UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute and UAMS Myeloma Institute as a stop along…


June 23 Science Café — ‘The Upside of Aging?’

Kelly Gardner

LITTLE ROCK – Science Café Little Rock, co-sponsored by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), will hold its next public forum, The Upside of Aging?, on June 23. Panelists will discuss the physical, mental and emotional changes that come with age, as well as research advances and insights into disease mechanisms. Held from…


June 12, 2015

UAMS Receives $40,000 from Mexican Consulate to Continue Community Health Partnership

Kelly Gardner

June 12, 2015 | The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health today received $40,000 from the Mexican Consulate in Little Rock to continue a partnership begun in 2010 that provides health education, screenings and referrals to health care providers for those with needed services for more than…


UAMS, Mexican Consulate Continue Community Health Partnership

Kelly Gardner

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health today received $40,000 from the Mexican Consulate in Little Rock to continue a partnership begun in 2010 that provides health education, screenings and referrals to health care providers for those with needed services for more than 30,000…


June 11, 2015

Third Class of Physician Assistant Students Receive White Coats

Kelly Gardner

June 11, 2015 | Thirty-four students in the third class of the physician assistant program in the UAMS College of Health Professions received their white coats in a May 22 ceremony with guidance to see it as a symbol of joining the profession, becoming a servant of the sick and the need to find a good dry…


June 10, 2015

UAMS-based Arkansas INBRE Receives $3.9 million to Support Biomedical Research

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), administrator of the Arkansas INBRE program promoting biomedical research across the state, has been awarded $3.9 million by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue the program.



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