January 7, 2021

UAMS Opens Outdoor Fitness Court

Spencer Watson

The new Fitness Court is located off 4th and Cedar streets. It is currently open for employees and students.

A new Fitness Court for use by employees and students has opened at Fourth and Cedar streets. The court is a partnership with UAMS and the National Fitness Campaign. Pedestrian access approaches from the east. “This new addition to the UAMS campus is meant to be a benefit not only to our employees and students,…


July 23, 2020

UAMS Named ‘Best Place to Work’ in Best of Arkansas Poll

Spencer Watson

UAMS was chosen as the “Best Place to Work” in the Arkansas Times’s 2020 Best of Arkansas poll.

UAMS was chosen as the “Best Place to Work” in the Arkansas Times’s 2020 Best of Arkansas poll. UAMS was also among the finalists in the “Best Hospital” and the “Best Diet/Weight Loss Center” categories.


July 23, 2019

Staff Cereal Drive Haul Represents 652 Boxes

Spencer Watson

The staff of H4 trauma/surgical/cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit donated the equivalent of 652 boxes of cereal to the Arkansas Foodbank.

The staff of H4 trauma/surgical/cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, including nurses and nursing assistants, harnessed their own generosity and combined it with that of numerous other donors to provide a plentiful donation of cereal to the Arkansas Food Bank.


April 10, 2019

2019 Great 100 Nurses List Includes 29 from UAMS

Spencer Watson

Twenty-nine UAMS nurses were named to the Great 100 Nurses Foundation’s annual list of the state’s superb nurses.

Twenty-nine nurses from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) were named to the Great 100 Nurses Foundation’s annual list of the state’s superb nurses.


2019 Great 100 Nurses List Includes 29 from UAMS

Spencer Watson

LITTLE ROCK – Twenty-nine nurses from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) were named to the Great 100 Nurses Foundation’s annual list of the state’s superb nurses. The list honors nurses from numerous backgrounds and specialties for their concern for humanity, their contributions to the profession and their mentorship of others. UAMS nurses…


April 5, 2019

Dean’s Circle Reception Celebrates Support for Nursing

Spencer Watson

Michelle Gonzales leads a tour of the nursing simulation center during the Dean's Circle reception.

UAMS College of Nursing Dean Patricia Cowan, Ph.D., RN, shared gratitude, reflection and a look at what’s to come for the college in a Dean’s Circle event to celebrate donors. “These funds enable us to advance the mission of the college, both in broadening the scope of instruction available to our students and in helping…


April 4, 2019

Nursing Educator Again Helps Mothers, Infants in Her Native Zambia

Spencer Watson

Anita Mitchell, Ph.D., APRN, with members of her team Kim Smith, M.D., and Caroline Crocker, D.O.

For Anita Mitchell, Ph.D., APRN, an associate professor in the College of Nursing, spring break has meant a chance to travel for five of the past seven years, but it’s not been with vacation in mind. Her goal has been to help mothers and infants in Zambia, the African country where she was born and…


March 8, 2019

Undergraduates Visit UAMS on Diversity Day

Spencer Watson

Visiting undergraduates heard from current UAMS students during a lunch discussion panel.

Undergraduate students from across the state got a personal introduction to UAMS and the variety of career options available in health care recently through Diversity Day. More than 145 students and 15 advisors from 20 Arkansas universities and a few surrounding states attended the annual conference-style event, hosted by the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs….


March 5, 2019

History Professor Talks 1860 Expulsion of Free Blacks for Black History Month

Spencer Watson

Brian Mitchell, Ph.D., delivers a lecture on the expulsion of free blacks from Arkansas in 1860.

Dozens attended a celebration held to conclude Black History Month hosted by the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs, which featured musical entertainment and a lecture. “Given the way things are in our society, we need to become more proactive and aggressive in addressing some of the issues that go on around us,” said Billy Thomas,…


UAMS Names Cannady Director of New Wellness Program

Spencer Watson

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has named Natalie Cannady, M.Ed., as the director of a new institutional Wellness Program intended to improve the health and well-being of employees and students. Cannady had been the manager of the UAMS Fitness Center since 2014. “For almost five years Natalie has been helping hundreds of…



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