Association of American Medical Colleges

August 31, 2021

UAMS Wins AAMC Award for Outstanding Community Engagement

David Wise

Staff and residents of the UAMS North Street Clinic in Fayetteville, Arkansas, hold up thank you signs.

FAYETTEVILLE – The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recently bestowed its top honor for community engagement to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). The Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Engagement is presented annually to an AAMC-member medical school or teaching hospital with a long-standing, major institutional commitment to partnering with the…

August 21, 2018

BioVentures, Boot Camp Garner National Award, Recognition

Ben Boulden

Nancy Gray, far left, gets ready to present prizes to the winning team at the Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp in May.

In less than three years, the Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp has gone from pilot project to national award winner, recently earning a second place Innovations in Research and Research Education Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges. “Being able to claim the Boot Camp has won an award like this means it’s had…

March 31, 2015

UAMS College of Medicine Reaccredited for Eight Years

Ben Boulden

March 31, 2015 | The College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received full, eight-year reaccreditation from a national committee that oversees medical education, which commended the college on it’s innovative instructional strategy – among other things.

UAMS College of Medicine Reaccredited for Full Eight Years

Ben Boulden

LITTLE ROCK – The College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received full, eight-year reaccreditation from a national committee that oversees medical education, which commended the college on its “innovative instructional strategy” among other things.