Northwest Arkansas


June 11, 2015

UAMS Celebrates Physical Therapy Students, Power of Therapy

Kelly Gardner

June 11, 2015 | UAMS welcomed the first 24 students to the Doctor of Physical Therapy program on its northwest Arkansas campus during a June 9 event that also reunited a longtime program supporter with the therapist who helped him overcome polio-induced paralysis as a teenager. Students in the program, based on the Fayetteville campus, will…


November 5, 2014

Expert Panel Explores Marshallese Health Nov. 13

Spencer Watson

FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest will explore issues uniquely affecting the Marshallese population in Arkansas, such as health disparities, cultural understanding, and social policy, at a free health forum Nov. 13 at the Jones Center Chapel in Springdale.


August 7, 2014

UAMS Approved for Nearly $2.1M for Study to Aid Marshallese with Diabetes

Spencer Watson

FAYETTEVILLE —A research team at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has been approved for nearly $2.1 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study how to improve diabetes self-management in the Marshallese community of northwest Arkansas.


July 24, 2014

UAMS Northwest Vice Chancellor Pledges $250,000 to UAMS Northwest Campus

Spencer Watson

FAYETTEVILLE – Peter O. Kohler, M.D., vice chancellor for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest, recently pledged a deferred gift of $250,000 to support the new physical therapy program based at the regional campus in Fayetteville.


April 18, 2013

Free Seminar in Bentonville to Teach about Arkansas e-Link Statewide Broadband Network

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK — The public is invited to learn what the Arkansas e-Link statewide broadband network can do for them in health and education during a free seminar April 30 at Northwest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville.</p>


February 9, 2012

UAMS Northwest Campus Receives $435,000 from Walmart Foundation for Academic Specialty Clinic

Jon Parham

Feb. 9, 2011 | A $435,000 grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest announced Feb. 8 from the Walmart Foundation will fund a new teaching clinic that will give students at the regional campus enhanced clinical experiences.


UAMS Northwest Campus Receives $435,000 from Walmart Foundation for Academic Specialty Clinic

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – A $435,000 grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest announced today from the Walmart Foundation will fund a new teaching clinic that will give students at the regional campus enhanced clinical experiences.</span>


January 17, 2012

UAMS Northwest Campus Receives $1.5 Million from Walker Charitable Foundation

Jon Parham

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<p>LITTLE ROCK – Students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest campus will gain experience with real and simulated patients at a clinic to be funded by a $1.5 million gift from the Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation announced today.</p>
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December 16, 2010

UAMS Northwest Receives $650,000 from Walmart Foundation

Jon Parham

Dec. 16, 2010 | Students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest campus in Fayetteville will be more closely connected to the UAMS campus in Little Rock through distance learning technology funded by a $650,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation announced Thursday.


UAMS Northwest Receives $650,000 from Walmart Foundation for Distance Learning Technology

Jon Parham

<span class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – Students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Northwest campus in Fayetteville will be more closely connected to the UAMS campus in Little Rock through distance learning technology funded by a $650,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation announced today.</span>



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