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October 11, 2017

UAMS Tours The World at International Fest, Caps Diversity Month

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UAMS International Fest Diversity Month

Oct. 11, 2017 | On most days the ground floor concourse in the Education II Building is a thoroughfare and gathering place for students, but Sept. 28 it became a mode for world travels. UAMS faculty, staff and students who attended transformed into globetrotting tourists and sightseers. It began in China, sampling local cuisine, admiring…


September 19, 2017

Tolerance Plays Important Role Throughout History

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Erick Messias UAMS

Sept. 19, 2017 | Tolerance has aided the rise of the world’s great empires and intolerance has abetted their fall, said Erick Messias, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., associate dean for faculty affairs in the UAMS College of Medicine. Messias’ Sept. 13 lunchtime lecture, which followed Day of Empire, a book by Yale Law School Professor Amy…


September 12, 2017

UAMS Honors Individuals for Diversity Efforts

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UAMS Diversity Awards 2017

Sept. 12, 2017 | Four members of the UAMS family were recognized Sept. 6 for their contributions to promoting diversity on campus and in the community at the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs’ annual State of Diversity and Inclusion ceremony. Santiago Gonzales, a medical student in the UAMS College of Medicine; Brittney Roy, program coordinator…


August 11, 2017

UAMS Diversity Programs Get $24,000 Boost from Bank of America

Benjamin Waldrum

Students who took part in the Center for Diversity Affairs' summer enrichment programs pose with center staff and Bank of America representatives Donnie Cook (back row, fifth from left) and Heather Albright (front row, holding check).

August 11, 2017 | An informal thank-you luncheon held Aug. 2 for UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs students and donors had a sweet ending, thanks to a surprise presentation of $24,000 from Bank of America. Although the event had been planned weeks in advance, the gift was not announced until the day before. Bank of…


March 24, 2017

UAMS Visitor Talks Latino Health Paradox and Cinco de Mayo

David Robinson

March 24, 2017 | A couple of common misconceptions about Hispanics were highlighted in talks by David E. Hayes-Bautista, Ph.D., who visited UAMS and the Clinton School of Public Service last week. Hayes-Bautista, a distinguished professor of medicine from the University of California, Los Angeles, noted that Latinos are often incorrectly lumped with other minorities…


January 25, 2017

Reclaim MLK Legacy Through Change, Says Local Judge

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Wendell Griffen

Jan. 25, 2017 | To truly honor the accomplishments and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. is to focus on the needs of the most vulnerable, said Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen at a Jan. 18 UAMS event celebrating the civil rights icon. Griffen argued that fighting for justice and tolerance was key to…


October 10, 2016

International Fest Celebrates Cultures of UAMS

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UAMS International Fest

Oct. 10, 2016 | Numerous customs, traditions and represented by UAMS faculty, staff and students were celebrated Sept. 30 at International Fest. More than 100 employees and students gathered in the Education II building to make their way around the globe, learning and enjoying the various cultures and nationalities displayed. Participants could sample lo mein…


September 29, 2016

Diversity Forum Gives Platform to Sensitive Issues

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Austin Porter UAMS

Sept. 29, 2016 | Passionate views about gun violence topped the discussion recently as UAMS faculty, staff and students engaged in emotional dialogue on a variety of topics related to diversity and inclusion. The Sept. 20 lunchtime, panel discussion, “Let’s Talk: Better Together – A Healing Conversation,” gave nearly 100 attendants the chance to discuss…


August 24, 2016

Med Student Hopes Minority Scholarship Inspires Others

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Amanda Compadre UAMS

Aug. 24, 2016 | Amanda Compadre, a third-year medical student at UAMS, is grateful to have been named a 2016 AMA Foundation Minority Scholarship Award recipient by the American Medical Association, but more importantly, she hopes this inspires more people from minority backgrounds to pursue a career in medicine. “It’s a national, prestigious award that…


August 23, 2016

Bank of America Gives $24,500 for UAMS Diversity Programs

Benjamin Waldrum

The Bank of America Foundation presented $24,500 to the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs summer programs, which support workforce education and skills training.

Aug. 23, 2016 | Bank of America continued its stalwart support for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) with a $24,500 corporate foundation gift given to the UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs at an August 23 presentation. The check was presented by Donnie Cook, Arkansas state president and Little Rock market president for Bank…



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