The St. Vincent Plaza and Patio in the River Market District was filled with spectators gathered to honor 10 health care professionals who have made contributions to society through their advances in medicine and service to their patients. Continue reading “Health care pioneers honored at Civil Rights Heritage Trail Unveiling”
A partnership between researchers at UALR and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has resulted in an inexpensive, disposable external medical device that monitors contractions in pregnant women. Continue reading “UALR-UAMS partnership results in FDA-approved obstetric medical device”
Drs. Thomas A. Bruce, M. Joycelyn Elders, Henry Foster Jr., Edith Irby Jones, and Billy Ray Thomas, and five posthumous honorees will be recognized for their efforts to provide quality health care to all citizens at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, in the Little Rock River Market District at the entrance of the St. Vincent Medical Mile. (See directions)
Continue reading “Accomplished Arkansas doctors to be honored Oct. 24”
For the fourth year, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Institute on Race and Ethnicity will honor individuals who have been integral to civil rights in the state by honoring them with bronze commemorative plaques on the Arkansas Civil Rights Heritage Trail in the heart of downtown Little Rock. Continue reading “2014 Civil Rights Heritage Trail honorees are announced”
For thousands of applicants seeking entry every year into highly competitive M.D./Ph.D. programs, the path can be arduous because acceptance rates are low. Continue reading “Nigerian-born twins fulfill dream of entering M.D./Ph.D. program”
Quills & Pixels, the peer-reviewed, student publication of the UALR Writers’ Network, is accepting submissions for the 2014 edition. Continue reading “Submissions being accepted for Quills & Pixels”