Category: Communities
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosted its annual Sickle Cell Symposium on Sept. 12, bringing together leading researchers, clinicians, patients and community advocates to share the latest sickle cell disease and treatment advancements. The fall event, held at the Jackson T. Stephens Neurosciences & Spine Institute on UAMS’ Little Rock campus, drew […]
Teach Plus, a national teacher leadership organization has selected 31 teachers from around Arkansas for its 2023-2024 Policy Fellowship cohort. The Policy Fellows will focus on a range of issues of importance to Arkansas’ students and teachers, including teacher leadership and development, early literacy, and teacher recruitment and retention. “The selection of these outstanding educators […]
Adaiah Simms – Allow me to introduce Mr. Dorian Henry II, a junior from the vibrant city of Austin, Texas. Dorian’s unwavering passion for the arts has led him to embark on an academic journey at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). Earlier this summer, Henry was one of ten advanced students from […]
Severe COVID-19 may cause long-lasting alterations to the innate immune system, the first line of defense against pathogens, according to a small study funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These changes may help explain why the disease can damage so many different organs […]