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UAMS meets with employees to talk budget problems

At a closed meeting with employees today, the leadership at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences sought to explain why the institution had to lay off 258 people and end 600 positions.
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UAMS employees plan discussion on employment rights

UAMS faculty schedules talk on academic freedom, employee rights and job security.
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UAMS closes weight-loss clinic; staff at Children's may be hired by research institute

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has terminated its weight loss program due to budget constraints. The move was part of UAMS' termination of 600 positions, including 258 employees, on Monday.

UAMS layoffs begin: Update

An anonymous source has provided the Times with an email from an employee who says UAMS' Office of Global Health has been defunded. The office is headed by Nick Zaller of the College of Public Health. We've asked UAMS administration whether Zaller is gone or whether this particular initiative has been defunded.
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UPDATE: Gun bill exemptions approved by Senate; NRA will fight them

Sen. Jonathan Dismang ran into opposition but still passed his bill to add UAMS, the State Hospital and college athletic events and venues as exceptions to legislation signed yesterday to expand where qualified concealed carry permit holders may take weapons. The NRA will fight the changes in the House.

UAMS researcher wins $10 million grant to study Alzheimer's

A team led by Sue Griffin of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has won a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Institutes of health to study cause and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
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UAMS opens walk-in clinic near Capitol

UAMS has opened a neighborhood clinic on Capitol Avenue, in the Victory Building just a few yards down the hill from the Capitol.

Reynolds Foundation donates $1.5 million to UAMS

The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, in what might be one of its last grants in Arkansas since it's spending down the corpus, has announced a $1.5 million grant to the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
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UAMS CEO plans to resign

Roxane Townsend, the chief executive officer of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has submitted her resignation effective Sept. 30. She joined the campus in November 2012 from Louisiana.

What happens to education spending if GOP hardliners kill Medicaid expansion

Speaker Jeremy Gillam's hypothetical life-without-Medicaid-expansion budget detailed around $30 million in cuts to public schools, and more to higher education. Here's what that means.
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Chancellor prepares UAMS for potential of Obamacare loss

UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn has told staff that he must assess the impact of the loss of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion money. It would mean cuts in every facet of the operation, he said.

UAMS chancellor elaborates on impact of loss of Obamacare money

UAMS Chancellor Dan Rahn is speaking further to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees about the medical center's tight finances and the damage that would be caused if the legislature doesn't approve continuation of the Obamacare-financed Medicaid expansion here (so-called private option).
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