December 12, 2016

Jonesboro Human Development Center (JHDC) hosted its grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday for Ecoworks, a recycling program that employs clients of the JHDC, a residential facility operated through the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) for people with intellectual disabilities.

December 5, 2016

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is collaborating with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Celgene Corp. to compile the largest set of high-quality genetic data related to myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells in the blood.

December 5, 2016

Dr. Jimmy Ishee, dean of the University of Central Arkansas College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, was selected as the 2017 Distinguished Administrator of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE).

Ishee’s award ceremony will take place Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 in Orlando during the 2017 NAKHE Conference.

December 5, 2016

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the convictions of two Arkansans for Medicaid fraud.

Jennifer Casey, formerly of Benton County and currently of Pulaski County, pleaded guilty in Pulaski County Circuit Court in October and was recently sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay a $750 fine and court costs. She has already repaid $9,000 in restitution to the Medicaid Program Trust Fund.

December 5, 2016

Two College of Public Health faculty members have secured a $250,000 two-year contract to create a collaborative network between the faith community and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) for the advancement of diversity in research.

Keneshia Bryant-Moore, PhD, RN, associate professor; and Tiffany Haynes, PhD, assistant professor, received the funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).