UAMS Graduate School

The summer symposium will provide a venue to celebrate the achievements of undergraduates pursuing research projects at colleges and universities across Arkansas. This all-day event will be held at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences campus in the I. Dodd Wilson building on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Undergraduate researchers will present short talks and posters covering a broad range of disciplines including biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, and computational sciences.

The hosts for the event are the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and the Center for Molecular Interactions in Cancer as well as the NIH–supported INBRE program. Lunch and refreshments will be provided at the symposium at no cost to participants. The conference was such a success last year that we worked hard to bring it back this year and expand the invitation to other undergraduate research programs.

Learn more about the symposium and register for judging through the departmental website:

https://medicine.uams.edu/biochemistry/undergraduate/symposium/

Registration will open on June 24, 2026, and close on July 13, 2026.

UAMS Graduate School Commencement 2026 - Congratulations Graduates!

https://news.uams.edu/2026/05/21/graduate-school-confers-56-degrees-at-commencement-ceremony/

Graduate School Confers 56 Degrees at Commencement Ceremony - UAMS News The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Graduate School honored its Class of 2026 at a commencement and reception May 14.

The ceremony will be available on Zoom:

https://uams.zoom.us/j/96814678416?pwd=BY4qqqlhdpF2V7dtGVEjuTQieDlYLp.1

Webinar ID: 968 1467 8416
Passcode: 649358

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