healthy food choices for the patients, visitors and employees in this building. While UAMS offers food service in other areas on campus, our building has been lacking in that regard. We are happy now to provide this option,” Gray said. The café, which is operated by Aramark, is open 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. The space also provides a direct connection to
Infusion Clinic 1 in the UAMS Outpatient Center and is home to the Auxiliary-run gift shop; the Department of Volunteer Services; a chapel; and consultation areas for services including social work and nutrition. CDI Contractors Inc. is the general contractor for the expansion. Cromwell Architects Engineers of Little Rock and FKP Architects of Houston are the architecture/engineering firms.
The Ford Patient Support Pavilion offers educational materials, computer access and a place to relax between appointments.
Construction Continues Construction is now under way on two research laboratory floors at the Cancer Institute. The construction is funded by a $10.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced in 2010. Funding for the grant comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
2009 stimulus monies allocated to the NIH for construction grants. The floors will house open lab space, improving researchers’ ability to collaborate and share resources. Ultimately, the construction project will result in an additional 33,660 net square feet of research space. seek
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