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UAMS Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute receives $1M to pursue NCI designation

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The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $1 million pledge from Larry Crain Sr. to support the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute’s pursuit of NCI designation.

In appreciation of the gift, UAMS will rename the Seed of Hope Garden on the Cancer Institute’s ground floor as the Janett Crain Seed of Hope Garden, after Crain’s late wife, who died of cancer in 2018.

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