Heartland Whole Health Institute

11/17/2025

Congratulations, Amy!

This week Amy Gourley our Infusion Supervisor in Fayetteville received the Heartland Whole Health Institute Bridge Award. This prestigious honor recognizes her unwavering dedication to patients, her leadership in oncology care, and her advocacy for community health. She leads with over two decades of experience as a patient-facing nurse. This is exemplified by her compassion, innovation, and purpose-driven work. Her impact reaches far beyond the clinic by mentoring nurses, supporting vulnerable children, and inspiring hope wherever she goes.

Congratulations, Amy! Your commitment to bridging the gap to better health lights the way forward for all of us. Read the full article here: https://www.heartlandwholehealth.org/about-us/news/amy-gourley-receives-bridge-award/

11/03/2025

The Heartland Whole Health Institute building - designed by Marlon Blackwell Architects of Fayetteville, Arkansas - wins first place in the health care category of the 2025 Architectural Record Awards 🎉 Recipients of the various award categories include architects hailing from Rome, Stockholm, Barcelona, and across North America. See the full list here: https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17824-announcing-the-winners-of-the-2025-architectural-record-awards

10/02/2025

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09/10/2025

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09/03/2025

An investment in telehealth is an investment in patients’ health, time, and ability to thrive — no matter where they live.

08/28/2025

Dezeen "Encompassing 85,000 square feet (7,897 square metres), the building was designed to draw upon its context and integrate with the landscape. Irregular in plan, it has a slender, curvilinear form with forms branching off, seen in a street-facing volume at ground level.
The lower portion is covered in giraffe stone, a vernacular style of cladding found in the region. It typically consists of flat-faced field stones of varying sizes that are mortared into place, forming a pattern that resembles a giraffe's hide." Read the full story:

Marlon Blackwell Architects has completed a building for the Heartland Whole Health Institute, which features stonework resembling a giraffe's hide.

08/26/2025

This summer, Heartland Whole Health Institute welcomed five Morehead-Cain Foundation students for a Civic Collaboration Program that blended fieldwork, creativity, and community connection. From wellness bingo boards to mobile health units, their work reimagines what whole person care can look like in Northwest Arkansas. Hats off to these future change makers! Read more about their time with the Institute here: https://www.heartlandwholehealth.org/about-us/news/2025-morehead-cain-scholars/

08/19/2025

Alice L. Walton Foundation, Washington Regional, Mercy, Heartland Whole Health Institute Collaborate with UAMS to Meet Regional Health Care Needs FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) today announced a collaboration with the Alice L. Walton Foundation, Heartland Who...

08/15/2025

Architectural critic Michael J. Lewis for The Wall Street Journal: "Heartland Whole Health Institute is also a building of its place, the Ozarks, and it would be out of place anywhere else. Its tumble of forms makes sense in context, as something in between a rock outcropping and a human structure, to be discovered at the end of a hike through the woods."
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/style/design/the-heartland-whole-health-institute-a-building-for-well-being-e624a317
📆 Come see the architectural beauty for yourself every during weekly architecture tours! Tours take place every Friday, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. at 850 Museum Way, Bentonville, Arkansas

Designed by Marlon Blackwell Architects, the new home of Alice Walton’s institute in Arkansas is a free-form structure sensitive to its surroundings and the needs of people.

08/14/2025

Heads Up! This lecture has moved to the Heartland Whole Health Institute, a larger venue on our campus. More tickets are now available - head to the link in this post to reserve your spot!

Just announced 📣 Join us on Thursday, September 11, at 6pm in conversation with two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time FIFA Women’s World Cup champion Mia Hamm.

Named ESPN’s greatest female athlete of the past 40 years, Hamm continues to lead as a fierce advocate for equity in sports and health through the Mia Hamm Foundation, supporting young women athletes and families in need of marrow or cord blood transplants.

In celebration of the opening of our newest exhibition—“Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture”—moderator Steve Nelson, co-founder, founding CEO, and former chairman of Carbon, Inc., will dive into an insightful conversation with Hamm discussing her story, legacy, and her enduring call to action. ⚽

🔗 Visit the link to secure your tickets today: https://brnw.ch/21wUK4K



💡Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture is organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (). The exhibition’s National Tour Sponsor is Bank of America. Additional support is provided by The Coca-Cola Company, Shelby and Frederick Gans, Scholastic, Stout Executive, Blakeman’s Fine Jewelry, Willie and Brenda Godwin, Donna and Mack McLarty, Northwest Arkansas Naturals, Sue and Charles Redfield, Jim Smith and Rebecca Hurst | Smith Hurst, PLC, Jim and Susan Von Gremp, Tony Waller, and Deborah Wright.

08/07/2025

From rendering to real life, the Heartland Whole Health Institute building is extraordinary. Come see for yourself!
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📍 850 Museum Way, Bentonville, Arkansas

08/05/2025

A beautiful building any time of day. Come learn about the stunning architecture (designed by ) at this Friday’s drop-in Architecture Tour!
📆 August 8
🕥 10:30-11:30 a.m.
📍 850 Museum Way, Bentonville, Arkansas