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Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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This is the second consecutive year auditors have reported inconsistencies in the financials for the University of Memphis’ Auxiliary Services Foundation, which includes funding for Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.
Ransom is leaving TV news, although not the city, “to start a new chapter in my career, one that I couldn’t be more thrilled about.”
The evening went off without violence, with about 30 people attending Kyle Rittenhouse’s second attempt at a speech on the University of Memphis campus.
Paint Memphis, the nonprofit that transforms a corner of the city each year with its signature mural fest, has appealed a court ruling that says it failed to fully pay two former co-directors for six months of work.
Kendra Lawler was one of the federal workers recently laid off as part of a large-scale reduction in force. Many of those affected were classified as probationary.
At last year’s event, Kyle Rittenhouse abruptly left the stage early, and protesters later chased his supporters across campus.
For a few days, Kendra Lawler sat at home, stunned. Early last week, though, the veteran felt compelled to speak out.
Letter from U.S. Department of Interior stops paid work on cases of hundreds of unattended minors in the Mid-South alone.
The presidents of five of Tennessee’s largest research institutions have asked the state’s congressional leaders to maintain federal NIH funding, saying the changes would “devastate biomedical research.”
Whitney Hardy, who tried to levitate her skateboard at age 7, knows U of M has “the tools, the resources, the mentorship, the partners on campus” for today’s would-be innovators. She shows them how to navigate through to their dreams.
“A lot of our junior faculty that we are hiring ... are well-trained in research and finding funding for their research,” the U of M’s Jasbir Dhaliwal said. “It has absolutely become part of our culture.”
Since October, IP has announced closures, largely in the Southeast, that have or will eliminate 2,500 jobs.
U.S. medical schools’ and research institutions’ budgets could be gutted if a recent Trump administration plan to reduce federal funding is allowed to stand, according to researchers.
No one thought cows could catch flu; herds in Idaho have been infected twice with this strain, setting up worry that the virus could circulate endlessly on farms. There are no vaccines.
Nearly 3,000 people are on the waiting list for the local meal program, and every day more people are being added.
The awards ceremony will begin with reception at 5:30 p.m. in the Michael D. Rose Theatre on the University of Memphis campus.
Memphis is the No. 2 city in the nation for cargo theft behind Los Angeles-Long Beach, and it’s a problem that “has a ripple effect” for retailers and consumers.
The company lost $147 million in the fourth quarter; sales were flat.
A week before Thanksgiving, a local real estate agent got a call to look for a 16-acre site close to the Medical District.
International Paper CEO Andy Silvernail is from Bucksport, Maine, a town where for years IP ran a mill until it was forced to close in 2014, gutting the economy of that community and beyond.
Kevin Dean, head of the Tennessee Nonprofit Network, spent much of Tuesday trying to tamp down the panic and misinformation. Even a short pause could disrupt housing and food assistance, he said.
International Paper’s $9.9 billion deal to acquire DS Smith is expected to close Jan. 31 and give the Memphis-based firm 30,000 new employees worldwide.
“He’s here to fundamentally rework IP and make it successful,” a financial executive said about CEO Andy Silvernail.
Students who complete the 2-credit course will earn DU ecology conservation certification.
The funding aims to bolster interest in the humanities and provide an income for students who cannot afford to work unpaid internships.