Former NEH head says agency will survive, but won’t be the same
Some state humanities councils, funded primarily by the agency, will begin closing in the next month, Shelly Lowe said.
Jane Roberts
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Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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Visual ArtsLamar Sorrento paints world only way he knows how
“Some people, their goal in life is to be their authentic selves. Most people never get there,” said a longtime friend. “(Lamar Sorrento’s) gotten there and gone past it, I think.”
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Education Trump-ousted National Endowment for Humanities head to talk at Rhodes
Shelly Lowe, who was asked to step down as chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities by President Donald Trump in March, is giving a public lecture Thursday.
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BusinessLocal company turns rice waste into ‘carbon gold’
Graphyte is trying to be one part of the climate solution, straight from the ground up.
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EducationCBU hit in purge of foreign students
As international students at CBU and the U of M, like others across the country, have their visas revoked, the issue is setting up new quandaries for college administrators.
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Education5 U of M students lose visas; told to leave country
As college enrollments have dwindled in the United States, many colleges have stepped up international recruiting to close the gap.
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Education Tom Nenon guided U of M as philosopher, mentor and provost
“I mean, Tom was the kind of person that made a university a community,” said former university president M. David Rudd of Tom Nenon, who died Friday, April 4, of cancer.
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Business‘Now, we have to scale’ — local leaders talk AI opportunities
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is using AI to build three-dimensional models of patient tumors while IMC is using it in customer service. And Southwest Tennessee is creating a new two-year associate degree in AI programming.
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Spirit of Memphis Memphis entrepreneur, inventor framed his life in stained-glass
Dan Oppenheimer’s children say he saw no reason in retiring because his work gave him creative expression and avenues for improving the world.
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BusinessHopes and fears swirl around tariffs in Memphis, starting at car lots
Depending on people’s points of view, tariffs will jumpstart U.S. manufacturing and create jobs or mire the economy in inflation. There’s little in-between.
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Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlash
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Arts & CultureLocal museums, library organization brace for federal funding cuts
Appeal letters to Memphis Library Foundation supporters have already gone out as a new executive order would eliminate the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx laying off 200+ outside Nashville
The company is closing a site in Lebanon, Tennessee, as it is ceasing service to a key customer.
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Health CareHealth department activates emergency plans after measles case confirmed
“Knowing where the case is and what population they are in ... that will really shape what we do over the next several days.”
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Health CareWhat to make of measles: The situation in Shelby County
Tennessee’s herd immunity is high, but most physicians practicing now have never treated a case of measles. And adults, especially those between 40 and 68 years of age, might want another dose of the vaccine.
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Spirit of MemphisCrosstown Concourse lead architect sought to build equality, community
For his work on that project and other large, historic restorations, LRK managing principal Tony Pellicciotti will receive the American Institute of Architects’ highest honor.
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South MemphisBlight remediation, economic growth and a delicious sandwich to boot
Knowledge Quest’s new Green Leaf Cafe is opening officially in April and serving microgreens salads, salmon paninis and several burgers.
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North MemphisWith another loss, The Pinch feels its name
Comeback Coffee and the adjacent Greenhaus were small businesses, but they represented a vision for what may be the “last frontier of Downtown Memphis.”
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx cuts earnings outlook for year again, rattles market
By 8 p.m., FedEx shares had fallen $13.80 to $232.41 in after-hours trading on Thursday. Through the close of market, the stock price has fallen 5.3% for the year.
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Public SafetyCrime victims’ safety net unraveling with continued cuts
A change in how federal criminal cases are processed has left violence hotlines, domestic violence shelters and child-abuse counseling centers struggling — and looking to the State of Tennessee for help.
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Health Care TV’s Richard Ransom joins Methodist Le Bonheur staff
Ransom will sign off for the last time at ABC24 on Wednesday, March 19, capping a career in broadcast journalism here that started in 1994.
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City of MemphisFor Memphis’ first COVID patient, early pandemic was personal
Baptist employee Marilyn Davis was the area’s first-known COVID-19 patient, collapsing at work on her way to the ER: “I was so sick, and I really thought I was going to die.”
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EducationU of M foundation cited for sloppy accounting practices
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.
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Metro Richard Ransom leaving TV news for career change
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.”
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EducationProtesters far outnumber small Rittenhouse audience at U of M
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.
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BusinessPaint Memphis appeals lawsuit over back pay to former co-directors
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.
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