Education
Being a college freshman in pandemic was tough, then it got worse
LaNerra Gray lost her scholarships, then her mother, but nothing was going to keep her from earning a teaching degree.
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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Health CareSt. Jude sharpening focus on AI, starting in radiology
The hospital will build algorithms to measure tumors, and then teach the system to simultaneously label where they are located, standardizing the host of ways physicians describe where tumors are located.
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Education Hooks Institute takes long view of city in new U of M home
Daphene McFerren grew up among people who knew how to make a difference. Her parents, John and Viola McFerren, are folk heroes in Fayette County for helping organize Tent City in the 1960s.
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Business Brazilian firm reportedly offers to buy IP
Deal could be worth $15 billion, unnamed sources say.
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Health Care Trezevant partnership will offer ‘pop-in’ services for seniors
“It could be as simple as in the evening, ‘Hey, can you just check and make sure that Mama has dinner and that the phone is beside the bed, plugged in and charging.’”
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx jet makes emergency landing in Turkey
The plane, a Boeing 767, bumped in on the underside of its nose after the back wheels touched down.
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BusinessIP unlikely to sell to Brazilian company, analysts say
According to one analyst, it may make more sense for IP to explore selling its fluff pulp business to Suzano instead of the entire company.
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Visual Arts Airport honors student artistic achievement in 17th annual contest
Much of the art is for sale; it will hang in baggage-claim area for one year.
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BartlettTwo antebellum wedding venues on market
Seventeen years ago, Denise Suthoff realized that her house was a perfect wedding venue. She opened Heartwood Hall to weddings first and then added Cedar Hall to accommodate the business pouring in.
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Transportation & LogisticsSouthwest grads buckle up for aviation careers
The aviation operations tech program at Southwest Tennessee Community College is an associate degree designed to usher a new generation into the skies — for less tuition and time than the traditional four-year path.
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Spirit of MemphisMemphian and seed vault partner to receive World Food Prize
Cary Fowler, a 1967 graduate of White Station High, and Geoffrey Hawtin created the “doomsday vault,” an underground seed storage facility built in the Svalbard Archipelago in Norway, 600 miles from the North Pole.
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Business Graphic Packaging to lay off 73 workers, close plant in July
The layoffs will begin in early July and conclude by the end of the month.
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Education U of M hires dean of communication, fine arts
She has done extensive research in the use of music to promote well-being and alleviate pain.
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Transportation & Logistics Memphis International raising airline rents and landing fees by almost half
Expiring COVID-19 pandemic grants and inflation force higher costs on airlines, but ticket prices aren’t expected to rise.
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Education U of M says tuition and fees expected to increase for fall 2024
The proposed 4% tuition hike would raise $2.7 million a year for the University of Memphis; nearly 3% increase in annual fees would net more than $575,000.
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MusicU of M saxophonist will solo with US Army Concert Band in June
Two days before the concert, Andrew Stine will audition for an opening in the concert band, a test of nerve before one of the biggest days of his life.
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EducationBeloved teacher to retire, leaving 51-year history of his own at Briarcrest
“Bob Shirey is the only employee that was here the day that Briarcrest opened its doors and is still here,” said Caron Swatley, Briarcrest president.
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DowntownStreet cred: Behind-the-scenes man has run Beale for decades
In 1983, when Beale Street reopened as the city-owned entertainment district, Al James, now 71, became its official manager, running the hardscape of one of the country’s most famous streets like it was his own front yard.
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Transportation & Logistics Memorial Day airport travel will top last year’s 15-year high
More than 10,000 people a day are expected to go through the TSA security checkpoint on Thursday and Friday.
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Transportation & Logistics TSA urges flyers in busy season to check their carry-on — and their keychain
Kubotans, pepper spray and a host of other self-defense gadgetry will get you flagged at the airport security checkpoint.
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Music Promoter begins blues, Southern soul format on Flinn AM/FM stations
Lamonte Cunningham, owner of ER Entertainment, is launching The Source 104.1 FM, a Southern soul and R & B format station, Saturday, June 1, hoping to give new talent a boost.
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Transportation & Logistics TOSHA issues no citations, fine, in death of 86-year-old at FedEx hub
Verna Mae Jackson was hit and pinned by a 2,500-pound dolly Nov. 29, 2023, and pronounced dead at Regional One. Co-workers told investigators she sometimes walked between dollies, which is against company policy.
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Transportation & Logistics Larry Cox, who led airport through big-growth decades, dies at 76
Cox was one of only five people who have led the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority since its formation in 1969. At 29 years, his tenure was the longest, by far.
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Education Tuition rises at U of M, starting with 3.71% hike for in-state residents
It is the largest increase in eight years, a reflection of rising costs, decreases in state funding and a precipitous drop in the number of freshmen expected this fall.
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Education U of M will invest $1M in AI ventures after xAI announcement
Elon Musk’s investment triggered a response that will include new professors in traditional AI fields and incentives for others to align their research in AI applications.
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