University of Memphis joins National Science Foundation’s hub
The Mid-South Innovation Corps is designed to help local researchers collaborate with other academic institutions.
Jane Roberts
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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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Transportation & LogisticsAt Memphis International, this Delta employee brings an air of joy
Beverly Becton, 38-year employee of Delta Air Lines, lights up the gates at MEM with her customer shoutouts, including roses for birthdays and anniversaries, right down to the family pet.
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Spirit of MemphisIdlewild’s bell tower will glow again, this time in two-tone LED light
The switch will be flipped Dec. 4 at the church. “From that point forward, it will be a lit beacon of our hope — of Christ’s love — from the heart of Midtown,” Rev. David Powers said.
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Transportation & LogisticsDecrease in cargo at Memphis International tracks after FedEx dropped USPS contract
One analyst said cargo volumes at Memphis likely will not return to the glory days of past years as FedEx pushes for higher-margin packages.
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North MemphisBuckman’s biggest-ever Memphis investment is portal for innovation
“We would like to have to be first choice for the new chemical engineers, data scientists, chemists that are coming out of the local universities,” said the company’s CEO. “We also hope to attract talent from around the country and perhaps even around the world to come to Memphis.”
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EducationU of M takes on shrinking enrollment with new strategies — including Tigers tickets
University is hiring two full-time recruiters in Chicago and another one for Dallas-Houston.
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Health Care Smith & Nephew laying off 150 in Memphis by end of year
The orthopedic division in Memphis is the London-based company’s largest operation.
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Health Care Richard Shadyac, CEO of ALSAC, stepping down
He is its sixth leader since ALSAC’s founding in 1957 and credited with nearly quadrupling gifts to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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Transportation & Logistics Holiday airport travel to peak Friday
More than 105,000 passengers expected to depart from here in the two-week holiday travel period.
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx sees some gains in face of stubborn economy, other headwinds
The company affirms the value of its savings programs, more than $6 billion through 2027, but downgrades earnings-per-share for the rest of the year.
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Transportation & Logistics FedEx plans to spin off trucking division
The company expects the transaction, which will produce two publicly traded companies, will be executed in 18 months.
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Transportation & Logistics Airport board OKs $63M to construct five-lane road as entrance
The project will start in April and is expected to take two years. Ultimately a five-lane road will be the airport’s entrance.
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Transportation & Logistics What’s on the road ahead for newly independent FedEx Freight
Analysts say FedEx Freight, worth $30 billion, should be traded against its peers, not locked up inside.
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Health Care‘It’s bonkers’ — how Ozempic, Wegovy change lives of those who struggle to lose weight
Unless the government intervenes to lower the price or forces insurers to cover the drugs, they will remain out of range for many people.
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Public SafetyRicky Webb served 46 years in prison, all of them unjust
With the help of Connor Webber, Memphis-based attorney for Tennessee Innocence Project, Webb , 70, was released in early October.
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EducationNew U of M institute knows the importance of flower power
The university’s new unit, headed by a global expert in sunflowers, focuses on how to boost agriculture specifically in the Mississippi Delta.
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New University of Memphis institute knows the importance of flower power
The university’s new unit, headed by a global expert in sunflowers, focuses on how to boost agriculture specifically in the Mississippi Delta.
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Ricky Webb served 46 years in prison, all of them unjust
With the help of Connor Webber, Memphis-based attorney for Tennessee Innocence Project, Webb , 70, was released in early October.
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