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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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Suit alleges Concorde said program would be accredited by the time students graduated. Students from unaccredited schools may not take national exam needed for employment.
Joint replacement surgeons celebrate 1,000th robotic surgery at St. Francis in gathering for high school students.
U of M rises to Tier 1 level in annual listing of colleges and universities by U.S. News & World Report.
U of M professor taps student to help him with set design for 2020 presidential primary debate this week in Houston.
St. Jude is first in the world to acquire a 1.1-gigahertz magnet. In a month, it will be ready to use.
David Rudd's contract as leader of the University of Memphis will be for three years, beginning Oct. 1, with options to extend it another two years.
The University of Memphis board of trustees has approved a plan to buy school buildings attached to Audubon Park Baptist Church.
Three years after her diagnosis, LáDeia Joyce is in a pharmaceutical ad campaign and on the public speaking circuit.
The University of Memphis would like to buy Audubon Park Baptist Church to expand the footprint of its Park Avenue campus for a middle school and possibly a high school later.
New CBU president checked all the boxes for search committee that can't believe it reached a unanimous decision on the first vote.
University reaching out to establish relationship with middle school boys, is confident it has internal resources to get them to college and beyond.
Methodist is using technology to keep stroke patients in hospitals close to home and provide the care needed when they are most critical.
UTHSC prepares for opening of Mind Body Wellness center with recognized yoga personality.
The University of Memphis' new dean of business leads from the nexus of where demand meets need.
The Plough Foundation will turn its remaining assets over to local nonprofits. It will outline the process this spring.
Across the city, college and university students are returning by the tens of thousands. Rhodes College held its Opening Convocation ceremony Friday, while 170 new medical students put on their new white coats in a ceremony at UTHSC.
With the new kitchen, Agricenter is helping children learn to cook with produce from a farmers market, surrounding fields.
A new early childhood center will open in 2022 in an area around the University of Memphis' Park Avenue campus.
Researchers around the globe are tapping into St. Jude Cloud, a repository of the millions of molecular structures that make up the hospital's patients.
Federal money will be used to train nurse practitioners to serve in mental health, OB/GYN in Delta, West Tennessee
MIFA is hosting a variety of community events this fall to help Memphis look at homelessness and creative solutions to an issue that often starts with an unpaid utility bill.
Lifesigns moves to manage growth; opens new office on Kirby Parkway.
Regional One Health's Center for Innovation invites SweetBio to share the benefits of the hospital's intellectual property for a share of its equity.
New UT researcher receives $1.53 million grant for work in autism, schizophrenia.
African-Americans donate fewer organs than most racial groups. But their need for organs far surpasses the supply.