U of M lost 20% of its engineering students. Could a new $45M center help?
Behind the scenes, Herff College of Engineering leaders are working against time and odds to improve enrollment.
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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Education U of M rakes in record $100M with AI, drone and aquifer research
In two years, the University of Memphis has gone from a high of $48 million in external funding to $101 million, with faculty “thinking bigger and applying for bigger grants.”
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Transportation & Logistics Spirit adding nonstop flights to Fort Lauderdale
Spirit entered this market in April 2022 with daily nonstops to Las Vegas and Orlando.
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Real EstateMemphis rent market finding balance after COVID hike
With a growing interest in renting and more units popping up across the city, Memphis’ rental market is a lesson in supply and demand.
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August 2024
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Business Habitat for Humanity opening second ReStore, will carry building materials
Similarly sized cities have two to three ReStore outlets. Memphis has never had more than one.
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Transportation & Logistics Friday will be Memphis airport’s busiest day of holiday weekend
Nearly 10,000 people are expected to go through security.
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Transportation & Logistics United flight diverted to MEM after turbulence, 1 taken to hospital
The flight, which originated in Cancun, was on its way to Chicago.
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Transportation & LogisticsFilling a hole: Airport’s never-used tram tunnel to be sealed
The airport is about to start on the largest modernization project in its history. But first, it needs to fill a little-known tunnel, 25 feet wide, 12 feet high and 1,500 feet long, under baggage claim.
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EducationAt 67, Vincent Clay is starting his art degree at U of M
He started college but quit decades ago. He never stopped wishing it could be different.
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EducationCBU still on probation; board will issue verdict in December
As campuses reopen, a shadow over Christian Brothers University is its probationary status.
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EducationFreshmen are moved in, but local college enrollment is down
One Memphis-area school says numbers are down because standards are up: “If that means we experience a bit of pain for a few years with a decline in freshman enrollment, then so be it.”
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Education U of M law school alumni to honor ‘Pillars’ in legal community
The sold-out event is the group’s largest fundraiser and will provide $25,000 in scholarships this year.
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EducationU of M to build world’s largest ‘wind wall’ for drone study
As part of work it will do for the U.S. Office of Naval Research, the university will also build a 400-foot rain chamber.
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MusicGrammy-winning professor captured vanishing blues and got singers work
The University of Memphis owns the countless hours on its label, High Water Records.
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Real EstateAfter three generations, Whitten Bros. Hardware sold
The new owner, 31-year-old George Sultani, hopes to unveil an e-commerce platform and open more Whitten Hardware stores in Memphis.
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Ford Megasite U of M researcher receives $500K to design BlueOval, Volkswagen transit
“The goal is really, looking statewide to see how we can improve accessibility to jobs. And then if the solution works, the lesson learned in one city may be applied to another city.”
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BusinessAt Edmundson Berry, EQ is as big as balance sheet
Business coaches respond to clients’ demand for help with emotional intelligence, also known as emotional quotient or EQ.
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Spirit of Memphis Cordell Walker poured all he had into Alpha Omega Veterans Services
Under Walker’s leadership, Alpha Omega Veterans Services grew from a duplex in South Memphis to a nonprofit that helped more than 15,000 veterans get training, treatment and access to the benefits they were due.
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Golf Dwight Drinkard made FESJC, St. Jude marathon high-stakes events
He directed the FedEx St. Jude Classic golf tournament for 13 years, starting in 1986 overseeing its move from Colonial Country Club to TPC Southwind. In 2000, St. Jude made him its first director of sports marketing, hoping to reinvigorate the flagging marathon. He died Aug. 5 at age 76.
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EducationCollege admissions officers crossing fingers for new FAFSA
“This affects millions, millions of people in our country. The stakes are high because the ripple is wide,” said one local career adviser.
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Metro Lucia Gilliland was go-to for nonprofits, charitable leadership
Her first job out of college was working for millionaire Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt in New York. She got the job through a New York Times want ad.
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Metro Got student loan debt? Government email may offer relief
Notices going to millions of borrowers give them 30 days to opt out of possible loan relief. It would include those whose balances now surpass the size of the original loan or who have been paying on their loans more than 20 years.
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DowntownFormer Jerry Lee Lewis club will reopen as new brand on Beale Street
The club closed abruptly July 31, leaving more than 20 people without jobs.
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No lines, but coffee and snacks at St. John’s Episcopal
Poll workers outnumbered voters shortly after opening.
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July 2024
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EducationU of M working on Navy’s dime to solve sea-erosion puzzle
Its two-week experiment is running now in the world’s largest cavitation channel on Presidents Island.
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