Memphian determined to give voice to black women living with HIV
Three years after her diagnosis, LáDeia Joyce is in a pharmaceutical ad campaign and on the public speaking circuit.
Jane Roberts
Reporter
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 healthcare and higher education for The Daily Memphian.
There are 768 articles by Jane Roberts :
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September 2019
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East Memphis U of M plans to buy Audubon Park Baptist, 3 residences for middle school
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.
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BusinessNew CBU president is off and running on list of increases
New CBU president checked all the boxes for search committee that can't believe it reached a unanimous decision on the first vote.
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August 2019
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Business New U of M academy reaching out to black middle school boys
University reaching out to establish relationship with middle school boys, is confident it has internal resources to get them to college and beyond.
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Business Methodist rolls out technology to connect stroke patients to experts off-site
Methodist is using technology to keep stroke patients in hospitals close to home and provide the care needed when they are most critical.
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Business UTHSC adds meditative stress-busters to community of the stressed
UTHSC prepares for opening of Mind Body Wellness center with recognized yoga personality.
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Business U of M’s new business school dean leads with can-do attitude
The University of Memphis' new dean of business leads from the nexus of where demand meets need.
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Business Venerable Plough Foundation to close, will be missed
The Plough Foundation will turn its remaining assets over to local nonprofits. It will outline the process this spring.
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Metro College students return to school at campuses across Memphis
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.
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Spirit of Memphis Agricenter opens $100,000 kitchen for kids
With the new kitchen, Agricenter is helping children learn to cook with produce from a farmers market, surrounding fields.
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Education Urban Child Institute donates $3.5M for child care center
A new early childhood center will open in 2022 in an area around the University of Memphis' Park Avenue campus.
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Business St. Jude puts pediatric cancer genomes in the cloud for all
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.
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Business UTHSC, U of M share $6 million to improve rural health care
Federal money will be used to train nurse practitioners to serve in mental health, OB/GYN in Delta, West Tennessee
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Metro MIFA hosting events on homelessness, including citywide book read
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.
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Business Lifesigns moves office to Kirby Parkway
Lifesigns moves to manage growth; opens new office on Kirby Parkway.
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Business Regional One partnership gives SweetBio a leg up as the startup introduces product
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.
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Business UTHSC researcher suspects autism, schizophrenia tied to brain circuitry
New UT researcher receives $1.53 million grant for work in autism, schizophrenia.
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Business Mid-South Transplant Foundation takes message to pews
African-Americans donate fewer organs than most racial groups. But their need for organs far surpasses the supply.
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Education Brother Stanislaus Sobczyk, former president of Christian Brothers University, dies
Brother Stanislaus Sobczyk, who led Christian Brothers University from 1999-2005, has died.
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Business U of M throws curtain back on new culinary arts program
In the former L’Ecole Culinaire, the University of Memphis is opening one of the largest college culinary arts programs in the nation.
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Business Le Bonheur helps child find voice with reconstructed larynx, airway
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital gave Cooper Kilburn, 2, his voice with the first reconstructed child larynx and airway passage ever recorded.
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July 2019
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Business Methodist Le Bonheur plans to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2021
Methodist Le Bonheur is raising its minimum wage as part of series of changes to help fight poverty in Memphis.
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Business UTHSC researcher using AI to identify glaucoma before it’s crippling
UTHSC researcher Siamak Yousefi has landed a $500,000 grant for a project that uses artificial intelligence to catch glaucoma early.
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Business In swampy heat on the Wolf River, canoeists dip in for aquifer research
University of Memphis researchers use seepage meters to study possible breaches into the Memphis Aquifer along the Wolf River.
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Business Medical District encourages folks to get out, about in week of events
The diverse Medical District spends a week getting people out of their offices and routines to see the sights and meet the folks.
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