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.
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 business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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Health Care 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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Health Care 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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Health Care Lifesigns moves office to Kirby Parkway
Lifesigns moves to manage growth; opens new office on Kirby Parkway.
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Health Care 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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Health Care 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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Health Care 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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Health Care 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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Health Care 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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Health Care 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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City of Memphis 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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Health Care 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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Business U.S. cotton industry curries favor with Indonesian textile execs
Cotton industry hosts Indonesian textile execs in tour that includes Memphis.
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Metro Peer Power sends 70 new Success Coaches into Shelby County Schools
70 Peer Power Success Coaches are ready to go into Shelby Count Schools.
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Health Care ALSAC/St. Jude basking in warmth of a global audience
ALSAC/St Jude has a message for every audience; the one no one will miss is how much fun the tournament is for the kids.
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Real Estate EDGE board approves PILOTs for four projects
EDGE board approves incentives for projects across the city, from warehouse space to studio living near the University of Memphis.
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Health Care New field hospital opens its flaps in Robert Church Park
Among its other attributes, a local, inflatable field hospital will take pressure off hospital resources in a bona fide emergency at a large event in Memphis.
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Health Care At-home advocates help chronic ER users reduce drain on system
A four-year study on care given to really sick patients after being discharged from the hospital reveals the importance of creating reimbursement systems that pay for total patient care, including rapid follow-ups.
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Germantown Germantown breaks ground for Houston field house
Germantown officials and philanthropists scooped ceremonial shovels of soil Wednesday at the site of a $4 million athletic field house at Houston High School.
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Health Care Trump’s order on kidney care gets strong support in Memphis
President Trump's mandate to dramatically reduce kidney disease and expensive dialysis was greeted warmly in Memphis, where diabetes and hypertension are members of a deadly dynasty.
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Metro Bob Gilliland was ‘Papa Bear’ pilot for top-secret Blackbird
Bob Gilliland flew into aviation history in 1964 as the test pilot for the top-secret SR-71 Blackbird. He died Thursday at his home in California at age 93.
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Business River Parks Partnership plans redo of Memphis Park
Memphis River Parks Partnership wants to make Memphis Park into a community gathering place Downtown with shaded dining area and easy access to other amenities.
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