Health insurance company strives to change outcomes by supporting nonprofits
UnitedHealthcare is striving to improve the health of its members by giving $1 million in grants to seven area nonprofits to address the social determinants of health.
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Michelle Corbet covers business for The Daily Memphian. Prior to, she was a reporter at the Memphis Business Journal. A native Memphian and University of Memphis graduate, Michelle covered business in Conway, Arkansas after college. Michelle got her start covering business as an intern at The Commercial Appeal.
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UnitedHealthcare is striving to improve the health of its members by giving $1 million in grants to seven area nonprofits to address the social determinants of health.
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The design of FedEx Logistics' plans to transform the vacant Gibson Guitar Factory into its new Downtown Memphis headquarters is up for review.
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Were it not for matching American Diabetes Association T-shirts, it would be hard to distinguish between kids playing just to play and those learning how to manage their diabetes.
Vatterott Career College’s shuttered culinary school in Cordova will reopen this summer as an extension of the University of Memphis Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality & Resort Management.
The Downtown Memphis Commission Design Review Board unanimously approved a plan to unify all elevations of the former Gibson Guitar Factory with brick, windows and black steel, but some members have questions about signage planned by new tenant FedEx Logistics.
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In an effort to increase the hourly wage for its lowest-paid employees, the University of Memphis board of trustees has approved an across-the-board pay raise for all faculty and staff.
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Coming from 34 states, 115 recent college graduates and career changers arrive in Memphis this week to begin a six-week training to impact the education of Memphis' most disadvantaged students.