Grizzlies Insider: Team enters ‘the bubble’
This week is all about “the bubble:” How it’s going to work, what the players are going through and how they are going to adapt to being on the court with no fans.
1419 articles by The Daily Memphian Staff :
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July 2020
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Three Memphis agencies to benefit from UnitedHealthcare grants
More than half of the Empowering Health grants will help organizations increase their capacity to fight COVID-19 and support impacted communities.
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Coronavirus: Shelby County adds more than 440 cases
According to a written COVID task force update, the daily positivity rate continues to climb.
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Movers & Shakers
University of Memphis assistant professor Ranganathan Gopalakrishnan has received a $750,000 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) EARLY CAREER Award for his research project “Thermodynamics and Transport Models of Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasmas.”
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Paycheck Protection loan applications resume
Paycheck Protection Program forgivable loan applications resume with Aug. 8 deadline and nearly $130 billion still left in the program till.
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Crosstown radio partnership announces new names
“I’ve been wanting to help make a change with Memphis radio, specifically community radio, for a long time. ... We are going to amplify voices in Memphis and the Mid-South."
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Zoo cancels 2020 Zoo Rendezvous
The Memphis Zoo cites the pandemic's effects on the local restaurant industry as a factor in cancelling this year's Zoo Rendezvous event.
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Memphis Tigers pick up two three-star commitments on July 4
The Memphis Tigers picked up two commitments Saturday: three-star wide receiver Raheem Roberts and tight end Errington McRae. The team's class of 2021 stands at 15 commitments with several months until the early signing period.
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Watch Gov. Bill Lee’s briefing
Gov. Bill Lee will speak in a press conference at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 2, 2020. -
Grizzlies Insider: Team won’t reveal COVID test results, but we can assume
Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins recently made official what team reps had been confirming privately, as players began meeting the media — at least via Zoom.
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Watch Live: Gov. Bill Lee’s briefing
Listen as Gov. Bill Lee presents an update for Tennessee at 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 1.
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Movers & Shakers
Local CPA firm, Patrick Accounting, recently announced the addition of five new employees including a new senior accountant, two new staff accountants, administrative support, and an accounting and tax manager.
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June 2020
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Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure goes virtual
Planned for Oct. 31 at AutoZone Park, the event will now take place on the same day with a virtual platform.
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Faropoint buys 12-property industrial portfolio in Memphis
Faropoint has been buying industrial infill properties across the country, but continues to see Memphis as a top market for acquiring assets.
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Nearly 5,000 tests confirm 594 new coronavirus cases
Current COVID-19 numbers are the result of a total of 126,623 people being tested in Shelby County, an increase of 4,997 new tests.
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SouthernSun buying out consulting partner
The transaction will be funded by SouthernSun’s key employees, led by Michael and Phillip Cook and Michael Cross.
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Governor extends state of emergency through August
Gov. Bill Lee signed Executive Order No. 50 Monday to extend the State of Emergency related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to Aug, 29.
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Online bidding for St. Jude JAM auction ends June 30
Auction item include a custom replica of the 1965 World Championship Shelby Daytona Coupe, an autographed Gibson guitar, exclusive national golf event excursions and more at stjude.org/stjudejam. The bidding continues through 6 p.m. June 30.
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Indian Community Fund gives $5,000 to help stranded international students at U of M
The U of M has hundreds of students from 72 nations. Due to travel bans, many of them are unable to return home for summer break.
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Daily Memphian names veteran journalist sports editor
Veteran sports journalist Elaine Sung has been named sports editor of The Daily Memphian. Currently the deputy sports editor at The Detroit Free Press, Sung has extensive sports experience, having also worked as a senior editor at ESPN.
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U of M will not require ACT, SAT for freshmen enrolling for fall 2021
University admissions staff will review a host of other indicators, including pre-ACT scores and dual enrollment grades.
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UTHSC awards series of diversity, inclusion grants
Awards foster inclusion work that faculty and staff are doing on campus.
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No tuition hikes for public community colleges
It is the first year without a tuition increase at Tennessee’s 13 community colleges since 1991 and the first at the 27 Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology since 2013
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QuadJobs acquires business started at Rhodes College
QuadJobs had been looking to get into the Memphis market for some time.
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