Rhodes disables 6 drinking fountains after lead testing
Rhodes has 110 fountains on campus; all were tested.
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February 2020
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December 2019
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The Early Word: Another Downtown grocery store; Tim Howard’s new job?
Today is Giving Tuesday, and our gifts include a possible all-time volume record for FedEx, two billion-dollar developments and a reported new job for soccer star Tim Howard.
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Rhodes No. 6 among liberal arts schools for medical school applications
Rhodes College has built a successful infrastructure for producing medical school students, and the city’s health care institutions are a big part of that.
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November 2019
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Second suit rises out of fraternity Valentine’s Day party at Rhodes
Alleged victim is suing Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Rhodes and four students.
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Rhodes students talk about sexual assault on campus
More than 100 Rhodes College students sat in the darkness Tuesday night listening as their peers talked about their experience with sexual assault.
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Culture of Consent plans march at Rhodes on Tuesday
College president responds to alleged victim who complained about the how the Rhodes Title IX office handled her sexual assault case.
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New Loews Hotel may replace back part of historic building
A new request for a special use permit has been submitted for approval now that Loews Hotel & Co. has added the historic police station property to its site plan.
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Rhodes receives $300,000 from DOJ for sexual assault prevention, programs
Rhodes will implement a strategic plan, including setting up training programs that will center on sexual assault prevention, victim support and responding to interpersonal violence and stalking.
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October 2019
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Families of police shooting victims gather for weekend event
Family members who have lost loved ones in officer-involved shootings discuss their loss at a two-day event.
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Rhodes receives $900,000 from Mellon Foundation
Rhodes will use the money across disciplines to look at health care access and equity.
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Rhodes professors will discuss slavery, aftermath 400 years after 1619
Rhodes College hosting panel discussion on slavery on October 21.
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to speak at Rhodes College
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will deliver Rhodes College’s annual Constitution Day lecture on Thursday, Oct. 3.
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September 2019
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New CBU president says outreach to ‘Dreamers’ will continue
On “Behind The Headlines,” Rhodes College president Marjorie Hass said the school is recruiting students nationally as the number of high school students in the southeastern U.S. is projected to drop.
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Memphis-born singer Vera Little: From Manassas High to the Vatican
The home of the blues was also home to mezzo-soprano Vera Little, a pioneering artist with a commanding voice who was the first African American singer to perform for a pope.
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August 2019
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Nelson: Jack arrived, Anthony stayed. They launched a startup that’s changing physics education
Positive Physics reaches about 13,000 students a year in 50 states and 76 countries. Memphis teacher Jack Replinger writes the problems. Memphis computer scientist Anthony Fizer maintains the site.
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July 2019
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Rhodes faculty members join Office of Academic Affairs
Three Rhodes College faculty members, Tim Huebner, Natalie Person, and Amy Jasperson, have joined the Office of Academic Affairs.
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June 2019
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Conaway: A Memphian’s real-life adventure serial
Richard Halliburton wrote a steamer trunk of bestsellers and syndicated articles, but to call him merely an author would be like calling Indiana Jones merely an anthropologist. And while Indy’s unbelievable fictional adventures are just that, Halliburton’s unbelievable adventures were real.
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May 2019
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Run, hide, fight: Local colleges, universities bolster security as campus shootings persist
As school shootings continue to occur in America, local colleges and universities are investing in equipment, training and counseling services to take every measure against a shooting on their campuses.
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Calkins: Rhodes professor (and Memphis!) have a horse at the Preakness
Warrior's Charge is not your typical Preakness entry. Because his owners are from Memphis.
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April 2019
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Nelson: How to fight recidivism with great books
The parole board was blown away when a woman who had spent 25 years behind bars, and who was a member of the great books group at West Tennessee State Penitentiary, quoted Herodotus in answer to a question about how she now defined success.
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Eighty years after his death, Richard Halliburton finds new life in fiction
Richard Halliburton, a Memphis adventure travel writer from a past era, has turned up in a new series of spy novels as himself. The author researched Halliburton's life and his journals at the Rhodes College Halliburton archives.
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March 2019
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The Weekly Memphian: Emerging Memphis Designer Project, ‘The Art of the SCAR,’ ‘The Juniper Tree’ and Bon Iver
The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers March 27-April 2.
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February 2019
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Planning and Zoning 101 reveals code quirks
Josh Whitehead discusses the evolution of planning and development in Memphis on The Daily Memphian Politics podcast.
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December 2018
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Don Lear, legendary area football coach, dies
Don Lear, who spent 40 years coaching high school and college football in Memphis, died Saturday following an extended illness. -
Tech901 course helps Rhodes College employee grow in career
With a $250 class – and hard work – Kimberly Wamble was able to grow her salary by 20 percent.
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