Calipari’s Razorbacks working to schedule exhibition game in Memphis
The Memphis Tigers and Arkansas Razorbacks are working on scheduling an exhibition basketball game at FedExForum that would benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Topic: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
RSSThere are 130 article(s) tagged St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital:
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May 2025
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St. Jude graduates its largest kindergarten class ever
Imagine Academy is designed to help St. Jude patients keep up with their classwork when their treatment requires them to be away from home for extended periods.
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April 2025
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St. Jude on-campus donor center seeks new blood
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Jude employees stepped up to donate their blood and platelets. But since the pandemic ended, the Blood Donor Center has been recruiting the public to become donors.
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February 2025
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Experts watch bird flu – H5N1 – with hands over eyes
No one thought cows could catch flu; herds in Idaho have been infected twice with this strain, setting up worry that the virus could circulate endlessly on farms. There are no vaccines.
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St. Jude, WHO partner to get cancer meds to sick children around the world
St. Jude and WHO said they’d begun delivering lifesaving medicines for children with cancer in pilot countries Mongolia and Uzbekistan, with the next shipments planned for Ecuador, Jordan, Nepal and Zambia.
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December 2024
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St. Jude recruits Boston cancer center exec for key role
Maria Megdal comes to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital from Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and will oversee a number of departments vital to the hospital’s operations.
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St. Jude Memphis Marathon runners all had stories to tell
An estimated 22,500 runners took part in Saturday’s St. Jude Memphis Marathon to raise money for the children’s hospital. Nearly every one of them had a story to tell about someone they know touched by illness.
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Hope ahead: St. Jude kicks off Marathon Weekend in Downtown Memphis
Memphis will host 22,500 participants, including a record 1,800 patient family members, for this year’s St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend.
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St. Jude, MPD ask Memphis to ‘pack your patience’ for Saturday’s marathon
An estimated 22,500 runners are set to take to the streets of Downtown and Midtown on Saturday for the St. Jude Memphis Marathon.
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St. Jude plans new 16-story tower Downtown
The new tower will be at A.W. Willis Avenue and Danny Thomas Boulevard, on a site occupied by three buildings that would be demolished.
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November 2024
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St. Jude fundraising organization hires Sesame Street, Whole Foods execs
The fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has recruited Samantha Maltin of Sesame Workshop as its new chief marketing and brand officer, while Ankur Jain of Amazon-owned Whole Foods will become the nonprofit’s first chief data and analytics officer.
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AutoZone Liberty Bowl’s annual donation to St. Jude exceeds $300,000
Earlier this week, the AutoZone Liberty Bowl and the College Football Playoff Foundation presented a check for $300,338 to St. Jude.
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October 2024
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Mid-South job seekers pack first-ever St. Jude community career fair
Some of the candidates at the St. Jude Career Fair Tuesday, Oct. 22, come from International Paper, which last week announced it was laying off hundreds of Memphis workers.
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Council approves next step in deal for Sheraton convention-center hotel
The Memphis City Council is also taking a look at the new building code that requires some schools buildings to have storm shelters to see if there are less expensive ways to meet the standard.
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National champs in Memphis for St. Jude kids
South Carolina Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley is bringing her team to town for the Hoops for St. Jude Tip Off Classic.
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September 2024
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Tigers basketball to host North Carolina, South Carolina in games benefiting St. Jude
The Tigers’ men’s and women’s basketball teams will face two of the toughest teams in the country in a doubleheader that will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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Polaris spaceflight could lift St. Jude fundraising to new heights
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is the official charitable partner of SpaceX’s Polaris Program, which launched its first commercial spaceflight early on Tuesday, Sept. 10, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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August 2024
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St. Jude purchases Intrator property in Pinch District
Intrator purchased the five-plus acres in 2019 for a proposed $1.1 billion Pinch District project; it was expected to include two hotels, 900-plus apartments and 220,000 square feet of office space.
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Guest column: FESJC put living charitably on the world stage
For nearly 40 years, FedEx, St. Jude, Memphis and the entire Mid-South have united to spread this lifesaving mission to the world for one week.
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Despite FESJC struggles, Jordan Spieth makes big impact for St. Jude
The golfer and his wife made a donation to support research into treatments for the second most common form of childhood leukemia.
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Buckley: Collin Morikawa birdies, St. Jude benefits. That’s a win-win.
Every birdie by Collin Morikawa this week at TPC Southwind is money in the bag for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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St. Jude tops Gen-Z dream employer list
Coming of age in the COVID-19 pandemic may have influenced Gen Z’s career aspirations.
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July 2024
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Stigma, limited sex ed contribute to teen HIV uptick in Shelby County
Chris Sinnock, a social worker at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, cites bias against condoms and dating apps as two of the elements contributing to the spread of HIV.
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Four days, 465 miles, one goal: St. Jude supporters begin run to Illinois
The St. Jude Runs relay fundraiser is a tradition that dates back more than four decades and ends with a parade in Peoria, Illinois, featuring runners from Memphis, Chicago, St. Louis and three dozen other Midwestern cities.
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June 2024
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St. Jude gifts relic of namesake apostle to Midtown cathedral
At some point — no one really knows when — the saint’s relic made its way to Memphis as a donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and has been in storage on its campus for 62 years.
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