The new center honors the legacy of internationally known nurse theorist Margaret A. Newman, a native Memphian and UTHSC alumna and former faculty member who died in 2018. 

“When we say we have the highest concentration of Black talent in health care and life science, the companies we’re recruiting to Memphis sit up and pay attention,” said Gwyn Fisher, chief economic development officer of the Greater Memphis Chamber. 

He helped perfect the early science of lipids, the fats in the blood that cause high blood pressure and strokes. The clinic he started at the VA Medical Center in 1985 is busier than ever. 

Officials envision the new entity — the name UT Health was floated — as a hub of innovation that would attract top medical talent, grow research opportunities and offer new therapies, specialized surgeries and access to clinical trials.

The Sustainability Insights tool is designed to assist FedEx in its goal of reaching carbon neutral operations by 2040. 

“This shortage is causing oncologists to make difficult decisions. Treatments are being skipped and delayed, doses are being reduced, treatments plans are being changed, and sequences of usual treatment are being altered.”

“We are living in a time of an identity crisis for K-12 and higher education. The laser-focus on college preparation for all students in K-12 education, regardless of their interests or skills, led to mismatched priorities, frustrated families, and uninterested graduates.”

The report from the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth found Shelby County ranked low in health, education and economics. 

As Molly Smith finalizes the end of Bhan Thai, new owners Thuan Pham and family percolate plans for a cafe.

Previous guest speakers in the luncheon’s 21-year history include Barbara Bush, Leslie Odom, Jr., Andie MacDowell, Octavia Spencer, Rob Lowe, Sally Field and Michael Douglas. 

Patients will have the opportunity to host their own radio and TV shows, play games, watch live musical performances and interview celebrity guests. 

Pilots picketing outside the FedEx Express Air Operations Center on Airways Boulevard Wednesday held signs that read “When the world shut down, FedEx pilots delivered” and “Now is the time!”

The airport and TSA have shared tips for people traveling for the holiday.

In this week’s Inked: University Lofts is moving forward in the Edge district, a private shooting range has plans for Cordova, the Highland Strip gets a Red Koi and Rumble Boxing opens its first Memphis location.

Southwest Tennessee Community College, SRVS and Colliers announce promotions and additions. 

The increase in revenue will be supplemented by the federal Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriation Act funding and surplus funds that will carry over from 2023.

Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab launched a new Wishmakers program with residents being granted wishes from going to the top of the Bass Pro Pyramid to visiting Crosstown Concourse to enjoying a trip to Herb Parsons Lake.

What causes long COVID in some people and not others?

He’s seen combat, worked to resolve the city’s sexual assault kit backlog and led the area’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts. Now, Doug McGowen is taking on Memphis’ publicly owned utility. 

Scott Brockman, the airport’s president and CEO, talked on “Behind The Headines” about incentives for flights to and from certain cities and other adjustments a decade after Delta ‘de-hubbed’ Memphis International.

Southaven Mayor Darren Musselwhite doesn’t want trucks from a new development in Memphis ruining the city’s roads, so he plans to issue fines against the vehicles using Tulane Road.

A representative of FedEx said the decision should not affect the company’s operations at this time. 

Nearly half a million people contract Lyme disease annually nationwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Fogelman College of Business & Economics at the University of Memphis announces an addition. 

Otis, a highly-trained Bernese Mountain dog, delights staff and patients alike as he makes his rounds at the hospital.