University of Memphis students who have excelled in academics,leadership and service will be honored at the annual President'sHonors Assembly Sunday. "The honors assembly is an annual event to recognize academicscholarship," said Marion Emslie, executive assistant to the vicepresident of Student Affairs. The ...
When he was young, 22-year-old Rashawn Ray's mother told him,"Being a black man is something I'll never be able to be, and it'ssomething I can't understand, but I can put you around some peoplewho definitely understand that, and can help you along theway." Ray has never seen his father, but through ...
Graduate schools receive hundreds of applications each semesterfrom students who meet their admission requirements. But in ahighly competitive market, not everyone is accepted. One way for students to distinguish themselves from otherapplicants is with an undergraduate research designation, saidMelinda ...
After learning the class he needed to complete his graduation requirements would not be offered this semester, exercise and sports management major Richard Gilliam expected to delay his graduation until this summer. Last week, however, he found out the course will not be offered until the fall. Now, ...
Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen spoke about ways to strengthen the economy and improve the quality of education in Tennessee at The University of Memphis faculty convocation Friday. “Universities play a large part in recruiting the businesses it takes to create jobs,” Bredesen said. Approximately 200 ...
George Mayo, left guard for The University of Memphis's 1938football team, and his wife Mildred decided to commemorate thefootball team's untied and undefeated '38 season by purchasing analumni brick for each former player. In honor of The University's 90th anniversary, Universityofficials will dedicate ...
How do you avoid throwing away large quantities of excess food that nobody wants to eat? About six years ago, the Memphis Food Bank faced this same problem until dietetic students from The University of Memphis started developing recipes for under-utilized foods. “We’re looking at a departmental-wide ...
Francesco Tiradritti, author of numerous publications including entries in the “Treccani Encyclopedia of Ancient Arts” and editor of “Treasures of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo” will lecture on a seven-year excavation of the tomb of Harwa Feb. 21. The Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology ...
