With gas prices continuously rising and the price of electric cars falling, some consumers are waving goodbye to the high gas prices of yesteryear and hello to an alternative to gas-fueled vehicles – including the physical plant at The University of Memphis. "My uncle said never be the first to try ...
Clarence Simpson, senior communication and fine arts major, scrounged local boutiques, racks of stone wash jeans, while braving that oh-so-familiar thrift store smell, to find what may be fashion gold to display in his first "Awkward Pop Up Shop" this Saturday. The event will be a cash-only shopping ...
The Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at The University of Memphis was recently recognized as a "best value" law program for the fifth time in PreLaw Magazine, a national publication for law students. The list was created as a way to critique the nation's "best value" programs among the 200 law programs ...
A 23-year-old student was arrested in Carpenter Student Housing Complex on April 4 for a marijuana-related offense, the fifth in a span of less than six weeks at or near the complex. Student housing assistant Kelly Scusselle reported to University of Memphis Police Services that she smelled marijuana ...
When it comes to on-campus housing at The University of Memphis, South Hall isn't the only thing that's been smoking this year. Over the last year, Carpenter Student Housing Complex has been the most frequent location of drug offenses on campus. As of April 1, six of the 21 drug offenses at U of M since ...
Magda Biejat, a native of Warsol, Poland, will speak at The University of Memphis today about how the transition from communism to democracy has affected the rights of rural Polish women. Biejat will present her lecture, titled "Democratization for Women? How the Farmers' Wives Associations Were Left ...
A former editor at a small Kentucky newspaper, Melanie George said she's always had a heart for telling the stories of people in dire circumstances. But the story she's telling lately is her own. George, a publishing graduate student at The University of Memphis, is a survivor of colon cancer. "(U of ...
University of Memphis senior Martina Igberaese, recently named the American Advertising Federation's Most Promising Minority Student, said the key to her success is simple — it's hard work. "Sometimes people aren't as lucky to have success just fall into their lap or come from an affluent family," ...
Pepper Schwartz, an award-winning sexologist, will speak at The University of Memphis today at 1 p.m. in the University Center River Room. She will discuss "Sexuality Throughout the Life Cycle" at the event, which is free and open to the public. Joy Clay, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, ...
American poet and essayist Albert Goldbarth will read some of his poems and take part in an open forum interview on campus today. The interview will begin at 10:30 a.m. in room 456 of Patterson Hall, and Goldbarth's reading is scheduled for 8 p.m. in the University Center Bluff Room. Both events are ...