The UofM’s campus police have been working to maintain its safety record since the university was named Tennessee’s campus in 2018. Assistant Chief Derek Myers said the UofM has been upholding its safety record for several years. “We have been stable in the overall number of reports and the crime ...
A representative from the Student Counseling Center spoke with students about their experiences coping with stress in a stress management workshop sponsored by the Student Health and Counseling Services on March 2. Britney Bryson, a health ...
The UofM announced that three new graduate programs, two doctoral programs in social work and applied physics and a master's program in engineering, will be available for students during the fall 2020 semester. Dr. Susan Neely-Barnes, chair of the UofM's social work department, said that the program ...
The University of Memphis's theater department premiered Hamlet: Fall of the Sparrow, a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play and the department's first production of the spring semester, Feb. 13. Director Holly L. Derr said she often takes adaptations of classic works and adds a modern twist ...
The Epsilon Epsilon chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) sorority held a lecture on Feb. 10 in the psychology auditorium to educate the public on budgeting, investing and other helpful financial practices. The sorority brought Brittany Holmes, a branch manager at Orion Federal Credit Union, to lead ...
The Memphis Game Developers welcomed programmers to a three-day game creation event at the FedEx Institute of Technology over the weekend. The programming organization was just one of the hundreds of development groups worldwide participating in the Global Game Jam. Ernest McCracken, organizer and treasurer ...
The City of Memphis' Solid Waste Division did not go through with the rumored wildcat strike that Mayor Strickland prepared for with outside emergency waste services. The workers union explained that the sanitation workers had no intention of striking. Instead, they wanted to organize a meeting ...
World-Renowned children’s author Brian Selznick visited the University of Memphis Department of Theatre and Dance to share excerpts and illustrations from his new book entitled “Live Oak, With Moss” Nov. 21 at the Mainstage Theatre. The book is a series of poems lifted from Walt Whitman’s private ...
The University of Memphis Tiger Pantry closed out the Food for Thought speaker series with a presentation on poverty and how food insecurity could affect students Nov. 14 at the Ned McWherter Library. Dr. Elena Delavega, a professor of social work at the UofM, has conducted several studies on food in ...
The Office of Student Leadership and Involvement hosted a special guest speaker from Volunteer Memphis to discuss community service and leadership skills with students at the University of Memphis Nov. 7 at the University Center Memphis room. Andrea Hill, the director of Volunteer Memphis, spoke about ...
