University of Memphis News

In celebration of Women's History Month, the University of Memphis-Lambuth and Jackson Area Business and Professional Women will present "Inspiring Women of West Tennessee: Careers That Soar" at noon Monday in the Hamilton Room in Wilder Student Union on campus in Jackson.

Planned Parenthood's Elokin CaPece is on a global mission-to make 'sexperts' of students across the mid-south and send them forth to indoctrinate the world.

March 13, 2014 - Joanna Main Bailey, Director of the Immigrant Justice Program, jokes with volunteer law school students as she goes over Deferred Action Status paperwork for several undocumented teens at the University of Memphis Law Schools legal clinic offices Thursday morning.

The University of Memphis campus newspaper, The Daily Helmsman, is hawking "sexpert" training

Can it be that Tennessee's Democrats will actually contest a major statewide office - in this case, the U.S. Senate seat held for more than a decade by the GOP's Lamar Alexander? Nay, more: can it be that Tennessee's Democrats will actually have a primary contest involving more than one serious candidates? The answer to both questions would seem to ... (more)

The Memphis City Council's approval of $15 million in city funding for the Crosstown redevelopment project last December was supposed to be the last piece of a $180 million funding puzzle for the mammoth undertaking.

"Tuition Equality Now! All Tennessean students deserve in-state tuition." That's the message for the latest coat of paint on "The Rock" on the University of Tennessee's Knoxville campus.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Students and faculty from Indiana University's acclaimed IU Soul Revue are traveling to Memphis, Tenn., over spring break to work with talented local youths, including those at the Stax Music Academy, an educational program that continues the tradition of the historic record label.

If University of Memphis freshman forward Austin Nichols isn't named the American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year when the league announces its individual regular-season awards Wednesday, coach Josh Pastner says he'll go to "the highest level of government" and demand an internal investigation.

Under the proposal, a student could express beliefs about religion in homework, artwork and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content.

Global Ministries Fellowship has purchased a 396-unit apartment complex near the University of Memphis for nearly $3.9 million.

The weekly honors continue to roll in for University of Memphis freshman forward Austin Nichols, who was named the American Athletic Conference's Rookie of the Week for a third consecutive week Monday.

Former University of Alabama president Guy Bailey, who served for 57 days before resigning in 2012, is one of four finalists vying for the presidency at the University of Memphis.

The Commercial Appeal reported that the Tennessee Board of Regents selected M. David Rudd, provost at the University of Memphis; George Hynd, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the College of Charleston; Sharon Gaber, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas; and Guy Bailey, former ... (more)

The Commercial Appeal reported that the Tennessee Board of Regents selected M. David Rudd, provost at the University of Memphis; George Hynd, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the College of Charleston; Sharon Gaber, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas; and Guy Bailey, former ... (more)

Elokin CaPece, education director for Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region, is "offering students the opportunity to become educators and advocates for sexual health and safety on college campuses throughout the MidSouth."

A 15-year-old is charged with the shooting dead of a 13-year-old, but there is a new twist in the case.

Brad Martin, seen here in a file photo, is interim president at the University of Memphis.

The top two officials at the University of Memphis are backing a plan to allow people without legal U.S. residency to pay in-state tuition rates at the school.

Melissa Howard, a student at the University of Memphis, begins a student sing along at the end of the workshop "I'm Every Woman: The History of Women in Soul."