University of Memphis News

The interest rate on need-based student loans dropped to 5.6 percent this month and will continue to drop until it reaches 3.4 percent in 2011, making the cost of college slightly more affordable.

Jun 27, 2009 Ex-Duke basketball player Elliot Williams says he'll transfer to the University of Memphis.

Each year, it seems, Memphis is cast as one of the most dangerous, crime-ridden cities in America.

The University of Memphis has named Eric Sebastian to be director of operations for the Tigers' men's basketball program.

The University of Memphis announced Monday a record $7 million in donations to Tigers athletics for the fiscal year ending Tuesday.

SILVER LINING: The Wesley Highland Manor senior nursing facility at 3549 Norriswood Ave.

The University of Memphis announced that donations to Tiger Athletics have reached $7 million, surpassing last year's record amount of $6 million.

Some of Mayor Willie Herenton's most controversial employees are following him out the door.

Safe Haven Family Shelter, the only shelter program of its kind in Middle Tennessee, announces the selection of its new executive director, Joyce Lavery.

SWORN IN: Circuit Court Judge Lorrie K. Ridder, right, takes the oath of office from Gov.

By Michael Lollar , Memphis Commercial Appeal Saturday, June 27, 2009 With violent conflicts erupting across the globe, a Memphis conference this week hopes to serve as a reminder that history doesn't have to repeat itself.

The campaigning has already begun. And it looks like many candidates will try to "tweet" and "face-book" their way to the top job at City Hall.

While the Miami Heat spent most of the NBA Draft on the sidelines, the Heat did reel in a couple of draft picks before the night ended.

Averett University has announced that local art historian Lee Sandstead will bring his own style of teaching art history to the school when he joins its faculty in the fall.

Recently hired University of Memphis men's basketball coach Josh Pastner and his wife, Kerri, have bought a Southwind home for $775,000, according to a notice that appears in today's edition of The Daily News.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Paul Morris empathizes with the college students who climb over the trains stopped on the tracks that intersect the University of Memphis campus on their way to class.

PERENNIAL HEADACHE: The railway crossing at Southern Avenue and Perkins Road Extended is one of the areas where the Memphis Metropolitan Planning Organization is looking at the traffic flow for its Poplar/Southern Corridor Study.

At noon today, she will join the mourners at Cummings Street Baptist Church to bid him farewell.

Newly divorced, recently laid off and living with a family member, the man was despondent and suicidal by the time Collier County law enforcement was contacted.

Parents and students, hold onto your wallets. It appears the price tag on a college education in Tennessee is about to go up.