Publisher: Daily Memphian


Anyone can do science: How a little girl from rural Louisiana became a research leader at UTHSC

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In the animated classic “Ratatouille,” a rat named Remy wants to become a chef, and he’s encouraged by the words of his hero Chef Gusteau: “Anyone can cook.”


Movers & Shakers

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The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc. and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center have named Melissa Robinson the chief development officer and associate vice chancellor for Advancement.


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Dr. Frederick M. Azar, a longtime Memphis orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine, has been named the new Harold Boyd Chair of the UT Health Science Center-Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Houston company plans to turn two blocks of Downtown into a tech hub

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A Houston-based developer plans to build a multi-billion-dollar, 1.7 million-square-foot mixed-use development Downtown that will include a hotel, apartments, retail and a technology hub.


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Matt McDaniel has been named the director of the Tennessee Rural Health Care Center of Excellence.


Some viruses can wreak havoc on the brain. These UT scientists are working on a way to fix that.

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Colleen Jonsson, Ph.D., is a virologist at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and, over the years, she’s developed a deep understanding about how our brains are protected.


WWII hero and pioneering scientist dies at 100

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Recently when Larry Knox visited his stepfather Dr. Murray Heimberg in the hospital, Heimberg said, “Thank you for being willing to be my son.”


High schoolers, hand drills and bone saws

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Most high school students would normally be sitting in class on a Friday morning, but Alex Knowles, a sophomore at Germantown High School, was experimenting with hand drills and bone saws.