Welcome to the 2025 edition of the Power 100, MBJ’s annual look at the most influential local business and community leaders. This grouping honors those we’re calling “The Educators” — individuals who lead Memphis’ top college and universities, as well as the person who led the state’s largest public school district up until just last… Read More
Since 2021, Memphis Business Journal’s Women Who Lead has recognized over 300 extraordinary women professionals. These remarkable honorees aren’t just leaders — they’re glass-ceiling shatterers and trailblazers shaping a diverse array of local specialties.
Across the American Inno network of publications that covers 45 cities in the U.S., the Inno Fire Awards highlight innovative organizations and people who have had successes worth celebrating. Honorees could be startups, accelerators, or nonprofits buoying startups. They could be executives, researchers, or institutional leaders who rally innovators and give them the tools they need to… Read More
After nearly a three-year process of hundreds of meetings, University of Memphis researcher Xiaolei Huang, Ph.D., and his team turned on a new research tool: a graphics processing unit (GPU) cluster, commonly known as a supercomputer.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is working on a number of capital projects to improve its facilities. At a recent UTHSC advisory board meeting, COO Raaj Kurapati provided an update on campus improvements.
For Memphis Business Journal’s next group of Women Who Lead, honoring women who are in high-level roles in the health care industry seemed to be another logical choice. Health care has many segments and specialties, from preventative care to treatments for chronic diseases in a variety of populations, including the young, old, and those in… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has unveiled plans for an interdisciplinary building for its College of Medicine. At its Nov. 8 advisory board meeting, UTHSC executive vice chancellor for finance and administration and COO Raaj Kurapati announced plans for a $350 million new state-of-the-art build.
Health Care Provider, Physician Dr. Terri Finkel Professor/interim chair, Pediatrics, UTHSC; pediatrician-in-chief/vice chair of clinical affairs, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
