Publisher: The Commercial Appeal


Guest column: Nurses deserve praise for dedicated service

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Hallie Murrey Bensinger is an assistant professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and director of the BSN/MSN Programs.


Memphis working to close the breast cancer disparity gap

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“This is a huge problem in Memphis, a crisis,” said Dr. Gustavo Miranda-Carboni, a professor and cancer researcher at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Miranda-Carboni, recruited by UTHSC to study breast cancer and related health disparities, is part of a growing consortium of researchers, oncologists and health care providers who aren’t waiting.


Campus workers call for halt to Haslam’s facilities management outsourcing plans

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A union representing Tennessee public college employees is calling on Gov. Bill Haslam to halt his plans for privatizing management and operations of all state government buildings and facilities, including college campuses.


Making Memphis a great medical center

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If you drive Downtown you may have noticed the new UT logos on Methodist Hospital and the continual construction on UTHSC’s 4,000-student campus. It’s likely the largest building boom ever for the school — 15 buildings have been renovated, built or are planned over the next few years, including a new College of Medicine.


UT pulls $20M permit for simulation center

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, pressing forward with plans for its new Multidisciplinary Simulation Education Building, has pulled a construction permit. The permit for the building at 26 S. Dunlap values the construction at $20 million.


UT Health Science Center graduates new doctors, including recent cancer survivor

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The Bristol, Tennessee, graduate would have to endure the fog, fatigue and pain of chemotherapy for six months during an academic year notorious for its rigor.


UTHSC wants proposals for replacing a boarded-up high-rise eyesore in the Medical District

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The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is asking potential developers for proposals to turn the old 19-story Medical Center Towers and parking garage at the edge of its Memphis campus from a boarded-up eyesore into a new hotel and conference center.


UTHSC Designated ‘VETS’ Campus

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The Memphis-based University of Tennessee Health Science Center today marks its new status as a “VETS Campus” that will smooth the transition for military veterans into higher education. UTHSC officials, as well as others from the Tennessee Department of Veterans Services and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, which oversees the new VETS stamp of approval,… Read More