Nine billion dollars. That’s the economic impact of the University of Tennessee (UT). UT’s economic impact study included its campuses located in Knoxville, Chattanooga and Martin, as well as the Health Science Center in Memphis, the Space Institute in Tullahoma and the statewide Institute of Agriculture and Institute for Public Service. The economic impact was calculated in… Read More
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A sick Oklahoma boy got the trip of a lifetime after strangers in Tennessee heard his story. It didn’t take long for Teague’s story and love for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter to end up reaching the staff at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry’s Department of Pediatric Dentistry and… Read More
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and West Cancer Center have formally ended their partnership, with each organization pursuing new plans for cancer care. MLH says it now plans to form the Methodist Cancer Institute, a comprehensive cancer center, in partnership with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
With an eye toward offering quality health care in Tennessee’s poorest areas, state Rep. Kevin Vaughan is negotiating with Gov. Bill Lee’s office for state money to fund more medical residency slots. Vaughan is making the push with University of Tennessee interim President Randy Boyd, who told The Daily Memphian in an interview this year… Read More
When students, faculty and staff started voting with their feet, going off campus for lunch, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center began to re-evaluate its food services. Traditionally, the public medical school relied on third-party food and facilities management companies to run its food court and campus dining services. “We had reached a point… Read More
he University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Mobile Stroke Unit received a more than $1 million grant on Friday. The unit was brought into service in 2016 with $3 million for three years of service. This new grant gives the unit more time to save lives. “The stroke I had I ought to been dead… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center received a $1-million grant from the Assisi Foundation of Memphis for its mobile stroke unit. On average, the mobile stroke unit is about 72 minutes faster at treating a stroke victim than a regular ambulance. As local 24’s Tish Clark explains, those minutes can be the difference between… Read More
