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Midsouth Foodbank is Looking for Volunteers

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Come Volunteer with your fellow UTHSC friends at the Midsouth Food Bank on four dates, including, March 20th, March 27th, April 17th, and April 24th. We will be volunteering from 1:00pm-3:00pm and transportation will be provided. Follow the link below to register today. Volunteers will work in our Volunteer HUB on different tasks, as needed. Our most common task will be sorting through donated food, checking for package quality, and ensuring the product is “in date”. Volunteers will then sort the product into different categories, then box and pallet those categories. https://uthsc.givepulse.com/event/432747-midsouth-foodbank-volunteer-opportunity


THIS SATURDAY: Hamilton Eye Institute Lions Club’s 7th Annual Race for Sight 5K

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Join the Hamilton Eye Institute Lions Club for the seventh annual Brad Baker Honorary Race for Sight 5K! Funds raised from this race go toward providing eye care for those less fortunate in the Mid-South region and abroad. Don’t feel like running? You can also be a virtual/spirit runner! Register here: https://tinyurl.com/RaceforSight24


Coffee With A Cop: Thursday, February 29, 2024

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Coffee with a Cop brings police officers and the people they serve together over coffee to discuss issues and learn more about each other. There will be no speeches or specific topics, just informal conversations about what matters to students.


UTHSC News: College of Dentistry’s 2024 Give Kids a Smile Day Provides Free Dental Services

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Erica Mathis, a fourth-year student in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Dentistry, has been inspired to become a dentist since she was 5 years old, after seeing the work of her father, who is also a dentist. She was one of many dental students providing free dental services to children during the… Read More


UTHSC News: First African American Graduate Alvin Crawford, MD, Returns to Alma Mater for Book Signing

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Sixty years after Alvin Crawford, MD, became the first African American to graduate from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Medicine, the mutual appreciation shared between him and the university has not faded. Monday was a day of reminiscence, inspiration, and collaboration for Dr. Crawford as he returned to UT Health Science… Read More


Department of Genetics, Genomics and Informatics Seminar Series

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Dr. Marcela Uliano da Silva, Sr. Bioinformatician at Wellcome Sanger Institute-UK will present a seminar entitled “Sequencing All Life for the Future of Life: the Darwin Tree of Life Project and Its Contribution to Molecular Evolution and Conservation” Friday, March 1, 2024 at 12pm via Zoom. If you are interested in the Zoom seminar, Please send an email to Tamara Brock (tbrock5@uthsc.edu).


Are You a Student with a Hidden Disability? You may Qualify for a Study and Receive Compensation!

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Kimberly Williams MS, PhD(C) is enrolling African American and non-African American students for a research study “Exploring the Matriculation and Resource Utilization of African Americans with Hidden Disabilities in the Health Sciences” to understand your experiences of having as disability and being a student in the Health Sciences. Subjects must be 18 or older, enrolled in any of the colleges of UTHSC, and be of any race. Subjects will be asked to complete a brief demographic survey and do a 60-90 minute interview via Zoom or in person. At the completion of the interview, students will be compensated with a $25 Amazon e-gift card. Please contact Kimberly Williams at kwilli72@uthsc.edu or 901-448-1343.


Seminar for the New Sequencing Instrument at the Molecular Resource Center

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March 6, 2024, 1:15pm | CRB Auditorium

Join us for lunch and learn about the next level sequencing solution for NGS applications! Representatives from Element Biosciences will give a presentation on Element’s AVITI [TM] Sequencer, now at the UT Health Science Center’s Molecular Resource Center.