Fifteen years ago, Corinne Webster spent her days waving from the back of a 27-foot hot dog. She was one of 12 people nationwide chosen to drive the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, crisscrossing the country in her twenties for a job that mixed public relations with pure spectacle. It sent her from city to city with… Read More
If you notice a student seems off, showing up less, falling behind, acting out of character, the instinct can be to wait and see. Charles Snyder, PhD, vice chancellor for Student Success and co-chair of the CARE Team at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences, wants you to know there’s another option. “The problem is… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Sciences held a pilot naloxone training April 14, gathering a group of interdisciplinary students to dive deeper into overdose recognition and proper administration of intranasal naloxone. The event also kickstarted the Memphis campus OneBox effort, placing over a dozen naloxone overdose kits alongside existing automated external defibrillators in high-traffic locations… Read More
“We are in a good place and moving in a good direction,” Chancellor Peter Buckley, MD, told members of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board Friday during their summer meeting in Memphis. With many new leaders now in place and joining already committed colleagues to forge a more-cohesive team across all four Health Science Center campuses, the… Read More
Psychiatrist Jessi Gold knows firsthand how critical mental health counseling can be for students navigating the rough waters of higher education. The inaugural chief wellness officer for the UT System and associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Dr. Gold is transparent about the fact that she struggled with her… Read More
