At its final meeting of 2025, the Staff Senate at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center celebrated its achievements, honored university leadership, and welcomed its new president for 2026. Among the Staff Senate’s accomplishments in its second year were approving bylaws and operational procedures and securing a budget to help it recognize and build… Read More
During its fall meeting Friday, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board honored a vital partner in mental health care in Memphis, received exciting news about the fiscal year 2025 preliminary financial results, and heard an update on the new $350 million College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building proposed for the Memphis campus. Chancellor Peter Buckley,… Read More
During its summer meeting Friday, August 15, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board was introduced to new leaders at the university, learned about the recent accomplishments of the six colleges, received an update on financial and compliance issues, and heard about plans for the proposed new College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Building. The… Read More
UT Health Science Center’s Faculty Senate accomplished much over the past academic year, despite political and financial challenges, Tracy McClinton, DNP, AG-ACNP-BC, APRN, outgoing Faculty Senate president said during the group’s final meeting for the year. “We have sustained during some challenging times, some of which will continue or resurface,” Dr. McClinton, an associate professor… Read More
During its spring meeting Friday, May 9, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board unanimously approved a $711.3 million balanced budget proposal for FY 2026, which will now go as a recommendation to the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees at its meeting in June. The board also recognized the university’s vital 10-year clinical… Read More
Demolition work on the former Holiday Inn building at 969 Madison Ave. has begun as part of more than $100 million in capital projects and improvements underway or planned over the next few years for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Memphis campus. After months of remediation work to prepare the building for demolition,… Read More
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center marked a significant milestone Monday with the ribbon cutting for the newly completed fourth floor of the Nash Building, a long-anticipated project that will enhance the institution’s research capabilities. The $11.5 million, state-funded buildout brings the Department of Physiology and the College of Medicine one step closer to… Read More
At its winter meeting Friday, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Advisory Board unanimously recommended increases to tuition and mandatory fees, honored the board’s inaugural chair, Phil Wenk, DDS, and heard from Chancellor Peter Buckley, MD, and the college deans about the university’s latest accomplishments and goals. The recommendations for tuition and mandatory fee… Read More
