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Researchers Capture $101M for FY24, Double the Amount from FY22 Led by a diverse community of research leaders, the University of Memphis has surpassed a key milestone in research growth for the first time, receiving more than $100 million in annual research awards.   This progress, combined with a total research expenditure of more than $100…

A city in flux, the old and new co-exist in gritty, neon-filled Memphis. That’s especially evident in the food scene. One of Memphis’s hottest new restaurants is in a century-old machine shop downtown. The historic brick building was part of a block-long complex that churned out parts for trolley cars, cotton farming equipment, and steamboats…

By Ekundayo Bandele There once was a Black high school student who carried a caged song in his heart as he wandered the road of his life. There once was a Black veteran who carried an untold story in her memory. And there once were Union troops who marched into Galveston, Texas, and delivered the…

Hey Memphis! Big tech news is headed our way. Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has unveiled plans to build a cutting-edge supercomputer, dubbed the “Gigafactory of Compute,” right here in our city. This supercomputer aims to be a game-changer in the AI world! What’s the Buzz About? The new supercomputer will leverage up to 100,000…

The urban design category of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honors landscapes, public spaces, initiatives, and policies that make cities cleaner, more efficient, more beautiful, and more equitable for their citizens. This year’s winner is TMC Helix Park from Mikyoung Kim Design. The 37-acre life-sciences campus in Houston has six public gardens that create…

It’s 100 days until the start of the 2024 college football season, and Memphis is getting plenty of buzz as a potential College Football Playoff contender. That came in the form of ESPN’s rankings of “10 (Group of Five) teams that can make the Playoff,” which was released Thursday morning alongside other college football preview…

Viewpoints As Infrastructure Week 2024 continues, Blair Taylor, president of Memphis Tomorrow, shares the journey of Memphis from one of the country’s least connected cities to a model of equitable connectivity. In the heart of the American South, Memphis is both a repository of rich heritage and history, and a beacon of resilience, innovation, and community spirit.…