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Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities at UTHSC Partners with LeMoyne-Owen College to Increase Interest of Minority Students in Joining Field of Developmental Disabilities

Written by Amber Carter

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The UT Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities, a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and LeMoyne-Owen College are partnering to generate more minority student interest in the developmental disability field, thanks to a $40,000 National Training Initiative – Partnership Planning Grant. The award, made through the U.S.… Read More

Class of 1966 Reunites at UTHSC for Golden Graduate Homecoming

Written by Jackie Denton

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A total of 93 alumni from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center class of 1966 had the opportunity to reunite and celebrate their 50-year reunion during Golden Graduate Homecoming, which took place recently with events planned on campus and in downtown Memphis. The 93 alumni represented five of the six colleges, including Dentistry, Health… Read More

Dr. R. Bruce Shack Named Dean of UTHSC College of Medicine in Chattanooga

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Education

R. Bruce Shack, MD, has been named dean of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Medicine in Chattanooga and Senior Vice President of the Erlanger Health System. Dr. Shack comes to UTHSC after serving almost 20 years as chair and a professor of the Department of Plastic Surgery at Vanderbilt University… Read More

Student Spotlight: Bonnie Barnes Capitalizes On Love of Medicine Through Board of Trustees Involvement

Written by Amber Carter

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When Bonnie Barnes – then Bonnie Lynch – was accepted to medical school, she knew it would be a great experience. But besides earning her MD, she also had the opportunity to serve as a student representative on the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees. Both her father, Bruce Lynch, a dentist in the Memphis… Read More

Student Spotlight: Charles Walker Brings Social Justice to the Forefront of Nursing

Written by Amber Carter

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Previous: Bonnie Barnes Capitalizes On Love of Medicine Through Board of Trustees Involvement “Life is a journey, not a destination.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson The above definitely reflects Charles Walker. Since graduating from the newly revived Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program at UTHSC last December, Walker is showing no signs of slowing down. A… Read More

UTHSC Nurse Practitioner Student Awarded Scholarship from Ovarian Cancer Awareness Foundation

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Katherine “Kat” Petree, a nurse practitioner student at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), has been helped in her studies and rewarded for her contributions in patient care. Petree, a candidate for a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, has received a scholarship from the Ovarian Cancer Awareness Foundation (OCAF). Almost as gratifying as… Read More

WKNO-TV Spotlights UTHSC Glioma Researcher, Neurosurgeon in Local Cancer Report

Written by Peggy Reisser

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As local programming to go with the Ken Burns documentary, “Cancer: The Emperor of all Maladies,” WKNO-TV came to campus to film this informative video featuring the glioma, or brain cancer, research of Dr. Lawrence Pfeffer, Muirhead Professor of Pathology and director of the Center for Cancer Research at UTHSC.   The station also produced… Read More

A Window to the Past and a Gift to the Future: UTHSC’s College of Nursing Looks for Memorabilia from Early Grads

Written by Peggy Reisser

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The diploma Elizabeth Allene Vance received from the University of Tennessee School of Nursing in 1940 was her ticket to see the world.