Publisher: The Commercial Appeal


Editorial: Plans for UT health science center in Nashville should concern Memphians

The Commercial Appeal

Maybe we are just paranoid, but news that the University of Tennessee plans to establish a health science center in Nashville should worry Memphians.


State Building Commission Approves Renovation at UTHSC

The Commercial Appeal

… the commission … approved a $12.6 million expansion for a new 59,000-square-foot multidisciplinary simulation center at UTHSC, raising the total project cost to $36.7 million. The center, which replicates a real-life patient care setting, will be used by the colleges of medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing and allied health. The center will be housed in the Humphreys General Education… Read More


UTHSC Students Join National Protests

The Commercial Appeal

On Wednesday, members of the Student National Medical Association at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will stage a white-coat die-in at 2 p.m. on campus. The local student chapter is joining students at many other medical schools across the country participating in similar die-ins Wednesday, which is Human Rights Day.


Top 50 Workplaces

The Commercial Appeal

When it comes to what employees say, 50 establishments stand out as the top workplaces in Greater Memphis.


Medicine and Pharmacy Students Take Anti-Smoking Campaign to Schools

The Commercial Appeal

The Germantown Weekly in The Commercial Appeal has photo – page 11 – of College of Medicine and College of Pharmacy “Tar Wars” anti-smoking effort with children:


Lifeblood Drive at UTHSC

The Commercial Appeal

Blood Drive: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center General Education Building (Rooms 201-204), 8 S. Dunlap. Hosted by Lifeblood and the International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation from the College of Pharmacy at UTHSC.


UTHSC to graduate 105 students in December

The Commercial Appeal

The event will be streamed live online, with best results using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browsers, at https://www.uthsc.edu/graduation/index.php.


105 UTHSC Students to Graduate Dec. 12

The Commercial Appeal

By demographics, the graduating class includes 22 African-Americans, four Latino-Americans and 29 graduates who came from out of state to study at UTHSC. Eighty-six of the 105 graduates are women.