May 2023 News Releases
- Wednesday, May 24 -
UofM’s University Schools Receive Prestigious State Designations
University Middle and University High were recently recognized by the Tennessee Department of Education as “Innovative School Models” for the State of Tennessee. Thanks to the historic investment by Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee General Assembly, this grant funding distributed more than 182 grants to increase opportunities for career readiness and student success statewide.
- Monday, May 22 -
National Security Agency & U.S. Department of Defense re-designate the UofM as a National Center of Excellence in Cyber Defense
The University of Memphis has been re-designated as a National Center of Excellence in Cyber Defense by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the U.S. Department of Defense.
Learn more about the designation >
- Thursday, May 18 -
UofM’s Marcus Wicker selected as prestigious Harvard Radcliffe Institute 2023-24 Fellow
Marcus Wicker, poet and associate professor of English at the University of Memphis, was named a member of Harvard Radcliffe Institute’s 2023-24 class of fellows, a cohort whose projects contend with the urgent, the beautiful and the vast: from reckoning with the challenges of climate change to creating digital models of iconic Italian violins to detecting distant galaxies.
- Wednesday, May 17 -
University of Memphis ranks in the top 4.9% worldwide in Center for World University
Rankings
The University of Memphis is ranked in the top 4.9% in the world out of 20,531 universities worldwide, according to the 2023 edition of the outcome-based Global 2000 list by the Center for World University Rankings.
- Tuesday, May 16 -
UofM named an inaugural institution in the National Partnership for Student Success
Higher Education Coalition
The University of Memphis and Peer Power joined an inaugural group of 26 universities in the National Partnership for Student Success Higher Education Coalition that has set a public partnership goal to place an additional 250,000 caring adults in high-impact roles supporting K-12 students learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Monday, May 15 -
Dr. Bobby Garrett Named Dean of UofM’s Fogelman College of Business & Economics
Dr. Bobby Garrett has been named dean of the Fogelman College of Business & Economics at the University of Memphis, effective August 1.
Read about Dr. Bobby Garrett >
- Thursday, May 11 -
FedEx’s Rob Carter appointed to University of Memphis Board of Trustees
Rob Carter, executive vice president, FedEx Information Services and chief information officer of FedEx Corporation, has been appointed to the University of Memphis Board of Trustees by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee.
- Wednesday, May 10 -
UofM’s Dr. Lan Wang Receives Grant from the Mission-Integrated Network Control Program
Dr. Lan Wang, department chair and Dunavant Professor in the UofM’s Department of Computer Science, has received a grant from the Mission-Integrated network Control (MINC) program sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Peraton Labs Inc. is the prime contractor of the contract.
- Tuesday, May 9 -
UofM’s Dr. Terrence Tucker named 2023 Alumnus of the Year by the University of Kentucky
Department of English
Dr. Terrence Tucker has been named the 2023 Alumnus of the Year by the University of Kentucky Department of English at its 42nd Annual Awards Day. Tucker is a full professor of African American literature and the first African American chair of the Department of English at the University of Memphis.
- Monday, May 8 -
UofM’s School of Public Health to share $10 Million Grant from U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and RTI International
The University of Memphis School of Public Health and seven other highly respected universities will partner with nonprofit research institute RTI International after being awarded a $10 million grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
- Thursday, May 4 -
UofM Receives U.S. Department of Transportation Funding for Water Research
Dr. Mihalis Golias, professor in the UofM’s Department of Civil Engineering and co-director of C-TIER, has received funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to support the research of inland waterways.
- Wednesday, May 3 -
UofM to Hold Largest Commencement with 2,794 Graduates Saturday, May 6, at FedExForum
The University of Memphis will recognize a record 2,794 graduates from spring 2023 with three commencement ceremonies at 10 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 6, at FedExForum. Mark Greaney, a 1992 UofM graduate, novelist and the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Gray Man series, will be the commencement speaker.
- Tuesday, May 2 -
UofM Honors 2023 Faculty Award Recipients
The University of Memphis recognized its 2023 Faculty Award recipients in the Maxine A. Smith University Center with Dr. Duane McKenna receiving the Willard R. Sparks Eminent Faculty Award, the highest distinction given to a faculty member by the UofM.