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Division of Research & Innovation

News & Impact


This page serves as an archive of announcements, press releases, and news coverage highlighting research and innovation at the University of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½. It reflects the work of faculty, researchers, and partners whose efforts advance discovery, strengthen industry and community connections, and elevate the University’s national profile.

For a comprehensive listing of official University communications, including institution-wide announcements and press releases, visit the University of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Press Releases page.

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Executive Director, Research Development and Innovation

cbehles@memphis.edu
901.678.2648

Duane McKenna Lab

 

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December 2021

  • University of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ receives prestigious Carnegie R1 designation as a top tier research university
  • UofM chosen as finalist in EDA’s $1 Billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge

November 2021

  • UofM secures $2.7M grant from the National Defense Authorization Act

September 2021

  • $1.75 million grant awarded to researchers including UofM’s Jim Adelman to study host variation

August 2021

July 2021

June 2021

  • University Of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ And Meharry Launch Program Driving Research Collaboration (The Tennessee Tribune)
  • University of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ and Meharry Medical College Launch PECIR Program, Driving Research Collaborations

May 2021

  • UofM’s Sabri receives another patent featuring temperature sensing technology
  • University of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Biological Sciences Faculty Published in High-profile Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.

April 2021

  • UofM's Dr. Maryam Salehi receives $453,144 NSF CAREER Award

March 2021

  • University of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Celebrates Patents Worldwide
  • UofM’s Dr. Ana Doblas receives $593,239 NSF CAREER Award

February 2021

  • University of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ announces new Institute for Arts and Health
  • UofM Receives In-Kind Donation from Yaskawa America, Inc., FedEx and Eaton

November 2020

October 2020

  • University of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Partners with U.S. Geological Survey to Expand Water Research
  • The pandemic is changing the English language
  • Raymond James builds talent pipeline with new University of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ partnership
  • University of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ named regional award winner and national finalist for APLU Community Engagement Scholarship Award
  • UofM Herff College of Engineering awarded $1 million grant to establish Mid-South Advanced Automation and Robotics Center

September 2020

  • UofM Named Finalist for 2020 APLU Innovation & Economic Prosperity Universities Awards
  • UMRF Research Park member MiCare Path acknowledged as a top patient monitoring solution of 2020
  • UofM hires Dr. Christos Papadopoulos as Sparks Family Chair of Excellence
  • UofM's Gopalakrishnan receives $363,782 DOE award for studying chemical recombination of gas-phase ions
  • University of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ receives first world ranking by Times Higher Education
  • UofM named finalist for 2020 APLU Innovation & Economic Prosperity Universities Awards

August 2020

  • Nearly $1M UofM Loewenberg College of Nursing HRSA Grant to Fund RNs LEAD Project
  • UofM's Salehi Receives Nearly $330,000 NSF Environmental Engineering Award
  • UofM Launches Center for Community Research and Evaluation
  • $1.4 million grant awarded to UofM's AutoTutor for Adult Reading Comprehension
  • UofM's CERI specialists traveling to North Carolina to monitor aftershocks of magnitude 5.1 earthquake
  • Nine UofM/UTHSC Teams Awarded in Collaborative Grant Competition for COVID-19 Research
  • Jennings Receives Nearly $500,000 DOD Award to Develop Healing Technologies for Burn Wounds

July 2020

  • Jennings Receives NSF Early CAREER Award to Create Materials Resistant to Biofilm
  • UofM Research Aims at Tech Innovations in Health, Transportation
  • UofM Receives $5.9 Million NIH Grant for a National Center in AI-based mHealth Research
  • UofM Creates Center for Transportation Innovation, Education and Research
  • UofM's Gopalakrishnan Receives $750,000 U.S. DOE EARLY CAREER Award
  • UofM/UTHSC Collaborative Grant Competition Yields 23 COVID-19 Research Proposals

June 2020

  • UofM receives $9.4 million from HRSA to advance Social Work, Nursing and College of Education
  • UofM offers webinar series on supporting vulnerable populations through telehealth

May 2020

  • University of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ doctoral student awarded NIH F31 fellowship
  • School of Communication Sciences and Disorders creates communication boards for ICU patients

April 2020

  • UofM committed to reducing research innovation barriers during COVID-19 pandemic
  • ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ techies develop new community amid pandemic during virtual hackathon
  • FedEx Institute of Technology Holding Virtual Hackathon to Highlight Important Issues During Pandemic
  • Salehi Conducts Water Quality Research in Response to COVID-19 Building Closures
  • New app for personal tracking of social distancing in the ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ area (NSF)
  • MD2K Researchers Launch New App for Personal Tracking of Social Distancing
  • UofM 3D-Printing Face Shield Frames for Le Bonheur and State Hospitals

March 2020

  • Three UofM Researchers Receive AAC Academic Consortium Grants
  • Tinkerers unite, turn out face shields by the hundreds

February 2020

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December 2019

November 2019

  • Silicon Valley Startup i2Chain Licenses Adaptive Multi-factor Authentication System Patent from UofM
  • UofM Biology Professor Publishes Article on Genomic Basis of Insect Biodiversity in National Academy of Sciences Journal

October 2019

  • UofM Receives $2.58 Million To Begin Data Science Learner Data Institute
  • Preterm Infants Produce Language-like Sounds As Soon As They Can Breathe Independently: Groundbreaking Research on the Origin of Language: Precursors to Language in Preterm Infants Still in Neonatal Intensive Care
  • UofM and UTHSC Researchers Receive 2019 CORNET Award for Studies on Brain Exploration in Adolescents

September 2019

August 2019

  • UofM Licenses Four New Research Technologies
  • UofM Receives $1.9 Million to Combat Opioid Crisis
  • UofM and Porter-Leath to launch partnership for early childhood care behind $3.5 Million Urban Child Institute Grant
  • Can honey heal wounds? ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ startup SweetBio and Regional One team up to try
  • UofM Math Professor is First Woman to Receive Bellman Award

July 2019

June 2019

May 2019

April 2019

  • UofM's Irena Lasiecka named SIAM Fellow as part of their 2019 Distinguished Class
  • UofM Technology Spinoff Partners with AMS to Commercialize Water Safety Innovation

March 2019

February 2019

January 2019

  • Emerging companies find new home at new University of ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ research park
  • UofM Initiates Research Park to Spur Research-Based Economic Development

December 2018

  • Researchers Challenge Relationship Between Musical Training and Brain's Processing Function

November 2018

  • UofM CAESER Lands Five-Year, $5 Million Contract to Study Water Quality Issues with ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Aquifer

October 2018

  • UofM to Sign First-in-the Nation Research Agreement with Czech Academy of Sciences
  • MD2K Awarded $2 Million in Grants from NSF and NIH

September 2018

  • FedEx and UofM Offer Indianapolis Hub Employees Opportunity for Tuition-Free Education
  • UofM Will Celebrate Opening of Metal Additive Manufacturing Lab Sept. 27
  • UofM Receives $1.7 Million NSF Grant to Support Urban STEM Project
  • Dr. Leory Hood, Pioneer in Systems Medicine, Will Speak at UofM Oct. 1
  • UMRF Ventures Inc. Receives National Award for Regional and Economic Development

August 2018

  • FedEx and UofM Offer Hub Employees Opportunity for Tuition-Free Degree
  • ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Company Partners with FedEx Institute, Blockchain Nonprofit to Explore Pharmaceutical Solutions
  • UofM Launches FedEx IT Command Center on Campus
  • UofM Joins National Drone Testing Program
  • Two UofM Students Receive Prestigious Fulbright Award