By: Haley Hale Gabe Kuhn, University of Memphis JRSM department alum and former Tiger football player, has started a new role at 92.9 FM ESPN Sports Radio in one of the premier spots for drive-time sports talk radio in Memphis. “The Gabe Kuhn Show” went on-the-air February 6 and airs…
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Professor Marty Lang’s television pilot script TECHNOCRACY was just named to The Grey List, an annual list featuring the best screenwriting by writers over 40 years old! The Grey List includes both film and television scripts and was compiled after an international call for submissions.
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Dr. Artina McCain, associate professor of piano, was recently profiled on a podcast produced by the BBC entitled ‘Sideways In the episode, host Mathew Syed focuses on musicians performing publicly through bouts of excruciating pain. Plus, he “explores the connection between the musician and their instrument and what happens when…
As part of its exchange program with Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany, the Department of Journalism and Strategic Media is hosting three German students during the spring 2023 semester. Hannah Bitzer, 23, Greta Hüllman, 25, and Daniel Thoma, 23, will take journalism and strategic media courses like multimedia storytelling…
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The ROAR, the University of Memphis’ streaming radio station, has relocated from the basement of the theatre building to a new home in the Meeman Journalism building. The station features over 15 shows and involves approximately 30 students who contribute content to entertain listeners 24/7. The new studios are now…
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The Communication and Film consultants at the Center For Writing and Communication are organizing the first-ever Tigers Speak event to be held April 18th. It mirrors the Tigers Write event and will highlight the various aspects of both communication and film. The event also serves as an opportunity for students…
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The UofM Department of Architecture will host a ‘Scotland Sketch Exhibit’ featuring student sketches from the summer 2022 study abroad program’s Architectural Sketch Tour of Scotland led by Professor Michael Chisamore. It runs from Feb. 20 through March 3 in the Dept. of Architecture Gallery in Jones Hall – and…
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UofM Professor Dr. Andre Johnson had his book, “The Speeches of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner: The Press, The Platform, and the Pulpit,” recently printed by the University Press of Mississippi. Henry McNeal Turner (1834–1915) was a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of , and an outspoken proponent…
UofM Professor Marty Lang’s new feature film STAY WITH ME was recently shown at the Jacksonville, FL Film Festival on the 4th He also led a film crowdsourcing workshop at the festival that same day. The film will play next at the South Georgia Film Festival, in Valdosta, on March…
Ballet Memphis recently received community programming grants from the Parkinson’s Foundation for work that Kristen Lucas does with Parkinson’s patients. Lucas is an adjunct faculty member in the UofM’s Department of Theatre and Dance. She’s also a board member of the 901 Parkinson’s Fighters. Lucas says the grant money will…
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