An upcoming University of Memphis event aims to raise awareness about sickle cell disease, a debilitating blood disorder that affects up to 8 percent of African Americans. The Second Annual Sickle Cell Awareness Day at the University of Memphis will take place Tuesday, October 1 from 10 a.m. to 1…
Acclaimed UofM instructor and filmmaker Tom Shadyac was featured in this week’s Memphis Flyer cover story for his work on the film Brian Banks. The movie tells the story of the titular Brian Banks, a rising high school football star whose career was cut short when he was convicted of…
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Melody Lehn, assistant professor of Rhetoric and Women’s and Gender Studies at Sewanee: The University of the South, has done quite well since earning her Ph.D. in Communication with emphases in rhetoric and public address from the University of Memphis. Lehn in 2018 received the Southern States Communication Association’s Dwight L.…
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Michael Osborn, professor emeritus at the University of Memphis, retired as chairman of the Department of Communication & Film in 1995. But he’s still having a profound influence on the department’s students. Through the newly created Michael and Suzanne Osborn Fellowship, advanced graduate assistants in the department’s Ph.D. program will…
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In her classes in the University of Memphis’ Department of Communication & Film, assistant professor Christina Moss often discusses the “power of place” with students. For educators, opportunities to take students to locations that affect people’s memories are both invaluable and rare. “I’ve always been a firm believer that when…
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With ample respect to the legacy of Elvis Presley, Memphis’ rich musical history offers more than Graceland and The King. From Stax Records and Isaac Hayes, from Sun Studio and Jerry Lee Lewis, from W.C. Handy and B.B. King and Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins and Justin Timberlake and a…
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Tickets are now on sale for the 2019 College of Communication and Fine Arts’ Distinguished Achievement Award for the Creative and Performing Arts. This year’s recipient is Tom Shadyac, the renowned screenwriter, author, producer and director of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Nutty Professor, Liar Liar, Patch Adams, and Bruce…
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A faculty member and a Ph.D. graduate student in the University of Memphis’ Department of Communication and Film have written a journal article about a pop-culture icon and musical heritage that has been published in the December 2018 edition of Communication, Culture and Critique. In “‘I Think of Him as…
Continue reading U of M’s Edgar, Rudrow examine fans and pop cultural heritage of Tupac Shakur
