Pushing Through Adversity

Pushing Through Adversity

Graduate Spotlight | Santana Dorse, School of Social Work Class of 2024 Life has thrown its share of challenges my way, but I’ve learned to embrace the struggle, to rise above it, and to grow stronger because of it. I’ve been placed in over 30 foster homes, endured...
My Memphis Metamorphosis

My Memphis Metamorphosis

Graduate Spotlight | Lance Michael Franco, Fogelman College of Business & Economic and College of Arts & Sciences, Class of 2024 If I could talk to my younger self, I’d tell him to get out there. Bite the bullet. Take the leap. Find the people you enjoy and...
Research in a Minute | Dr. Jennifer Mandel

Research in a Minute | Dr. Jennifer Mandel

I think I’ve been a biologist at heart since high school. I loved being outside and was fascinated with nature. At the time, I wasn’t sure how to turn that passion into a career, but it led me to study biology in college and find my true calling in plant genetics....