Current Research & Innovation Press
Announcements, press releases and news articles related to research generated by the University of Memphis are archived here. For a comprehensive list of press releases from the University of Memphis click here.
October 2024
September 2024
- UofM School of Public Health Convenes Summit
- UofM Symposium Finds Fertile Ground in Ag Economy
- UofM Named 2024 Finalist for APLU Innovation Award
- ERIC Officially Opens at the University of Memphis
- UofM Faculty Cross $100M Threshold in Research Awards
August 2024
- FedEx Institute of Technology Hosts AI Cybersecurity Conference
- Leading Innovator, Academic Tapped as New Civil Engineering Chair
- UofM Researcher Awarded $500K for Transit System Study
- UofM Secures $9.2M Navy Contract to Design Drone Facility
July 2024
- Drone Research Earns CAESER Scientist $3.4 Million Grant
- UofM School of Public Health Amplifies its Reach
June 2024
- UofM’s FedEx Institute of Technology and NUS-ISS Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance AI and Data Science Education
- University of Memphis Making $1M Investment to Further Enhance Technology Innovation Ecosystem: Boosting its academic and research capabilities in artificial intelligence in alignment with bringing xAI to Memphis
- UofM Makes Major Push Into Next Generation Supply Chain Research: Secures NSF Award for Electrified and Automated Trucking; Eight Winning Proposals at Inaugural Innovation Challenge by FedEx Institute of Technology
May 2024
April 2024
- Sen. Blackburn Visits FedEx Institute of Technology at UofM
- mDOT Center Receives $1.1M NIH Grant for AI Wearables
- UofM Makes Major Push Into Cutting-Edge Supply Chain Research Ecosystem
December 2023
- University of Memphis Receives Two Engineering Patents
- Communities of Research Scholars Program Funds Record Number of Awards
- Stanford-Elsevier Ranking of Top 2% Top-cited Researchers Includes 42 from University of Memphis
November 2023
- University of Memphis Partners witH TheraSyn Bio to Advance Synthetic Biology Research in Biomedical, Biscience, Cybersecurity Fields
- UofM, UTHSC Awarded $1 Million Collaborative Grant to Improve Behavior Health Care for Youth in Memphis and Mid-South
- UofM Center for Information Assurance Receives $1M as Part of Cybersecurity Research Award from FEMA, DHS
September 2023
- Experts Struggle to Identify Human Text from AI in Study Co-Authored by UofM’s Dr. J. Elliott Casal
- UofM Secures Institutional Record $86M in Awards for FY23
July 2023
- UofM’s CAESER Awarded 5-Year, $9.75 Million Contract to Continue Studying Memphis Aquifer
- UofM’s Dr. Dursun Peksen Receives Nearly $800K Grant From the National Science Foundation
May 2023
- Inno Spaces: UMRF Research Park seeks to create an 'ecosystem of innovation' (MBJ)
- UofM’s Dr. Lan Wang Receives Grant from the Mission-Integrated Network Control Program
- UofM’s School of Public Health to share $10 Million Grant from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and RTI International
- UofM Receives U.S. Department of Transportation Funding for Water Research
- UofM Honors 2023 Faculty Award Recipients
April 2023
- UofM’s Institute for Arts and Health to Host Symposium on Connecting Mind and Body to Bring Healing Through the Arts on Monday
- University of Memphis Receives Pair of Medical Patents
- UofM Biological Sciences Students Awarded Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
January 2023
- UofM’s Kimbrough Oller and Irena Lasiecka Bestowed Lifetime AAAS Fellows Honor
- UofM’s Dr. Francisco Muller-Sanchez & ALMA Scientists Find Pair of Black Holes Dining Together in Nearby Galaxy Merger
- Inside U of M's quest to gain more Department of Defense research funding (MBJ)
December 2022
- The million-dollar club: U of M staff who earned $1M-plus in research awards in FY 2022 (MBJ)
- UofM faculty member Dipankar Dasgupta named a National Academy of Inventors Fellow (MBJ)
- UofM earned $49.3M in research awards in FY 2022. Which academic areas brought in the most funding (MBJ)
- Why Aren’t All Black Bears Black? Research by UofM Professor Emily Puckett, PhD, Helps Find Answers
- UofM’s Dipankar Dasgupta selected prestigious National Academy of Inventors Fellow
- Inno Fire Awards honoree: Jasbir Dhaliwal and the UofM
November 2022
October 2022
- University of Memphis and IAMPE Sign Academic Partnership Agreement
- $5.5M Gift by UofM Alum Billy Dunavant’s Estate Creates Endowed Chairs in Research Focus Areas
September 2022
June 2022
May 2022
- $25 Million Grant for GROWWTH Largest in UofM History
- Tech company expanding in Memphis (Live at 9:00)
- Deeper connections: Seattle-based tech company Ookla lands at UMRF Research Park (Memphis Business Journal)
- Ookla opening shop in U of M Research Park (The Daily Memphian)
- Tech company Ookla expanding in Memphis research park (News Channel 3)
- Global tech company Ookla opens office at University of Memphis research park (Commercial Appeal)
- Global Tech Company Ookla® Expands Operations in Tennessee in UofM Research Park
March 2022
February 2022
- UofM Receives $3.8M Cybersecurity Education Grant from National Science Foundation
- UofM professor looks to help solve dental problem, using material derived from shellfish
- Research roundup: UofM faculty members continue project, grant push after gaining R1 status
January 2022
- Qualls to Direct the Energy, Defense and AgriTech Research Initiative at the University of Memphis FedEx Institute of Technology
- Why Tennessee's proposed $50 million to UofM research is 'particularly good news'
December 2021
- University of Memphis attains highest level of research status after big push for R1
- University of Memphis reaches top tier research status. So what does that mean for the school?
- University of Memphis named top-tier research university
- University of Memphis reaches top tier research status. So what does that mean for the school?
- UofM research and innovation EVP on why gaining R1 status is important, and how the school can retain it
- University of Memphis attains highest level of research status after big push for R1
- U of M earns Carnegie R1 designation
- University of Memphis just scored top research classification, 'R1.' Here's what that means
- University of Memphis receives prestigious Carnegie R1 designation as a top tier research university
- The University of Memphis announced as Build Back Better finalist
- Digital Delta lands Memphis in finals for $100M grant
- UofM named finalist for $1B Build Back Better Regional Challenge
- U.S. Secretary of Commerce GINA M. Raimondo Announces Finalists for $1 BILLION “Build Back Better Regional Challenge”
- UofM chosen as finalist in EDA’s $1 Billion Build Back Better Regional Challenge
November 2021
September 2021
- $1.75 million grant awarded to researchers including UofM’s Jim Adelman to study host variation
- UofM Sets (Another) Research Grant Record: Faculty won a record-setting $50.2 million in research awards in the last fiscal year
August 2021
- University of Memphis receives $2M Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Grant
- UofM eclipses $50M in research awards for first time, bolstering its R1 push
- University of Memphis achieves record $50.2M in research awards in fiscal year 2021
- FedEx Institute of Technology & Fast Lane announce training partnership
July 2021
June 2021
- University Of Memphis And Meharry Launch Program Driving Research Collaboration (The Tennessee Tribune)
- University of Memphis and Meharry Medical College Launch PECIR Program, Driving Research Collaborations
- Program Identifies Early-Stage Lung Cancers More Frequently
May 2021
- UofM’s Sabri receives another patent featuring temperature sensing technology
- University of Memphis Biological Sciences Faculty Published in High-profile Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.
- Le Bonheur, BRAIN Center offer free therapy for trauma patients and families
April 2021
March 2021
- University of Memphis Celebrates Patents Worldwide
- University of Memphis Researchers Awarded Key Patents
- UofM’s Dr. Ana Doblas receives $593,239 NSF CAREER Award
February 2021
- University of Memphis announces new Institute for Arts and Health
- UofM Receives In-Kind Donation from Yaskawa America, Inc., FedEx and Eaton
November 2020
- FedEx Institute of Technology Partners to Bring Crusonia 2020
- FedEx Institute of Technology Announces International Partnership to Provide Training in Asian Countries
- Skin care startup launches through U of M's FedEx Institute of Technology, Epicenter
- FedEx Institute of Technology and Epicenter launch first of six new deep science startups
October 2020
- University of Memphis 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 Memphis partnership
- University of Memphis 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
- Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities: 2020 IEP "Innovation" Award Finalist Spotlight: The University of Memphis
- 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 Memphis receives first world ranking by Times Higher Education
- UofM named finalist for 2020 APLU Innovation & Economic Prosperity Universities Awards
August 2020
- UofM expects to lose $15 million in state funding due to COVID losses
- 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 teams awarded UTHSC/UofM CORNET grant for COVID-19 research
- UofM, UTHSC collaboration selects COVID research projects to fund
- 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
- News Medical Life Sciences: UofM/UTHSC grant competition yields 23 projects addressing COVID-19
- UofM/UTHSC grant competition yields 23 COVID-19 research proposals
- UofM/UTHSC Collaborative Grant Competition Yields 23 COVID-19 Research Proposals
June 2020
- Why U of M officials want R1 Carnegie status
- UofM awarded $9.4M in grants to fund hundreds of scholarships
- 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 Memphis 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
- Memphis techies develop new community amid pandemic during virtual hackathon
- Techies among us invited to virtual hackathon, starting Monday
- FedEx Institute of Technology Holding Virtual Hackathon to Highlight Important Issues During Pandemic
- NIH-funded MD2K Center releases app that alerts user if close contact with COVID-19 cases
- Salehi Conducts Water Quality Research in Response to COVID-19 Building Closures
- New app for personal tracking of social distancing in the Memphis area (NSF)
- Researchers create free app tracking social distancing in Greater Memphis Area
- UofM team housed in the FedEx Institute of Technology creates social distancing app
- UofM research developers create first-of-its-kind app tracking crowding in Shelby County
- New app from University of Memphis tracks social distancing
- 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
- University of Memphis uses 3D lab to print face shields for healthcare workers
February 2020
- UofM professor all about the flow in blood vessel research
- UofM designing open, free program to teach data science
- Scientists report gains in treating kids suffering chronic trauma
- Carnegie Learning and The University of Memphis to Create a Learner Data Institute to Improve Educational Outcomes
January 2020
December 2019
- Patent expert at UofM carries flag for Carnegie Research status
- UofM licenses breakthrough cybersecurity patent
November 2019
- Silicon Valley Startup i2Chain Licenses Adaptive Multi-factor Authentication System Patent from UofM
- BBC Interview with Dr. Duane McKenna on PNAS published research The Evolution and Genomic Basis of Beetle Diversity (interview begins at 31:15)
- BBC Interview Study says beetles steal genes from bacteria and fungi - with Dr. Duane
McKenna
- UofM Biology Professor Publishes Article on Genomic Basis of Insect Biodiversity in National Academy of Sciences Journal
October 2019
- Rapid success drives UofM Research Foundation plans for major office expansion
- UofM awarded millions in funding to develop cyber-learning institute
- 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
- DEVCON to expand, put HQ in Memphis with $2.4M Investment
- UofM and UTHSC Researchers Receive 2019 CORNET Award for Studies on Brain Exploration in Adolescents
September 2019
- UofM Research Park Propels Growth for Prospero Health
- Commercialization fellowships help get more innovations off the shelf
- Memphis wired for advanced exploration of trauma on young brains
August 2019
- UofM's Elswick Creates New App that Aims to Promote Green Living on UofM Campus
- 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
- International Paper hosting company leaders to help support UofM's CAESER
- Can honey heal wounds? Memphis startup SweetBio and Regional One team up to try
- UofM Math Professor is First Woman to Receive Bellman Award
July 2019
- Drone Mapping of Mississippi Quarry
- UofM Professor Bollobás Awarded Multi-Year, $405,000 Grant: Research focuses on Probabilistic Combinatorics
- Media Invited to Wolf River-Memphis Aquifer Research Day
- LCON Receives $2.7 Million Grant for Family Nurse Practitioner Program
- UMRF Research Park Joins Blockchain Consortium to Reclaim Medications and Prevent Prescription Waste
- UofM research arm joins life-saving partnership
June 2019
- UofM Research Foundation Announces Expansion of Student-Operated Call Center for UMRF Ventures
- CAESER Expanding to UofM Lambuth
- Biology Professor Publishes Article on Sundflower Diversity in PNAS
- CAESER to Host Second Public Meeting on Aquifer Study
- UofM and Epicenter collaborate to strengthen Deep Science Entrepreneurship
- UoM and Epicenter launch 'patented' program to create post docs and startups
- UofM Professor Thurston Selected to Receive Foremothers Mentorship Early Career Award
- UofM's Howell Will Receive Two Prestigious Awards from Society of Clinical Psychology
May 2019
- One Concern Partners with UofM's CERI on Resilience Research Collaboration
- UofM DeYonker Receives 5-year, $742K Research Grant: Awarded Prestigious NSF Early CAREER Award
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
- University of Memphis begins five-year aquifer research project
- Study on state of Memphis drinking water to be discussed
- Poverty levels have decreased in Memphis but disparities remain, study shows
March 2019
- Memphis floats plan for Freshwater Institute, research center to study and protect resources
- One Concern Partners with UofM's CERI on Resilience Research Collaboration
- Academy News: University of Memphis Joins the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
- University of Memphis Joins Prestigious National Academy of Inventors
- UofM Office of Technology Transfer Begins 2019 with Expanding Patent Portfolio
February 2019
- UofM's new research program could draw tech companies, jobs to area
- University of Memphis Launching New Research Cluster Focusing on Agriculture and Food Technologies
- Prof. Wang Awarded NIST Grant for City of Memphis Project
- NIST> PSCR Awards Over $750K for PSIAP Point Cloud City
January 2019
- UofM repurposes former library into first phase of research park
- Emerging companies find new home at new University of Memphis research park
- UofM to Open Tech Research Facilities
- UofM Initiates Research Park to Spur Research-Based Economic Development
December 2018
- Researchers Challenge Relationship Between Musical Training and Brain's Processing Function
- FedEx Institute of Technology Partners with XYO Network to explore opportunities in Location technology
- FedEx Institute of Technology Partners with XYO Network to Build Out Location-Based Technology Capabilities
November 2018
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
- Memphis 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