ALSAC restructures, cuts 29 positions
ALSAC, the fundraising organization of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, says it has laid off 29 of its 1,700 employees.
Topic: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
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June 2023
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Memphis Chamber’s teacher externship program fuses business and education
Through the program, teachers will be immersed in two weeks of job shadowing, facility tours and hands-on activities at a Memphis business related to their field of teaching.
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May 2023
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Kay Jewelers honors 350 moms of St. Jude patients for Mother’s Day
This Mother’s Day, Kay Jewelers — which has raised nearly $97 million over the past quarter-century to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital — gave gifts to the moms of pediatric patients.
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April 2023
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Guest Column: FedEx is a ‘power for good’ for St. Jude and the world
“Having FedEx’s influence in Memphis the past 50 years — from the high-profile items like FedExForum and the Grizzlies to actions that fly under the larger radar like all the FedEx Cares events in Memphis — has been incalculable in making our city as amazing as we all enjoy it to be.”
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March 2023
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St. Jude’s Downing honored as Communicator of the Year
Previous Communicator of the Year Award recipients include Liberty Bowl founder Bud Dudley, Cecil Humphreys, Linn Sitler, D’Army Bailey, Dr. Scott Morris, Fred Jones, Beverly Robertson, Otis Sanford, Penny Hardaway and Joe Birch.
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February 2023
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St. Jude’s historic roadmap in the segregated South
St. Jude became the first fully integrated children’s hospital in the South, where Black and white patients were treated in the same room, dined together and shared bathroom facilities.
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January 2023
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Park succeeds Pui as St. Jude’s oncology chair
“Dr. Park brings a wealth of knowledge, deep experience and considerable talent to St. Jude.”
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St. Jude unveils $50 million Family Commons, a haven for patients
Marlo Thomas, St. Jude’s national outreach director and daughter of St. Jude founder Danny Thomas, was in Memphis to cut the ribbon at the commons, which will officially open on Feb. 7.
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December 2022
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Running for the kids — and a personal best — at the St. Jude Memphis Marathon
When the going gets tough in the St. Jude Memphis Marathon, it helps to remember why you’re running.
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St. Jude patient art unveiled at convention center
St. Jude Memphis Marathon weekend kicked off Thursday, Dec. 1, with the unveiling of a St. Jude patient art display at the Renasant Convention Center where it completely covers two walls on the center’s second floor.
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November 2022
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AutoZone Liberty Bowl gives record donation to St. Jude
The 64th AutoZone Liberty Bowl will be played on Wednesday, Dec. 28, at 4:30 p.m. and be broadcast on ESPN.
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October 2022
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St. Jude adding offices in former Terminix space
As the hospital’s six-year, multi-billion dollar expansion gets underway, 500 office employees have moved into 150 Peabody Place. And area shops and restaurants are mighty glad to see them.
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St. Jude joins $60 million collaboration to fight childhood cancer
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has joined The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to fight childhood cancer.
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Visual arts and medical science merge at Crosstown’s ‘The Art of Science’
Epigenetics, asthma, polyps and mitral valve regurgitation might seem unlikely subjects of artistic inspiration, but the marriage of medical science and visual art is drawing visitors to “The Art of Science.”
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Strikes and spares: Grizzlies, fans go bowling
The Grizzlies’ bowling event at Andy B’s Bowl Social in Bartlett was the first time in years that the Memphis players had a chance to be face-to-face with fans.
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August 2022
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St. Jude patient honored during FedEx St. Jude Championship
This year marked the 10th anniversary of FedEx’s Purple Eagle program, an annual event in which the Memphis-based company honors a St. Jude patient who is also the child or grandchild of a FedEx team member.
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July 2022
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St. Jude commits nearly $13B to accelerate research, treatment for pediatric diseases
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has committed a total of $12.9 billion to accelerate research and treatment for children around the world with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.
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June 2022
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On World Sickle Cell Day, a look at Memphis’ past, present and future research
The story of Memphis as a hub of sickle cell disease research began in 1929, when Dr. Lemuel W. Diggs encountered the disease within a week of arriving in Memphis to join the UTHSC faculty. The city still attracts researchers and clinicians from around the world.
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FedEx St. Jude Championship promises more — of everything
The August event kicks off the FedEx Cup playoffs and will feature a bigger field, the return of the pro-am and a “good old-fashioned Memphis block party.”
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May 2022
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St. Jude Global helping patients evacuate Ukraine
St. Jude Global’s preexisting partnerships throughout 15 countries in the Eurasia region have allowed the children’s research hospital to act quickly to evacuate patients when the war began.
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Downtown’s high-tech mural is raising money for St. Jude
The hope behind a new mural on the Exchange Building is to teach the community about new types of technology while also raising funds for St. Jude.
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March 2022
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Ballet to showcase ‘secret world’ of photographer Jack Robinson
The performance will feature choreography inspired by the long-hidden images Robinson snapped in the late ’60s and ’70s.
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First Lady visits St. Jude, talks about Ukraine humanitarian effort
More children with cancer are coming to the city from the Ukraine war zone next week. First Lady Jill Biden made the visit to St. Jude Friday afternoon and talked privately with four children and their families airlifted this past Monday from Poland to Memphis.
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Jill Biden to welcome Ukrainian patients at St. Jude
First Lady Jill Biden will be in Memphis Friday, March 25, for a tour of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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January 2022
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Guest column: The future of Greenlaw and Uptown should be guided by the community’s plan
“We strongly fear that if current plans are approved as-is, the character of our neighborhood would be injured, and its future put in question.”
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