Education

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Shelby County Board of Education will receive an emergency supplemental grant of $963,101 for Head Start from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, released this statement after a Minneapolis jury convicted former Officer Derek Chauvin of the murder of George Floyd.

"The jury has spoken and justice has been served."

Congressman Cohen, the Chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, was a co-sponsor and voted for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act which includes provisions for police accountability that he authored.

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $349,813 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for a project entitled "Ending the HIV Stigma Syndemic: Reframing Health Education for Southern Black Churches."

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"I'm pleased that the University of Memphis is taking on the challenge of HIV stigma. This project may help open eyes and lead to better health and social outcomes."

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $298,619 grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to study magnetic resonance imaging involving liver disease.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"I'm pleased that the University of Memphis is receiving this research grant to continue its important work in biomedical imaging."

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $179,375 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for research on the effects of environmental health hazards on the aryl hydrocarbon receptor regulating gene expression.

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

"I'm pleased that the National Institutes of Health continue to direct significant research funding to the U of M. This grant will contribute to important work in environmental health and genetic science."

MEMPHIS -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement in observance of Yom Ha'Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, on Thursday:

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a $542,071 grant from the National Science Foundation underwriting a civil engineering project entitled "CAREER: An Investigation of Microplastics Fate and Contaminant Transport in Storm Runoff, The Nexus of Environmental Engineering and Material Sciences."

Congressman Cohen made the following statement:

MEMPHIS – On Sunday, as many celebrate Easter, many in Memphis and around the world will also silently commemorate the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in our city 53 years ago. Congressman Cohen released the following statement:

"Dr. King came to Memphis to demonstrate that all labor has dignity and was killed as he stood up for the rights of striking sanitation workers. As we commemorate his life, let's be mindful of the work he started and be dedicated to advancing human rights, labor rights, racial justice and an end to war."