Education
MEMPHIS -- Each spring, a nation-wide high school arts competition is sponsored by the Members of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Congressional Art Competition is open to all high school students in the 9th District. The winning artwork of our district's competition will be displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol. The exhibit in Washington will include the winning artwork from all participating districts from around the country.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $543,552 from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
"It is good to see the continuation of important materials research at the University of Memphis while this pandemic persists. This grant will keep researchers at work making discoveries and advancing science."
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MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Shelby County Board of Education will receive a $12,163,726 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to operate its Head Start programs.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today recognized Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, as he prepared to return to Washington to vote on a fourth coronavirus response bill this week. The observance begins at sundown today. As a state senator, Cohen sponsored, and the Tennessee General Assembly passed, legislation to create the Tennessee Holocaust Commission. Cohen served as an ex-officio member of the commission during his tenure in the state senate.
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $76,000 grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to conduct alcohol research.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
"I'm pleased that important research on alcohol and alcohol abuse continues unimpeded by the current pandemic at UTHSC. This grant will continue to keep scientists working in this important field of research."
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a $345,338 grant from the National Institute on Aging for research on data-driven identification of costly multi-morbidity groupings.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
"I'm pleased that our medical school in Memphis can continue to conduct research on aging even as we endure this serious pandemic. This funding will keep scientists in their labs and will help find answers from an analysis of data."
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Porter-Leath's Early Head Start programs will receive a grant of $1,185,657 from the Administration for Children and Families' Office of Head Start.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has received a grant of $152,000 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for clinical research into neurological disorders.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
"I'm pleased that, in this time of crisis, our medical school researchers continue to work on critical projects unrelated to the pandemic. This funding keeps Memphis scientists working on valuable clinical research."
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a member of the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $297,822 from the National Science Foundation to improve statistical literacy.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Danny Davis (IL-07), who co-introduced H.R. 3250, the Julius Rosenwald and Rosenwald Schools Study Act, last June, applauded its advance in a Natural Resources Committee Markup this morning.