Education
WASHINGTON -- Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today re-introduced legislation that would help put an end to the for-profit college industry’s aggressive recruiting of veterans, service members, and their families.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $822,646 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study fungal-bacterial dynamics driving dysregulated host response and lethal synergism.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $1,196,000 for its innovative cardiovascular health program from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis and Assistant Professor of Computer Science Xiaolei Huang will receive a grant of $50,000 to develop an advanced artificial intelligence system for the diagnosis and management of headache disorders.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that Rhodes College will receive a $502,946 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the impact of concentrations of carbon dioxide on dimorphic fungi. The research, under the direction of Assistant Professor of Biology Qian Shen, will also involve undergraduate students at LeMoyne-Owen College, and could lead to breakthroughs in combatting life-threatening fungal infections and reduce crop damage from fungal agents.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) went to the House floor Tuesday evening to recall the Reverend James Lawson who passed on Sunday at the age of 95.
In his remarks, Congressman Cohen said in part:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $192,500 from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for a project entitled “Inhibiting mPGES-1 as a countermeasure to mitigate organophosphate-induced neurotoxicity.”
Congressman Cohen made the following statement:
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Memphis-based Withers Collection Museum and Gallery on Beale Street will receive a $100,000 Museum Grant for African American History and Culture from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced two National Institutes of Health grants totaling $836,990 to the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC).
MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the University of Memphis will receive a grant of $750,000 from the National Science Foundation for Phase One of its Center for Electrified and Automated Trucking (CEAT) under the direction of Civil Engineering Professor Sabya Mishra.
Congressman Cohen made the following statement: