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October 17, 2014

Early next year, the first batch of long-term unemployed people could land jobs with Memphis tech companies under Bioworks’ new training program.

Memphis Bioworks Foundation was awarded $8.1 million to steer 960 jobless people into local tech companies that often have hired immigrants with work visas. The program will include aspects such as on-the-job training, with wages partially paid by Bioworks, as well as more traditional training.


October 15, 2014

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced a new $8,083,138 federal grant to help 960 long-term unemployed citizens in the Memphis metropolitan area find good paying jobs in high-skills industries.


October 15, 2014
In The News

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A multi-million dollar federal grant will be used to help people in Memphis get the training they need to hopefully land some good paying jobs.

The $8,083,138 federal grant will help up to, “960 long-term unemployed citizens in the Memphis metropolitan area find good paying jobs in high-skills industries.”

Issues: 9th District Education Memphis Science and Technology Shelby County Tennessee

October 15, 2014

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A multi-million dollar federal grant will be used to help people in Memphis get the training they need to hopefully land some good paying jobs.

The $8,083,138 federal grant will help up to, “960 long-term unemployed citizens in the Memphis metropolitan area find good paying jobs in high-skills industries.”


October 14, 2014

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced a total of $766,872 for several different projects at the University of Memphis. This funding comes through both the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

“This funding will help keep the University of Memphis at the cutting edge,” said the Congressman.

Today’s announcement includes funding for the following projects


October 10, 2014
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This week, I helped launch a brand new multimillion dollar research initiative led by the University of Memphis, I spoke out about the need to reform our criminal justice system, and the federal government took steps to prevent former Mo' Money employees from taking advantage of consumers. Keep reading to learn more about what happened this week.

Issues: 9th District Children and Families Education Foreign Affairs Health Care Judiciary Memphis Science and Technology Shelby County Tennessee Transportation Veterans' Affairs

October 10, 2014

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) was awarded this week with a 100 percent score for his votes on civil rights and human rights issues in the 113th Congress by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR). The LCCHR’s 113th Congress Voting Record grades Members of Congress on the votes they cast on 20 bills considered by the House of Representatives during the 113th Congress.

Issues: Judiciary

October 9, 2014

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement in response to a new U.S.


October 9, 2014
In The News

The University of Memphis on Thursday vaulted into a class of the nation’s top-tier universities seeking to harness the power of “big data” in biomedical research by landing a $10.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

A computer scientist at the Memphis university, Santosh Kumar, will lead one of a dozen new collaborative “centers of excellence” established by an NIH initiative called Big Data to Knowledge, or BD2K.

Issues: 9th District Education Health Care Memphis Science and Technology Shelby County Tennessee

October 9, 2014

The University of Memphis on Thursday vaulted into a class of the nation’s top-tier universities seeking to harness the power of “big data” in biomedical research by landing a $10.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

A computer scientist at the Memphis university, Santosh Kumar, will lead one of a dozen new collaborative “centers of excellence” established by an NIH initiative called Big Data to Knowledge, or BD2K.