Lori Kirkpatrick has joined Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors as chief financial officer. In this role, Kirkpatrick oversees all finance and accounting functions at the commercial real estate services firm, including lease administration services provided to clients. 
She focuses on driving projects and innovations and ensuring quality and commitment to our clients. 

2. University of Memphis Institutes Team Up for Biologistics Partnership - Monday, January 11, 2016

Two research institutes at the University of Memphis – the FedEx Institute of Technology and the Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute – have teamed up to launch a biologistics partnership.

The FedEx institute is referring to partnerships like the new one around biologistics as “clusters,” research areas around which the institute wants to collect projects, research efforts and programming. It’s part of a push by the institute to try and put itself at the center of innovation in the city, according to Cody Behles, the institute’s manager of innovation and research support.

3. FedEx Institute Of Technology Gears Up For Event-Filled ‘16 - Thursday, December 24, 2015

The FedEx Institute of Technology at the University of Memphis is closing out the year and looking ahead to 2016 with a renewed focus on putting itself at the center of technology innovation in Memphis.

4. Women on Board - Wednesday, March 18, 2015

A career in the “transportation industry” equals 18 wheels, hour after hour of rolling down gray ribbons of highway and obligatory stops at weigh stations.

Or maybe not.

“There are millions of jobs in the transportation industry,” said Cheryl Citrone, a partner with Vaco, director of Vaco Logistics and board chair of the Memphis-area Society of Female Transportation Professionals. “So many times young ladies think ‘truck driver.’”

5. Ivey, U of M Seek to Boost Transportation Sector - Saturday, December 6, 2014

Dr. Stephanie Ivey never intended to get into the transportation field. After earning her doctorate in engineering from the University of Memphis, Ivey had planned on being involved in environmental work but, through a series of twists and turns, accepted a position at the U of M focused on transportation.

6. Device Library - Tuesday, September 16, 2014

The idea of a library might connote the image of some erudite sanctum, one of books, stuffiness, silence and readers lost in thought.

Not so at the McWherter Library on the University of Memphis campus – which, yes, is a repository of the printed word but has also become something of a magnet for gadgets. It’s become, in other words, as much of a collection of devices like 3D printers and GoPro cameras as it is of books.

7. Classroom Coding - Tuesday, December 17, 2013

A movement is afoot to ensure the classroom of the future adds new science and technology-based pillars – like writing code – to traditional standbys like reading, writing and arithmetic.

8. Economist Outlines US Freight Network at Intermodal Conference - Thursday, September 26, 2013

The Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute at the University of Memphis welcomed a distinguished list of guest speakers to its seventh annual Intermodal Freight Conference at the FedEx Institute of Technology Tuesday, Sept. 24.

9. Citrone: Logistics Not Just for Men - Monday, September 23, 2013

It’s hard to picture Cheryl Burch Citrone, a partner at executive recruiting and consulting firm Vaco Memphis, hanging around railroad tracks or shooting the breeze about shipping lanes and trucks.

10. Events - Saturday, June 8, 2013

The Daily News will present Literatini, benefiting Literacy Mid-South, Thursday, June 13, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Booksellers at Laurelwood, 387 Perkins Road Extended. The event will include martinis and food, an auction, live music and a wine pull. Tickets are $50 per person or $75 per couple. Visit literacymidsouth.org.

11. Events - Friday, June 7, 2013

YMCA of Memphis and the Mid-South will hold a lunch and learn for those interested in the YMCA Corporate Games Friday, June 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its corporate office, 6373 Quail Hollow Road, suite 201. The games will be held Sept. 16-22. R.S.V.P. to Shauna Bateman at sbateman@ymcamemphis.org or 766-7677.

12. York Elected President Of Memphis Tri-State Fence Association - Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Bill York, vice president of sales and marketing for Dillard Door and Entrance Central, has been elected president of the Memphis Tri-State Fence Association, a chapter of the American Fence Association (AFA).

13. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, August 25, 2003
Calendar of Events August 25-31

Calendar of Events August 25-31 August 26

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