OXFORD, Miss. – A group of Mississippi scholars will discuss the impact of Internet communications on the tradition of letter-writing and the prospect that priceless documents will be lost to future historians and biographers Monday (April 9) at the University of Mississippi. The program, hosted by the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics, isRead the story …
School of Pharmacy Honors Three with Distinguished Alumni Awards
April 4, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Three University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy alumni were honored for their outstanding careers and contributions to the school during Pharmacy Alumni Weekend (March 30-31). Recipients of the school’s 2012 Distinguished Alumni Awards are Kristie Gholson of Tupelo, William B. Harlan of Brandon and Richard Allen Jackson Sr. of Sarasota, Fla. “TheseRead the story …
Third-graders Explore Science at Field Station
April 4, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – More than 360 third-graders spent a day last week playing with dirt, touching turkeys and tasting stevia leaves at the University of Mississippi Field Station, all in the name of learning about science. The Oxford Elementary School students participated in a fast-paced science clinic March 30 at the field station, staffed byRead the story …
Third-graders Explore Science at Field Station
April 4, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – More than 360 third-graders spent a day last week playing with dirt, touching turkeys and tasting stevia leaves at the University of Mississippi Field Station, all in the name of learning about science. The Oxford Elementary School students participated in a fast-paced science clinic March 30 at the field station, staffed byRead the story …
Senior Honors Student Named UM’s 13th Goldwater Scholar
April 4, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Honors student Dana Nicole “Nikki” Reinemann has been named the University of Mississippi’s 13th Barry M. Goldwater Scholar. The Ole Miss senior from Batesville is the tenth UM student to receive the prestigious award since 1998 and the fifth in the past seven years. Reinemann is first author of the paper “VibrationalRead the story …
Environmental Passion Earns UM Student a Udall Scholarship
April 2, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When Taylor Cook walked into the chancellor’s office at the University of Mississippi, she was not expecting to see a roomful of smiling faces. But that is what she got at a surprise reception to congratulate her on winning the 2012 Morris K. Udall Scholarship, which provides $5,000 for one year ofRead the story …
Taylor Cook Named 2012 Udall Scholar
April 2, 2012 by
UM student Taylor Cook has been named a 2012 Udall Scholar. Video by Mary Stanton.
Environmental Passion Earns UM Student a Udall Scholarship
April 2, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When Taylor Cook walked into the chancellor’s office at the University of Mississippi, she was not expecting to see a roomful of smiling faces. But that is what she got at a surprise reception to congratulate her on winning the 2012 Morris K. Udall Scholarship, which provides $5,000 for one year ofRead the story …
New ASB Officers Inauguration
April 2, 2012 by
The inauguration ceremony for the 2012-2013 Associated Student Body officers was held Thursday, March 29, on the steps of the Lyceum. They are (l-r) Courtney Pearson of Bartlett, Tenn., Judicial Council chair; Matthew Kiefer of Meridian, attorney general; Rebecca Ruleman of Germantown, Tenn., treasurer; Emily Rast of St. Louis, Mo., secretary; Emmalee Rainey of Jackson,Read the story …
TimesDaily.com: 50 years after Faulkner, a community celebrates
April 2, 2012 by
The life and work of the Nobel Prize-winning writer have been studied and scrutinized, probed and appraised, inspected and dissected, analyzed and examined by academics and scholars from around the world nearly constantly since he died July 6, 1962. This summer in Oxford, the community is using the 50-year anniversary of Faulkner’s death as anRead the story …