Medicinal Plant, Dietary Supplement Guru Gets Honorary Degree

OXFORD, Miss. – An international expert on dietary supplements and pharmacognosy professor at the University of Mississippi has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Hamdard University in New Delhi. Ikhlas A. Khan, who also serves as assistant director of the UM School of Pharmacy’s National Center for Natural Products Research and director of its FDARead the story …

Clinton News: UM Students Analyze Shakespeare’s Signature

Before William Shakespeare created such literary and stage classics as “Macbeth” and “Romeo and Juliet,” the legendary playwright may have labored over property deeds and other mundane legal documents. Read the story

Freeze’s First Spring Drills Kick off Friday

OXFORD, Miss. — Ole Miss opens its first spring football drills under head coach Hugh Freeze this weekend, and fans are welcomed to attend the first two practices. A total of four practices are open to the public, including this Friday at 3:30 p.m. CT and Saturday at 10:30 a.m., and both workouts are tentativelyRead the story …

Student Leadership – An Ole Miss Tradition

Student leaders at the University of Mississippi discuss the opportunities they have as students at Ole Miss. Produced by Media and Documentary Projects. Producer Mary Stanton.

A Great Place to Work – David Allen

Pharmacy Dean, Dr. David Allen talks about how Ole Miss has become so special to him in the short time he’s been here. Video by Mary Stanton.

Fourth OMazing Race Set for This Weekend

OXFORD, Miss – Visitors to the University of Mississippi might wonder where the camera crews are this weekend as the fourth OMazing Race sends dozens of participants on a campuswide scavenger hunt and other events designed to promote awareness of campus diversity The event, coordinated by the Department of Campus Programming and the William WinterRead the story …

Alumni Spotlight: Tad Provence and His ‘Ramblin’ Rebel’

For decades, as a business owner in the Atlanta area, Ole Miss alumnus Tad Provence (BBA 67) has crossed paths with Georgia Tech’s “Ramblin’ Wreck.” The old Ford Model A, named after the school’s fight song, is a rolling gold and white symbol of Georgia Tech athletics. Provence has witnessed how the crowds are stirredRead the story …

Ole Miss Names Ross Bjork New Athletics Director

OXFORD, Miss. – Ross Bjork, athletics director for Western Kentucky University, has been named the next Director of Athletics at Ole Miss, Chancellor Dan Jones announced today. Bjork, who will take over for retiring AD Pete  Boone in mid-April, spent five years as a senior associate athletics director at UCLA before joining WKU as ADRead the story …

Video – ASB President Kimbrely Dandridge

Incoming Associated Student Body President Kimbrely Dandridge discusses her passion, commitment and goals for the ASB. Video by Nathan Latil.

UM Students Use Technology to Analyze Shakespeare’s Signature

OXFORD, Miss. – Before William Shakespeare created such literary and stage classics as “Macbeth” and “Romeo and Juliet,” the legendary playwright may have labored over property deeds and other mundane legal documents. Did Shakespeare work as an attorney before achieving immortality at the Globe Theatre? That’s one of the theories a University of Mississippi professorRead the story …