Robert Wuhl OXFORD Miss. – America’s founding fathers were humans, and humans make mistakes. For example, examine the first sentence of the Constitution, says comedian Robert Wuhl. “We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union …” “There’s no such thing as more perfect,” said Robert Wuhl in theRead the story …

  Evelyn Crayton (right) of the American Dietetics Association Board of Directors explains that nutrition and prevention are the key to lower health care costs. Crayton joined (far left) John Clymer, president of the Partnership for Prevention; Steven Blair, professor of exercise science at the University of South Carolina; and Therese Hanna, executive director ofRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – With the federal government’s takeover this week of mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the real estate market and how banks lend money is a hotter topic than ever.

OXFORD, Miss. – Whether it’s the evening news on ABC, CBS or NBC, or the steady stream of talking heads on CNN, Fox News or MSNBC, voters seem to have grown used to – and in some cases, tired of – incessant media coverage of every minute detail of the presidential campaign.

OXFORD – As a physicist, James Reidy has been working toward this day for nearly 20 years – the day when scientists send the first beam of protons zooming at nearly the speed of light around the 17-mile-diameter  Large Hadron Collider, buried 300 feet beneath the Swiss countryside near Geneva.

OXFORD, Miss. – Following the aftermath of destruction from Hurricane Katrina, nearly one in five Gulf Coast residents likely experienced post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a University of Mississippi study. The findings, part of an interdisciplinary research project funded by the National Science Foundation, were made public last month at the American Psychological Association’s annualRead the story …

Steven G. Rogers OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumnus Steven G. Rogers, president and CEO of Parkway Properties in Jackson, visits his alma mater Thursday (Sept. 11) to discuss the evolving real estate market with MBA students. Under the auspices of the Otho Smith Lecture Series in the School of Business Administration, Rogers’ presentationRead the story …

Lynn Turner OXFORD, Miss. – An internationally known expert in financial markets and financial reporting delivers the address “Regulation of Financial Markets” Sept. 11 at the University of Mississippi. Lynn Turner, former chief accountant of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, speaks at 2:30 p.m. in Johnson Commons Ballroom. Under the auspices of the H.E.Read the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – One of the most respected American critics of contemporary poetry discusses the work of Samuel Beckett, winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature, Sept. 17 at the University of Mississippi.