Krista Tippett Public invited to 9:30 a.m. program at Oxford Conference Center OXFORD, Miss. – Krista Tippett, creator and host of the Peabody and Webby award-winning radio program “Speaking of Faith, is scheduled to address University of Mississippi students Friday, Aug. 22. Drawing on her conversations with theologians and scientists, artists and activists, Tippett plansRead the story …

Tristan Denley. UM photo by Nathan Latil. OXFORD. Miss. – Tristan Denley, associate professor of mathematics at the University of Mississippi, will welcome some 450 students to his family of four in August 2009 when UM’s first of two planned residential colleges opens. Recently named Senior Fellow of the college, Denley will move into aRead the story …

View a slide slow of the some items from the Blues archive. {gallery}08-2008/blues{/gallery} OXFORD, Miss. – After toiling long hours in the field under a hot Mississippi Delta sun, poor black sharecroppers of the early 20th century gathered on front porches and put to music their sorrow and suffering. The soulful lyrics and sounds ofRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Twenty-six business students return to the University of Mississippi this fall smarter and with stories to tell about studying abroad in England, Ireland and the Czech Republic. The travel during the university’s two-week May Intersession was arranged with help from alumni and the guidance of faculty members. The students enjoyed learning experiencesRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Twenty-six business students return to the University of Mississippi this fall smarter and with stories to tell about studying abroad in England, Ireland and the Czech Republic. The travel during the university’s two-week May Intersession was arranged with help from alumni and the guidance of faculty members. The students enjoyed learning experiencesRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Twenty-six business students return to the University of Mississippi this fall smarter and with stories to tell about studying abroad in England, Ireland and the Czech Republic. The travel during the university’s two-week May Intersession was arranged with help from alumni and the guidance of faculty members. The students enjoyed learning experiencesRead the story …

Noon Brown Bag program at CSSC features fun film OXFORD, Miss. – Food, drink and films highlight the Potlikker Film Festival scheduled Aug. 22 at the Powerhouse Community Arts Center in Oxford. The Southern Foodways Alliance, housed at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, teamed up with theRead the story …

Chancellor Robert Khayat with Anamaria Caradine. Courtesy photo. OXFORD, Miss. – Two Mississippi students have been chosen to receive the University of Mississippi’s $40,000 W.R. Newman Scholarship, which is among the state’s largest awards for undergraduates. Anamaria Elizabeth Caradine of Vardaman and Amanda McIntire Daggett of Jackson, who will enter UM as freshmen this fall,Read the story …

Tucker Carrington  OXFORD,Miss. – The director of the Mississippi Innocence Project housed at the University of Mississippi School of Law has been selected to head a state task force studying issues surrounding DNA testing. Tucker Carrington, MIP director, came to UM from Georgetown Law School in fall 2007 to lead the newly established state Innocence Project. HeRead the story …