OXFORD, Miss. – Boxers or briefs?” It’s not a question University of Mississippi senior Willow Nero imagined she’d ever ask a group of strangers, but that’s just what the Bay St. Louis native did during her summer internship at knoxnews.com. Of her investigative reporting on the city of Knoxville, Tenn., and its former standing asRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. — The University of Mississippi’s connections to presidential politics are well documented in a yearlong exhibit of memorabilia to be unveiled Aug. 18, in anticipation of the Sept. 26 Presidential Debate hosted on the Oxford campus. University Libraries presents “Hail to the Chief!”, a display highlighting U.S. presidents and Mississippi’s role in pastRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. — Two University of Mississippi research centers with very different missions are collaborating on a slate of projects with the goal of discovering and developing natural products for new applications in health, agriculture and ecological preservation. The National Center for Natural Products Research and the Center for Water and Wetland Resources are teamingRead the story …

Education attorney Jim Keith of Adams and Reese in Jackson, addresses an estimated 2,300 north Mississippi school teachers Monday on cyberbullying and other inappropriate uses of the Internet between educators and students as part of a half-day, back-to-school convocation at the University of Mississippi. UM photo by Kevin Bain. OXFORD, Miss. — The Internet isRead the story …

Leigh Ann Ross OXFORD, Miss. – Leigh Ann Ross has been named chair of pharmacy practice and associate dean for clinical affairs at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. She replaces H. Joseph Byrd, who retired July 1. The UM pharmacy alumna has spent the previous two years as a legislative assistant with U.S.Read the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – According to the National Crime Prevention Council, approximately half of U.S. youth surveyed say that they or someone they know have been victims or perpetrators of cyberbullying. To help more than 2,300 teachers throughout north Mississippi understand and combat cyberbulling, the University of Mississippi School of Education is teaming with the NorthRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – The graduate curriculum at the University of Mississippi expands this fall with the addition of two new master’s programs in the School of Applied Sciences, plus a third that began in the spring. The two new programs offer graduate degrees in food and nutrition services and in social work. A criminal justiceRead the story …

View photos from St. Paul Island {gallery}st?pauls{/gallery}     OXFORD, Miss. – The heat and humidity of Mississippi summers is partly the reason a University of Mississippi professor is spending five weeks as the only social worker in remote St. Paul Island, Alaska.

Jose Rivera. UM photo by Lindsey Phillips OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi business graduate student Jose Rivera has been named one of the nation’s top 50 Hispanic business scholars by the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting. The honor includes a scholarship award from ALPFA, as well as accommodations from Deloitte LLCRead the story …

Sandra Knispel OXFORD, Miss. – When Mississippi Public Broadcasting reporter Sandra Knispel was told one Thursday evening that her job, like a growing number of newsroom positions in recent years, had fallen victim to budget cuts, she didn’t expect to win a national Edward R. Murrow Award the very next day. “It was a roughRead the story …