… Groups from UM, Ireland, South Africa to join July 2 in Washington, D.C. OXFORD, Miss. — Rebecca Batey learned a lot about America’s racial struggle as a tour guide at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. There, she told stories of the civil rights movement, frequently drawing raised eyebrows from mostly black tourists,Read the story …

Joanne Gabrynowicz OXFORD, Miss. – In an age when cars give directions and Web surfing can be done in the palm of your hand, advancing satellite technology that makes all of this possible is continuously being incorporated into the legal system. As this legal framework of space law has been evolving for more than aRead the story …

Chancellor Robert Khayat (right) presents University of Mississippi professor Larry Cox and his mother, Ruth Cox Pogue, with a certificate for the 1848 Society, marking the creation of the Robert and Ruth A. Cox Endowment in Risk Management and Insurance. Photo by Bruce Newman. OXFORD, Miss. – The chair of the Risk Management and InsuranceRead the story …

Participants in the the ninth annual Filmmaking Workshop at the University of Mississippi learn all aspects of the filmmaking process as they produce their own short films. The workshop is set for July 7-10. Courtesy photo. Registration deadline is July 2 OXFORD, Miss. – College and high school students, teachers and other adults interested inRead the story …

Oxford, UM chapters join to raise fitness awareness OXFORD, Miss. – On Saturday (June 28), more than 50,000 members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. are slated to participate in a synchronized ESP 1908 Global Centennial Walk designed to raise awareness about the importance of fitness. Linking hands and stepping off at the same timeRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Longtime police officer and chief Calvin Sellers is the new director of police and campus safety at the University of Mississippi. Sellers had been at UM for 14 years and was captain of patrol services in 2000 when he left to become police chief at Mississippi University for Women, the position heRead the story …

Beth Ann Fennelly OXFORD, Miss. – Beth Ann Fennelly, an award-winning poet and associate professor of English at the University of Mississippi, plans to pack her bags for Brazil next spring as recipient of a Fulbright fellowship to study the work of 20th century American poet Elizabeth Bishop. While abroad, Fennelly plans to write theRead the story …

Tim Walsh OXFORD, Miss. – Tim Walsh has been appointed interim executive director of Alumni Affairs at the University of Mississippi effective July 1. Executive Director Warner Alford, who has held the post since 2004, retires June 30. A member of the Alumni Affairs staff since 1990, Walsh is senior associate director of Alumni AffairsRead the story …