The LSSA is an undergraduate organization that is committed to ensuring advanced learning for Legal Studies students in an effort to aid in students’ success in the criminal justice and paralegal occupations, post-graduation.
The University of Mississippi Criminal Justice Association- CJA
December 18, 2012 by
The UMCJA is a graduate student association organization affiliated with the UM Criminal Justice Graduate program. We provide direct assistance with special, events related to the department and act as the student figurehead for our department. In addition to our meetings and social events, we are looking to expand the benefits to our members.
The Season of Giving
December 18, 2012 by
As a professor at Ole Miss and a Sunday school teacher, I have found that teaching a subject often results in significant increase in wisdom regarding the subject matter. During the Christmas break, I think we all should consider what we are doing in support of people and programs we care about. It seems asRead the story …
Faculty and Staff Play Santa’s Helpers through Books & Bears Program
Annual charity event provides toys for physical plant employees and their families
December 18, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Christmas holiday season got a whole lot brighter for the children and families of University of Mississippi Physical Plant employees as they received gifts Friday (Dec. 14) at the Ole Miss Union Ballroom. Smiles abounded as members of the Black Faculty and Staff Organization distributed more than 300 gifts through theRead the story …
Recreation Management Majors Enjoy Thriving Job Market
Versatile UM major attracts variety of student, provides array of options for graduates
December 18, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For park and recreation management majors at the University of Mississippi, the post-graduation job market is thrilling, but not scary. Most of them, you see, already have solid job prospects. One of those students is Diandra DeVoe-Hazelett, a senior from Orlando, Fla., who began figure skating when she was 6. Figuring outRead the story …
Analysis of Water Seeping Under Levees Offers Clues to Flood Risk
UM geologist, analytical chemist lead study of levee seepage, results published in Applied Geochemistry
December 16, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Flood stage in a river can mean that water has spilled out of the river channel and has reached the levees designed to retain floodwaters. As the river rises up the levee, there is always concern that the levee could fail, resulting in a wall of water pouring through the gap. TwoRead the story …
Inside The Diabetic Shoppe
UM alumnus turns his Charleston pharmacy into a multimillion-dollar business
December 16, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Robert Salmon opened a drugstore, Southern Discount Drugs, across the street from a clinic in Charleston in 1980. Fifteen years later, he and his pharmacy technician began packaging diabetic testing supplies in a back room of the drugstore and mailing them to patients. Since then, the University of Mississippi alumnus hasRead the story …
Three UM Scientists Develop Innovative Method to Deliver THC
Transmucosal patch increases drug's absorption
December 15, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – An innovative delivery method for tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive constituent of Cannabis, is being developed at the University of Mississippi. School of Pharmacy faculty members Michael A. Repka, Soumyajit Majumdar and Mahmoud A. ElSohly have developed a transmucosal THC patch to overcome problems related to taking the drug in pill form. TheRead the story …
Professor Receives $1.6 Million to Study Potential Hepatitis C Drugs
UM graduate students contribute to pharmaceutical research
December 15, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi pharmacognosy professor has been awarded a $1.6 million Research Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct studies on potential drugs for hepatitis C. “There is a significant need for new drugs to treat hepatitis C,” said Mark T. Hamann, principal investigator on the project.Read the story …
2012 Ole Miss Year in Photos
December 15, 2012 by
A look back at 2012 through the lenses of the Ole Miss photographers