OXFORD, Miss. – Damon Wall, 80, a longtime engineering educator, administrator and mentor to hundreds of students and faculty members at the University of Mississippi, died Friday (Dec. 14) at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford. Assistant dean emeritus of the School of Engineering and associate professor emeritus of electrical engineering, Wall wasRead the story …
Longtime UM Engineering Educator, Administrator Damon Wall Dies at 80
Professor remembered as a mentor, colleague, encourager and loyal friend
December 14, 2012 by
Three UM Scientists Develop Innovative Method to Deliver THC
Transmucosal patch increases drug's absorption
December 14, 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.Read the story …
Ole Miss Year in Photos 2012
December 14, 2012 by
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Inside The Diabetic Shoppe
UM alumnus turns his Charleston pharmacy into a multimillion-dollar business
December 14, 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 …
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 14, 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 …
Professor Receives $1.6 Million to Study Potential Hepatitis C Drugs
UM graduate students contribute to pharmaceutical research
December 14, 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. “BasedRead the story …
Snow Named National Play Therapy Chair
UM Counseling scholar leads governing body for U.S. play therapists
December 13, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Marilyn Snow, a leading expert in the growing mental health field of play therapy and a University of Mississippi professor, has been appointed chair of the board of directors for the Association for Play Therapy, the governing body for play therapists in the United States. Snow, a licensed professional counselor andRead the story …
First African-American Homecoming Queen Makes Essence Magazine List
Courtney Pearson shares company of Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and Serena Williams
December 13, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – By being elected the University of Mississippi’s first African-American homecoming queen, Courtney Roxanne Pearson has made Essence Magazine’s “25 Reasons We’re Proud to Be Black Women” list. The 21-year-old senior English secondary education major from Memphis is No. 20 on the list, which includes such notables as first lady Michelle Obama,Read the story …
Ole Miss Women’s Athletics Wins Fourth Straight Halbrook Award
December 12, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss captured its fourth consecutive Halbrook Award for having the highest graduation rate among Mississippi’s women’s college athletics programs during the past academic year. The award was one of several presented at the Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities annual conference hosted this fall by William Carey University in Hattiesburg. OleRead the story …
John Tesh Brings His Big Band Show to Ole Miss
Grammy-nominated performer visits Ford Center Dec. 16 as part of national tour
December 11, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Grammy-nominated composer, musician and nationally syndicated radio host John Tesh will perform his “Big Band Christmas” Dec. 16 at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi. Tickets to the 3 p.m. concert range from $39 to $50 for various seating and are available byRead the story …