OXFORD, Miss. – Nishanth Rodrigues, an award-winning leader in information technology, has been named the University of Mississippi’s new chief information officer. With more than 24 years of IT experience in academia, manufacturing and professional health care, Rodrigues assumed duties at the university Sept. 5. As CIO, his responsibilities are to provide leadership, management andRead the story …
Nishanth Rodrigues Joins UM as Chief Information Officer
Administrator to lead efforts to enhance campus technological infrastructure and capabilities
September 19, 2017 by
MFA Student Wins Prestigious Cave Canem Award in Poetry
Julian Randall gets $1,000 and will have collection of poems published
September 18, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi graduate student is the latest recipient of a prestigious award cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African-American poets. Julian David Randall, a second-year student in the university’s critically acclaimed Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, has won the 2017 Cave Canem Award in Poetry. TheRead the story …
Biomimetic Acoustic Sensors Topic of Sept. 19 Science Cafe
Renowned researcher Ronald N. Miles is first lecturer for fall semester
September 14, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The acoustical organs of insects and their potential to revolutionize human hearing aids is the topic for a monthly public science forum organized by the University of Mississippi Department of Physics and Astronomy. The fall semester’s first meeting of the Oxford Science Cafe is set for 6 p.m. Sept. 19 at LusaRead the story …
FedEx Founder Fred Smith Issues Challenge at Honors Convocation
Annual fall event also featured Silicon Valley icon Jim Barksdale
September 13, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Legendary FedEx founder and CEO Frederick W. Smith challenged University of Mississippi honors students Tuesday (Sept. 12) to continue having academic conversations with the aim of developing workable solutions to national and global problems. Smith was the keynote speaker for the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College’s Fall Convocation at the Gertrude C.Read the story …
Visiting Professor to Discuss Foods of Slave Trade Thursday at UM
Judith Carney featured speaker of the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program
September 12, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A geographer from the University of California at Los Angeles will discuss foods grown by African slaves Thursday (Sept. 14) at the University of Mississippi. Judith Carney begins her lecture, “Seeds of Memory: Food Legacies of the Transatlantic Slave Trade,” at 5:30 p.m. in the Tupelo Room of Barnard Observatory. Her appearance,Read the story …
FedEx Founder Fred Smith Featured Speaker for Fall Honors Convocation
Jim Barksdale will introduce entrepreneur at 20th anniversary event Sept. 12 in Ford Center
September 8, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – This year’s Fall Convocation for the University of Mississippi’s Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College brings together two renowned businessmen to share their journeys to international success. Frederick W. Smith, founder and CEO of FedEx, will deliver the keynote address at 7 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 12) in the Gertrude C. Ford Center forRead the story …
UM Student Selected as Inaugural Ira Wolf Scholar
Gwenafaye McCormick to spend 2017-18 academic year studying in Japan
September 1, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi student is the first to receive a prestigious new scholarship from the U.S.-Japan Bridging Foundation. Gwenafaye McCormick, a junior international studies and biology major from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, is the inaugural recipient of the Ira Wolf Scholarship. She will study Japanese culture and history at Waseda University in TokyoRead the story …
Calling All Connections
Alumni, constituents asked to submit suggestions for 2017-18 Ole Miss Engineer
September 1, 2017 by
Engineering friends, I have had the privilege of serving as one of the editors the past few years and more recently as editor-in-chief of Ole Miss Engineer magazine. We are gearing up for the 2017-18 edition now. I so enjoy collecting great articles to share with our alumni, friends, prospective and current students, visitors andRead the story …
Engineering Students Enjoy Summer Internships
Prospective employers provide employment, training to four from UM
September 1, 2017 by
Professional development is vital to the preparation of future engineers. Students who graduate with some type of internship experience are more likely to gain employment upon graduation than those who do not, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Many students receive employment offers directly from their internship employers. This past summer, severalRead the story …
UM Engineering Faculty Collaborates on Deep-Space Communications
Team includes researchers at Jackson State University and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
September 1, 2017 by
Three University of Mississippi engineering professors are collaborating with colleagues at Jackson State University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to improve communications with deep-space probes and, perhaps even, manned missions. Lei Cao, Ramanarayanan Viswanathan and John Daigle, all professors of electrical engineering, are working with researchers at Jackson State University and the Jet Propulsion LaboratoryRead the story …