OXFORD, Miss. – January denotes the beginning of the year, but for a team of University of Mississippi students and faculty, the month marked the end of a service project that was years in the making. Between August 2012 and January 2014, the UM Engineers Without Borders student chapter successfully designed and built a schoolRead the story …
Mission Accomplished!
UM Engineers Without Borders team finishes school construction project in Togo
February 7, 2014 by
Barksdale Award Winners Named
Two Ole Miss students head to Senegal, Midwest and Southern U.S. this summer
February 6, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi students have been selected to travel to Senegal and around the United States this summer to pursue their dreams. Jillian Cowart of Birmingham, Ala., and Megan Smith of Corinth, both juniors in the UM Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, are the 2014 winners of the annual Barksdale Awards.Read the story …
Antihydrogen is Focus of February Science Cafe
Berkeley physicist Jonathan Wurtele speaks Feb. 18
February 4, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The discovery and research of antimatter is the focus for this month’s installment of a public science forum organized by the UM Department of Physics and Astronomy. The spring semester’s second meeting of the Oxford Science Cafe is set for 6 p.m. Feb. 18 at Lusa Pastry Cafe, 2305 West Jackson Ave.Read the story …
Oxford Conference for the Book Marks 21st Year
Annual event features heavy emphasis on literacy and social justice issues
February 4, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Blues music bookends the 21st Oxford Conference for the Book, set for March 26-28 at the University of Mississippi. Presented by the UM Center for the Study of Southern Culture and Square Books, the program, which is free and open to the public, includes readings, panel discussions and talks by more than 45Read the story …
MIT Historian to Lecture Feb. 11
February 4, 2014 by
MIT historian Craig Steven Wilder, author of Ebony & Ivory: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities will deliver a public lecture on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. in Nutt Auditorium. The lecture, Slavery and the University, is presented by the University of Mississippi Departments of African-American Studies, History, and Sociology and Anthropology and the Office ofRead the story …
PR Does Not Stand for Press Release (Anymore)
January 23, 2014 by
When I first entered the public relations world in 2006, we poured the majority of our time into creating press releases. The Internet was alive and becoming more relevant, so we followed our counterparts posting stories to a web site. However, nearly everything posted online was a digital copy of something created for print orRead the story …
A Glimpse Inside Our World
January 17, 2014 by
Here in UM Communications we have the enviable job of living and breathing Ole Miss News while working on the prettiest campus in the country. Not only do we consume and share all types of Ole Miss information through Ole Miss News, the university web site, our social media accounts and many printed publications, butRead the story …
Modern Lighthouse Invention is January Science Cafe Topic
Monthly event resumes at Lusa Pastry Cafe
January 14, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The inventor of the modern lighthouse is the focus for a monthly public science forum organized by the UM Department of Physics and Astronomy. The spring semester’s first meeting of the Oxford Science Cafe is set for 6 p.m. Jan. 21 at Lusa Pastry Cafe, 2305 West Jackson Ave. in Oxford. TheresaRead the story …
Students Join Community for MLK Day of Service
Events to include mentoring middle school students, community projects
January 4, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Groups of University of Mississippi students are working with Lafayette County and Oxford volunteers to improve community organizations and inspire junior high males to further their education. Members of the university’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Office of Volunteer Services, McLean Institute and other campus organizations are teaming withRead the story …
UM Anthropology Professor Wins Prestigious Faculty Award
Maureen Meyers’ SEAC recognition heralded by colleagues
December 29, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Maureen Meyers is the recipient of a prestigious regional award recognizing her outstanding archaeological research. The University of Mississippi assistant professor of anthropology was presented the C.B. Moore Award for Excellence in Archaeology by a Young Scholar in Southeastern Studies. The award was presented at the 70th annual Southeastern Archaeological Conference meetingRead the story …