OXFORD, Miss. – Four University of Mississippi Police Department officers won fifth place at the recent National LawFit Challenge in Olive Branch. Representing UPD were Lt. Matt Samuels, Officer Michael Hughes, Officer Marvin Vaughn and Officer Joshua Shipp. The event featured 114 officers competing as individuals, two-man teams and four-man teams. UPD’s four-man team placedRead the story …
UPD Officers Place Fifth in LawFit Challenge
Patrolmen excelled in team, individual areas at national competition in Desoto County
August 5, 2013 by
Peddle Provides Major Gift to Museum
Renowned collection will be reinstalled in new gallery
July 27, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss – The University of Mississippi Museum’s 2,000-piece David M. Robinson Collection of Greek and Roman antiquities objects – the largest collection of antiquities held by a university museum in the South – stands out for its significance, with international scholars studying the exquisite black-and-red figured Athenian vases, Roman sculptures, coins, tablets, lamps andRead the story …
Chemist Lands $650,000 NSF Career Development Grant
Award will fund research, allow development of outreach programs for K-12 students
July 20, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Amala Dass, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Mississippi, has been awarded a $650,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program grant from the National Science Foundation. The prestigious five-year grant allows Dass and his students to continue research in the study of gold alloy nanomolecules and to launchRead the story …
UM Botanist Has Exhibition at University Museum
Photos depict landscape and plants of Rowan Oak
July 16, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Photographs depicting the flora and landscape of Rowan Oak, shot by University of Mississippi botanist and pharmacognosist Edward Croom Jr., will be on display beginning Thursday, July 18 at the University Museum. “Faulkner’s Rowan Oak is a special sanctuary revealing the changes, mystery and beauty of the land,” Croom said. “Quoting Rumi,Read the story …
Pharmacy Student-Athletes in a League of Their Own
Blending sports with challenging academic provides unique challenges and satisfactions
July 14, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Studying pharmacy successfully requires exercising a measure of intellect and self-discipline every day. Studying pharmacy successfully while competing in intercollegiate athletics also requires daily megadoses of determination, commitment, time management and focus, plus a passion for both pharmacy and sports. “As a starter in basketball, (I) played 36 to 40 games aRead the story …
Recent UM Alumnus Wins ODK National Honor
Doug Odom of Jackson recognized for scholarship, leadership in campus life
July 9, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Douglas Odom, a recent graduate of the University of Mississippi, has been recognized as an Omicron Delta Kappa Circles’ Leader of the Year. Each year, ODK chapters nominate an exceptional leader from their circle to be considered for the General Russell E. Dougherty National Leader of the Year award, which is givenRead the story …
Senior Physicist Breese Quinn Featured on ‘Great Faces and Places’ Poster
Poster was displayed at the NUFO Science Exhibition hosted by Science and National Lab Caucus
July 6, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi physicist is among an elite group of scientists featured on a National User Facility Organization poster that was displayed at the Science and National Lab Caucus. Breese Quinn’s photo and a brief description of his research are on “Faces and Places of Great Science and Innovation in theRead the story …
Students Enjoy ‘Cool’ Engineering Camps
Seventy-two middle and high school students have participated over two-week period
June 27, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – June temperatures have been scorching, but for 72 Mississippi junior high and high school students who have been enjoying engineering camps at the University of Mississippi, it’s been “way cool.” The one-week overnight camps provide students in grades 7 through 12 with opportunities to learn and experience the engineering and manufacturing fields.Read the story …
Pharmacy School Creates Scholarship to Honor Retiring Associate Dean
Marvin C. Wilson lauded for contributions to school's programs and students
June 27, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When he officially retires Sunday (June 30) from the School of Pharmacy at the University of Mississippi, Marvin C. Wilson will leave a legacy that includes not only topnotch academic and student affairs programs but also a scholarship endowment to benefit future Ole Miss pharmacy students. The pharmacy school created a scholarshipRead the story …
Linguistic Atlas of New England on Temporary Loan to UM
Rare documents to be digitized and added to Department of Modern Languages
June 23, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Normally, anyone wishing to view the Linguistic Atlas of New England would have to travel to Amherst, Mass., but the files have temporarily found their way to the University of Mississippi’s Department of Modern Languages. The 80-year-old papers are the oldest documents in the Linguistic Atlas Project, a set of survey researchRead the story …