OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture garnered two awards at this year’s Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters awards banquet, held June 2 at Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson. MIAL presented Ted Ownby, Charles Reagan Wilson, Ann J. Abadie, Odie Lindsey and James G. Thomas Jr. withRead the story …
Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Honors UM Center
Southern studies staff lauded for work on Mississippi Encyclopedia, foodways studies
June 15, 2018 by
Bowlin Named Inaugural Ed Krei Chair of Accountancy
Distinction honors professor's excellence in teaching and research
June 14, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s Patterson School of Accountancy has named Kendall Bowlin as the inaugural holder of its Ed Krei Chair of Accountancy. An associate professor and UM alumnus, Bowlin joined the faculty of the accountancy school in 2008 after earning a doctoral degree at the University of Texas. His primary teachingRead the story …
University Appoints Erica McKinley as General Counsel
Respected attorney brings 20 years of experience in private and public sectors
June 11, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has appointed Erica McKinley as general counsel. McKinley, former chief operating officer for the National Basketball Players Association, is an attorney with nearly 20 years of global legal experience in the private and public sector. As general counsel, McKinley will serve as the university’s chief legal officer. SheRead the story …
Family Catching Rebel Fever
Avery and Neil Forbes make major gift to Ole Miss athletics
June 9, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Avery and Neil Forbes, of Madison, attended colleges other than the University of Mississippi, but the couple caught Rebel fever nonetheless. “When I came to Mississippi in 2003 to run a political campaign, I happened to work for a candidate who was a UM grad and his love for Ole Miss wasRead the story …
UM Scientists Work toward Natural Remedy for Bedbugs
NCNPR researchers look for safer solution in pest management
June 8, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – It’s a fear for children that monsters reside under the bed. But those monsters could be living on the mattress or in the sheets. They’re called bedbugs. However, scientists with the National Center for Natural Products Research at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy are searching for a natural remedy toRead the story …
Pharmacy Administration Graduate Student Receives Fellowship
Ashley Crumby will continue her dissertation research on mentor relationships
June 7, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Ashley Crumby, a graduate student in the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, was named a recipient of the Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Sciences given by the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education. Crumby will use her fellowship to continue research for her dissertation on “Valuation of mentorship in pharmacy education and theRead the story …
Duffs Honor Late Father with Major Gift
Contribution supports Ole Miss' inaugural Flagship Constellations
June 2, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The youngest of five children and the first in his family to pursue higher education, Ernest Duff left his small home town of Columbia to attend the University of Mississippi, where “his eyes were opened and his mind enlarged.” Duff became a widely respected attorney, visionary, entrepreneur and community leader who alwaysRead the story …
Pharmacy Graduate Student Earns Student Exchange Award
Ann Fairly Barnett will research pollution effects on oysters in Ocean Springs
May 30, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Ann Fairly Barnett, a University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy graduate student, has received the Student Training Exchange Opportunity award from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. The award will allow Barnett to conduct research in the Shoemaker Toxicology Laboratory at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory inRead the story …
Former Drum Major Still Helping Lead the Band
Alumna's gift supports Ole Miss Pride of the South, seeks to help recruit top student musicians
May 27, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As former drum major for the University of Mississippi Band, Layne McGuire is used to having people follow her lead. In supporting the band with a recent gift, she hopes to inspire others to do the same. “I was approached about making a gift to the university beyond my usual giving,” McGuireRead the story …
Pharmacy Professor Selected for Nelson Order
Scott Malinowski was one of 20 inductees chosen for the UMMC honor
May 24, 2018 by
JACKSON, Miss. – Scott Malinowski, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, has been inducted into the Norman C. Nelson Order of Teaching Excellence at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. Named for Norman C. Nelson, who served as UMMC’s vice chancellor for health affairs forRead the story …