OXFORD, Miss. – Beginning Oct. 15, University of Mississippi faculty, staff and students are encouraged to participate in a campuswide survey related to campus climate aimed at continuing work toward creating an environment characterized by openness, fairness and equal access for all. UM students, faculty and staff will have an opportunity to enter a drawing forRead the story …
UM Begins Campus Climate Assessment
Campuswide survey runs Oct. 15 through Nov. 12
October 1, 2019 by
UM Director Playing Key Role in Upcoming 2020 Census
John Green serving as vice chairman of Mississippi Complete Count Committee
October 1, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The director of the State Data Center of Mississippi, housed at the University of Mississippi, has been tapped by Gov. Phil Bryant to serve as vice chairman of the Mississippi Complete Count Committee. Bryant established the committee Aug. 7 with Executive Order 1449 and named Giles Ward, former Mississippi senator from Louisville,Read the story …
Journalism Professor Featured in Podcast about Civil Rights Murder
Kathleen Wickham discusses unsolved case in international production
September 30, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss – University of Mississippi journalism professor Kathleen Wickham is featured in an international podcast distributed by Agence France-Presse on the unsolved 1962 civil rights murder of AFP reporter Paul Guihard at Ole Miss. Guihard was shot in the back from a foot away during a riot that accompanied the enrollment of James MeredithRead the story …
Biology Professor Selected as Ambassador for Nationwide Program
Tamar Goulet will mentor teen girls to encourage interest in STEM fields
September 23, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Tamar L. Goulet, University of Mississippi professor of biology, has been selected as one of 125 female ambassadors for a new nationwide education program. The program, launched by the American Association for the Advancement of Science in conjunction with Dallas-based Lydia Hill philanthropies, is designed to provide role models and support inRead the story …
Journalism School Establishes Scholarship in Professor’s Name
New fund will help Honors College students major in field
September 22, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media has established a scholarship in the name of a journalism professor who spent almost three decades teaching media law and educating students about the First Amendment. Will Norton Jr., the school’s dean, recently gave Jeanni Atkins the good news. “I’m very honoredRead the story …
Stamps Scholar Sets Sights on Cancer Research, Community Care
Next-Generation Rebels: Early Entry student pharmacist Brandon Ashmore wants to make a difference
September 18, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – From the moment Brandon Ashmore’s brother brought home study notes from his pharmacy classes at the University of Mississippi, Brandon, then 11 years old, knew that pharmacy was in his future. Seven years later, Ashmore started his first day of school at Ole Miss as part of the pharmacy school’s competitive Early EntryRead the story …
UM Ranks Top in State by U.S. News & World Report
Ole Miss among top 100 public universities nationally for ninth consecutive year
September 12, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has ranked in the top 100 of public universities across the nation for the ninth year in a row, according to U.S. News & World Report. Ole Miss, which improved two spots, ranked No. 76 among public universities in the 2020 U.S. News Best Colleges released earlier thisRead the story …
Ole Miss Physician Preps SEC Officials for Football Season
Team doctor raises university's sports medicine reputation
September 6, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Physical fitness is a requirement not only for Southeastern Conference football players taking the field; officials also must demonstrate their physical abilities. An Ole Miss team physician is helping ensure that the officials are physically up to the grinding SEC schedule. The physical fitness test was part of a fall clinic earlierRead the story …
Creed Week Offers Community Opportunity to Learn, Get Involved
September 5, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi students, faculty and staff are encouraged to participate in a series of events this week promoting the UM Creed. Presented by the Associated Student Body, the annual Creed Week features activities designed to unite the campus community. Each tenet stated within the creed is highlighted one day during theRead the story …
Honoring William by Helping Others: UM to Dedicate Magee Center
Grand opening of pivotal education, prevention facility at Ole Miss set for 4 p.m. Friday
September 3, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The accidental overdose of a young University of Mississippi alumnus brought the UM family together in recent years to support an initiative aimed at preventing such tragedies in the future. On Friday (Sept. 6), the results of this initiative will be unveiled when the new William Magee Center for Wellness Education, anRead the story …