OXFORD, Miss. – Chancellor Dan Jones and a passionate group of supporters are advancing the reputation of the University of Mississippi as a cultural arts hub with consultation from one of the nation’s leading figures in contemporary music. Through a series of salons and special events, the university is raising private support for the newRead the story …
UM Officials Work to Develop Community as Arts Mecca
New Chancellor's Fund for the Arts will help bring artists to campus to teach and perform
May 6, 2013 by
Sebastopol Native to Become Pharmacy Student Body President
Goals include increasing communication among pharmacy students on Oxford and Jackson campuses
May 5, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Lacey Gilmore admires her fellow students and says just being around them is her favorite part of attending pharmacy school at the University of Mississippi. “The School of Pharmacy attracts some of the most successful, professional and intelligent students I have ever met,” she said. “It is a privilege to learn andRead the story …
Art History Professor Helps Create Online Database of Medieval Works
Collaboration with Catholic University will feature art and artifacts from early northern Europe
May 5, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi professor is helping create an online database to provide easier access to information about the art and material culture of early medieval northern Europe, including that of the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. Nancy Wicker, UM professor of art history, is collaborating with Lilla Kopár of Catholic University of AmericaRead the story …
A Different Kind of Opponent
All-American Ole Miss tennis player battles diabetes while maintaining top-ranked status
May 3, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Senior Ole Miss men’s tennis player Jonas Lutjen estimates he’s played in over 5,000 matches throughout his life. He has been ranked as high as No. 4 in juniors in Germany and as high as No. 5 in collegiate tennis, all while living with Type 1 diabetes. The 22-year-old Schessel, Germany nativeRead the story …
Ole Miss Rifle Members Receive Academic Honor
May 3, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. — The Ole Miss rifle team held its postseason banquet Wednesday night at the Basketball Practice Facility to celebrate the 2012-13 season, and the entire team took home top academic honors by the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association. Head coach Valerie Boothe presented all seven members of the team with Collegiate Rifle Coaches’ AssociationRead the story …
Elsherbeni and Glisson first to win new ACES awards
April 30, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi electrical engineering professors were named the first winners of the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society’s new annual awards to recognize technical and service achievements. The award winners were announced at the 29th annual ACES Conference in Monterey, Calif. Atef Z. Elsherbeni received the ACES Technical Achievement Award, which recognizesRead the story …
Recent civil engineering graduate starting own consulting firm
April 30, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Chas Smithers (BSCE 04) credits the School of Engineering with preparing him to earn his master’s degree from Georgia Tech and setting him on the fast track to owning and operating his own consulting firm. “I enjoyed Georgia Tech, but Ole Miss is always where my heart will be,” said Smithers, aRead the story …
State engineering society’s Outstanding Senior Award presented to UM mechanical engineering major
April 30, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – William Walker Wroe was happy when he learned he’d been nominated for the University of Mississippi School of Engineering’s annual Senior Leadership Award and the Mississippi Engineering Society’s Outstanding Senior Award. When the Austin, Texas, native learned he’d won both honors, he was elated. “Receiving the Mississippi Engineering Society’s award for seniorRead the story …
Retired, new faculty members lend support to new Woods Society
April 30, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – After more than 40 years, Sam S.Y. Wang retired from the University of Mississippi as F.A.P. Barnard Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of the National Center for Computational Hydroscience and Engineering. Yacoub “Jacob” Najjar and Ramanarayanan “Vish” Viswanathan started at UM as the chairs and professors of civil and electricalRead the story …
OncologyNurseAdvisor: UMMC doctors present data that may help predict metastic melanoma survival
April 30, 2013 by
Andrew D. Smith, MD, PhD, of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, and colleagues presented data from their exploratory study yielding this finding at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), held in Washington, DC, April 14-19, 2013. Describing metastatic melanoma survival as “devastatingly low” in their meeting abstract,Read the story …