OXFORD, Miss. – Benny Melton, a Master of Fine Arts student at the University of Mississippi, received top honors at the Second Annual Cedars Juried Art Exhibition last month in Jackson. Melton, who lives in Oxford, has had recent success after winning the juried Double Decker Arts Festival and the People’s Choice award that wentRead the story …
Master’s Student Wins Top Prize in Juried Art Exhibition
Benny Melton adds Cedars honors to earlier Double Decker win
October 17, 2013 by
UM Hosts Conference on Ethics of Racial Language
Thursday event examines semantics and ethics around the use of racially-charged words
September 26, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The use of racial language will be explored Thursday (Oct. 3) in a symposium at the University of Mississippi. The session on “The Semantics and Ethics of Racial Language,” presented by the Department of Philosophy and Religion and co-sponsored by several UM departments, is slated for 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. in the GertrudeRead the story …
Prize-Winning Historian to Kick Off UM Civil War Symposium
Keynote speech for Conference on the Civil War/Porter Fortune Jr. History Symposium focuses on Lincoln
September 24, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Historian Eric Foner is the keynote speaker for the 2013 Conference on the Civil War and Porter Fortune Jr. History Symposium, which begins at 6 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 3) at the University of Mississippi. Foner, who is the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, plans to discuss “The Emancipation of Abraham Lincoln.” TheRead the story …
University Museum Ranked Among 20 Best College Art Museums
Complex Art & Design website praises breadth of museum's collections, community ties
September 17, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Citing how the museum balances “their dedication to the local community with a commitment to expanding students’ world views,” the Complex Art & Design website has put the University of Mississippi Museum at No. 17 on its list of the 20 Best College Art Museums. The ranking puts the University Museum aheadRead the story …
Memorial Service Set for Eleanor Smith Slaughter
September 13, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. — The Delta Gamma sorority at the University of Mississippi will host a memorial honoring the life and service of Eleanor Smith Slaughter Saturday (Sept. 14) at 2 p.m. at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. Slaughter was well-known for her service in Delta Gamma following her graduation from OleRead the story …
Brown Bag Program to Examine Folklorist’s Collection
Goldstein materials formed basis of UM Blues Archive
September 12, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Musical performances and a look at rare printed pieces related to music history are among the highlights of a brown bag lecture set for Thursday (Sept. 12) at the University of Mississippi’s Department of Archives and Special Collections. Greg Johnson, the university’s blues curator and associate professor, will take participants through theRead the story …
A Colorful 9/11 Tribute
Fulbright Visiting Scholar Creates Live Rangoli Painting at J.D. Williams Library
September 9, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Visitors this week to the University of Mississippi’s J.D. Williams Library can see a unique tribute to the people killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. An Indian folk art painting completed Monday night by a visiting scholar honors the 9/11 victims. The painting was completed Monday night by SatishRead the story …
Science Cafe Focuses on Aquatic Drug Possibilities
Professor's research unveils potential of sea organisms for possible medicinal uses
August 27, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Sea organisms and their potential for pharmaceutical purposes are the focus of this month’s installment of a monthly public science forum organized by the University of Mississippi Department of Physics and Astronomy. The fall semester’s second meeting of the Oxford Science Cafe is set for 6 p.m. Sept. 17 at Lusa PastryRead the story …
2013 Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference
Faulkner and the Black Literatures of the Americas
July 17, 2013 by
The 2013 Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, “Faulkner and the Black Literatures of the Americas,” will begin on Sunday, July, 21. The five-day conference will consist of lectures and discussions exploring the relationships between Faulkner’s body of work and a hemispheric corpus of black writing. Many writers, teachers, and literary scholars will attend the event. “FaulknerRead the story …
Dear Ole Miss
May 29, 2013 by
Dear Dean Reardon: My name is Breck Gamel and I have a son with cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis is a terminal genetic disease caused by a defective gene that makes the body produce thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening infections. There is no cure for cystic fibrosis. This year theRead the story …