OXFORD, Miss. – Now entering its third year of campus-wide participation, the University of Mississippi Common Reading Experience needs your help. Faculty, staff and students are invited to suggest a book for the 2013 Common Reading Experience committee. According to committee co-chair and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Leslie Banahan, nominations are vital toRead the story …
Committee Now Accepting Book Nominations From University Community
Previous selections include "Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter" and "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
October 31, 2012 by
Navy Jazz Band to Perform Free Concert at UM Ford Center for the Performing Arts
University honors student and local veterans with 6 p.m. reception
October 30, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi family is set to honor student and local veterans Monday (Nov. 5) with a series of events, including a 90-minute performance by the U.S. Navy Commodores Jazz Band. The Commodores, the premier jazz ensemble of the U.S. Navy and “one of the finest jazz ensembles in the world”Read the story …
Two Students Killed in Car Accident
October 27, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi students were killed Saturday (Oct. 27) in an accident near the intersection of U.S. Highway 278 and State Highway 7. The car carrying Sarah Katherine Wheat, a communication science and disorders major, and her brother John William Wheat, an accountancy major, was struck by another vehicle. Sarah WheatRead the story …
Ole Miss Faculty and Staff Retirees Invited to Presentation
Local historian and author Jack Mayfield to speak at Inn at Ole Miss
October 24, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Ole Miss Faculty/Staff Retirees Association invites all retired faculty and staff members, along with their spouses or guest, to a presentation by Jack Lamar Mayfield at the Inn at Ole Miss Ballroom on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 10:30 a.m. Mayfield, a local historian and author, will talk about Oxford’s rich historyRead the story …
Congressional Candidates to Debate Thursday at UM
… Overby Center hosting only debate for First District race
October 23, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss – The only debate in the race between Republican U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee and Democratic challenger Brad Morris for Mississippi’s First District congressional seat will take place at 5 p.m. Thursday (Oct. 25) in the Overby Center Auditorium at the University of Mississippi. The hourlong debate is co-sponsored by the university’s Overby CenterRead the story …
Cultural Historian from Emory University To Discuss Legacies of Racism in Deep South
Lecture will examine the links between mental illness, racism and anti-Semitism.
October 18, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss.- Sander L. Gilman, a distinguished professor of the liberal arts and sciences and professor of psychiatry at Emory University, will discuss “How Did Anti-Semitism and Racism Become Mental Illness? From Anti-Semitic Vienna to Segregated Topeka, Kansas” on Thursday (Oct. 25) at 5:30 p.m. in Bryant Hall, Room 209, with a reception to follow. On theRead the story …
Panel To Examine Role of Religion in 2012 Election
October 17, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The election between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney marks the first time in American history that the ballot will not include a white Protestant candidate. Marie Griffith, a scholar of Christian movements who focuses on evangelical Christianity and John Shook, a specialist who writes on religious debates between believers andRead the story …
Environmental Professor Speaks Oct. 16
October 13, 2012 by
Author Katharine Wilkerson will speak Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 5 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom at the University of Mississippi as part of the National Science Foundation funded Climate Literacy Partnership in the Southeast (CLiPSE) project. Wilkerson will discuss and sign her book entitled “Between God and Green,” a study of evangelical Christian viewpointsRead the story …
Community Children Invited to Annual UM Fall Carnival
Housing Group to Host Event on Evening of Oct. 31
October 12, 2012 by
Is the Grove haunted? Anything is possible on All Hallows’ Eve. Join the University of Mississippi Residential Housing Association when they host their annual Fall Carnival in the Grove on Wednesday, Oct. 31 from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Local children (kindergarten through middle school age) accompanied by their parents are invited to attend. RHA representativesRead the story …
Visiting Scholar to Discuss Language and Life
September 20, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A noted linguistics scholar will discuss how speech researchers may connect their findings to local communities this evening (Sept. 20) at the University of Mississippi. Jeffrey Reaser, associate professor of English at North Carolina State University, lectures at 6 p.m. in Bondurant Hall auditorium. The event is open to the public. Reaser’sRead the story …