Christopher Sapp, associate professor of German and linguistics in the UM Department of Modern Languages, taught summer school Sept. 15-20 at the University of Potsdam in Germany. Sapp’s weeklong course, “Corpus-based research on diachronic Germanic syntax,” was a hands-on exploration of various diachronic phenomena using selected Germanic corpora. Sixteen graduate students from several European countriesRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi students, faculty, staff and others with a university WebID can look forward to a complete overhaul of the myOleMiss web portal beginning Friday (Sept. 19). The changes to the system will make finding links easier, make the site a more mobile-friendly experience and improve accessibility, said Robby Seitz, theRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – To promote a more positive and ethical environment, the University of Mississippi is highlighting a new Code of Ethics and Conduct policy and will further promote the ethics fraud hotline to better communicate employee expectations and provide an effective means for reporting misconduct. This policy establishes, for the first time, a unifiedRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – For anyone who regularly writes about science, being engaging while communicating the topic’s complexity can be an arduous task. For Charles Church, senior research scientist at the University of Mississippi’s National Center for Physical Acoustics, being named as the new editor of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America’s Express Letters givesRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – After a decade of dedicated service and leadership, Thomas Clancy has retired from the University of Mississippi School of Law. The research professor and director of the university’s National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law partnered with the National Judicial College. During that 10-year period, the collaborators co-sponsored 19 conferencesRead the story …

Clara Rock, an adviser in the Office of Financial Aid at the UM regional campuses in Tupelo and Booneville, has been selected as Staff Council’s Staff Member of the Month for August. To help us get to know her better, Rock answered a few questions for Inside Ole Miss. IOM: How long have you workedRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi is among 11 international institutions to form the Planet Forward University Consortium, which focuses on the use of multimedia and digital storytelling to educate and give voices to sustainability issues such as food security, water, energy and climate change. As part of the collaboration, UM assistant professor ofRead the story …