OXFORD, Miss. – While spring has only just begun, the University Museum is already planning ahead for summer. This year, a variety of summer camp sessions will have children traveling back in time, journeying to faraway lands and creating art inspired by their surroundings. Camps begin the week of June 9 and continue through the week of JulyRead the story …
Registration Open for UM Museum Summer Camps
Variety of weeklong sessions provide art, education for children of all ages
April 28, 2014 by
Ann Fisher-Wirth Named UM 2014 Teacher of the Year
Students praise professor for passion and 'teaching a way of living'
April 28, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – After more than 25 years teaching poetry, creative writing, environmental literature and more, Ann Fisher-Wirth has won a bevy of teaching and professional awards, but the popular University of Mississippi faculty member admits to being “flabbergasted” at her latest honor. Students praise Fisher-Wirth as passionate and inspirational, a teacher who brings outRead the story …
Biology Lecturer, Legal Studies Secretary Selected for Frist Awards
Recipients honored for exceptional student service
April 27, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Each day, University of Mississippi students are affected by the words and actions of faculty and staff members who extend their work beyond classrooms, labs and office space. Two of them – Denis C. Goulet, lecturer and coordinator of laboratory programs in the Department of Biology; and Carol Forsythe, senior secretary inRead the story …
UM Technology Management Division and Research Partners Land National Award
Technology transfer prize honors work to develop, study and bring pterostilbene to market
April 21, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. and IRVINE, Calif. – A collaboration formed by the University of Mississippi’s Division of Technology Management, the USDA Agricultural Research Service’s Natural Products Utilization Research Unit and natural products company ChromaDex Corp. has won a national award for excellence in technology transfer. The three organizations have won a Federal Laboratory Consortium 2014 Excellence inRead the story …
Consciousness Conference Bringing ‘World-Class’ Experts to Campus
Philosophers and cognitive scientists to discuss human and animal consciousness April 27-30 in free events
April 20, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi hosts the “Conscious Thought and Thought About Consciousness” conference April 27-30, bringing “world-class” philosophers and cognitive scientists to campus. The event is scheduled for the E.F. Yerby Conference Center, and all events are free and open to the public. Leaders in several fields, including philosophy and neuroscience, will convergeRead the story …
Program Coordinator Works Year-Round on Annual Botanicals Conference
Event draws participants from around the globe
April 15, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – If the 13th annual International Conference on the Science of Botanicals is as successfully staged as the previous 12, it will be due, in large measure, to the efforts of Jennifer S. Taylor, program coordinator in the National Center for Natural Products Research at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. Putting the ICSB together “isRead the story …
Honors Convocation to Include Taylor Medals, Outstanding Teacher Award
Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa inductions also scheduled
April 7, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Outstanding students from all academic disciplines and the campuswide top teacher are to be recognized Thursday (April 10) at the University of Mississippi’s 71st annual Honors Day Convocation. The convocation begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. Seventy students are to be presented with MarcusRead the story …
Inaugural Kevser Ermin Memorial Lecture to Focus on Bone Health
Noted researcher Kathleen Janz to speak April 3
April 1, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The first Kevser Ermin Memorial Lecture in Health and Kinesiology, set for Thursday (April 3) at the University of Mississippi, will focus on the relationship between physical activity and bone health. Kathleen Janz, a professor of community health and exercise physiology at the University of Iowa, will speak about jump-starting bone healthRead the story …
Center for Writing and Rhetoric Awards First Faculty Seed Grants
Four faculty members receive $5,000 stipends to improve writing across a variety of disciplines
March 31, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Center for Writing and Rhetoric has awarded $26,750 to four faculty members to improve writing campus-wide. These first-ever grants were awarded on a competitive basis to those who designed writing-intensive modifications to existing courses, and who plan to implement those changes beginning this academic year. The Faculty SeedRead the story …
Museum to Premiere ‘Blues @ Home: Mississippi’s Living Blues Legends’
Multimedia portraits by H.C. Porter showcased with music, oral histories from influential blues talents
March 26, 2014 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Museum presents “Blues @ Home,” a collection of 30 portraits of Mississippi living blues legends in their at-home settings, all painted by H.C. Porter. The paintings are paired with oral histories, collected by project manager Lauchlin Fields and heard through handheld audio devices, to give insights into theRead the story …