OXFORD, Miss. – A global team of scientists, including a University of Mississippi physicist, has uncovered a curious case of cannibalism among super-massive black holes in space. The research findings appear in the July issue of Physical Review Letters, one of the most prestigious peer-reviewed academic journals in the field. “Universality, Maximum Radiation and AbsorptionRead the story …
Physicist’s Studies of Black Hole Cannibalism Make Prestigious Journal
Global research team's findings get international attention
August 20, 2013 by
Rutherford Appointed to Mississippi Reading Panel
UM literacy education expert among designees for statewide reading assessment panel
August 19, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi literacy education scholar Angela Rutherford is among six people appointed to an expert panel to work with the Mississippi Department of Education to recommend new standardized assessment tools for public K-3 reading programs. The Mississippi Reading Panel was established by MDE as part of the Literacy-Based Promotion Act signedRead the story …
UM Physicist Contestant in YouTube Competition
Breese Quinn shows passion in Symmetry magazine's Why Particle Physics Matters video project
August 19, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi senior physicist Breese Quinn continues to garner international attention for his research in the field of particle physics. Quinn recently joined 700 other particle physicists at a conference to plan the next 20 years of the field. There, Symmetry magazine introduced a communication-outreach project where dozens of participants madeRead the story …
Eppes Appointed to PRSA Committee
August 14, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Tom Eppes, chief communications officer at Ole Miss, has been appointed to the executive committee of Counselors to Higher Education(CHE), the premier organization for communications leaders at American colleges and universities. CHE is a section within the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), the world’s largest organization of public relations practitioners. InRead the story …
Student Affairs Gets a Makeover
Vice chancellor involved staff in restructuring process to improve operations, better serve students
August 6, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s Division of Student Affairs will look a little different when the fall semester starts. Effective July 1, the offices were consolidated into four major areas under the student affairs umbrella: University Police Department and “communities of practice” built around the Office of the Dean of Students, wellness andRead the story …
UM Named ‘Great College to Work For’ Fifth Year in a Row
Chronicle of Higher Education recognition again honors campus as a regional, national leader
July 22, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For the fifth consecutive year, The Chronicle of Higher Education has named the University of Mississippi as one of its “Great Colleges to Work For,” putting the institution in elite company. “This outstanding recognition for the University of Mississippi reflects on the many faculty, staff and administrators who dedicate tremendous expertise andRead the story …
Chemist Lands $650,000 NSF Career Development Grant
Award will fund research, allow development of outreach programs for K-12 students
July 20, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Amala Dass, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Mississippi, has been awarded a $650,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program grant from the National Science Foundation. The prestigious five-year grant allows Dass and his students to continue research in the study of gold alloy nanomolecules and to launchRead the story …
UM Researcher Receives International Group’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Award recognizes his contributions to science of Cannabis and its constituents
July 19, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The International Cannabinoid Research Society presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to a University of Mississippi researcher during its annual symposium in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mahmoud A. ElSohly, a research professor in UM’s National Center for Natural Products Research and a professor of pharmaceutics, as well as president of ElSohly Laboraties Inc. ofRead the story …
UM Director Highsmith Remembered as Dedicated Marine Scientist
July 11, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. — Raymond Carl Highsmith, 72, executive director of the National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology at the University of Mississippi, died of cancer Wednesday (July 10) at his home in Oxford. A funeral service is scheduled Friday (July 12) at 2 p.m. at Waller Funeral Home in Oxford, with Alice Clark officiating.Read the story …
Marvin C. Wilson Retires as Pharmacy School’s Associate Dean
Administrator retiring after nearly 43 years of service to the school
June 30, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When budding pharmacists gather each spring to receive their coveted Doctor of Pharmacy degree, the moment is especially sweet for Marvin C. Wilson, the man who recruited many of them to the University of Mississippi. As he calls the graduates’ names, summoning each to cross the stage and receive their degree, WilsonRead the story …