Art History Professor Helps Create Online Database of Medieval Works

Collaboration with Catholic University will feature art and artifacts from early northern Europe

OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi professor is helping create an online database to provide easier access to information about the art and material culture of early medieval northern Europe, including that of the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. Nancy Wicker, UM professor of art history, is collaborating with Lilla Kopár of Catholic University of AmericaRead the story …

University Memorial Ceremony Set for Thursday, May 2

Event to honor the memory of students, faculty, staff, and emeriti will be held in Paris-Yates Chapel at 4:30 p.m.

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi and Oxford community is invited to remember students, faculty, staff, and emeriti of the university who have died during the past year at the annual University Memorial Ceremony on Thursday, May 2. First instituted by Chancellor Robert Khayat in 2008, the annual event is open to the publicRead the story …

UMMC Dr. Hannah Gay Recognized in 2013 TIME 100 List

By giving an HIV-positive infant anti-HIV drugs within hours of birth, Gay, a pediatrician at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, was responsible for orchestrating an incredible breakthrough. Gay, a 1976 graduate of the University of Mississippi with a B.A. in biology and chemistry and a member of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, hasRead the story …

Nutrition and Hospitality Management Faculty Joins ACCI Board

Connection to organization could help attract more scholars to Ole Miss

OXFORD, Miss. – Yunhee Chang, associate professor in the Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management at the University of Mississippi, has been appointed to the board of directors for the American Council on Consumer Interests, or ACCI. Chang said her two-year stint could “possibly attract more graduate students and scholars” to the university. “ACCI couldRead the story …

Former Students, Colleagues Remember Longtime English Chair

Evans Harrington to be honored March 22 during Oxford Conference for the Book

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi community will honor revered English professor, author and civil rights activist Evans Harrington on Friday (March 22) for his life’s work during the 20th annual Oxford Conference for the Book. The event, set for 10 a.m. in the University Library’s Department of Archives and Special Collections, is freeRead the story …

Faculty Recital Series Set for Monday, March 18 in Nutt Auditorium

OXFORD, Miss. – The Faculty Recital Series with Jos Milton as tenor and Stacy Rodgers on piano is set for Monday, March 18 in Nutt Auditorium at 8 p.m. Tickets, available at the UM Box Office, are $8 for adults and $5 for students. The program will include works of Henry Purcell, Ludwig van Beethoven,Read the story …

The Write Stuff

Retired pharmacy professor's book launch draws Oxford's writer denizens

OXFORD, Miss. – It’s not often that a dozen of a community’s published authors gather for a book launch, but that’s exactly what happened when retired University of Mississippi pharmacy professor Ronald F. Borne’s latest book made its debut. “It was damn magical night,” said Neil White, who published Borne’s “Beginnings & Ends,” a compilationRead the story …

Professor’s Book Tackles Modern Relevance of CCC, VISTA and AmeriCorps

First book to focus on history and impact of the three national service programs

OXFORD, Miss. – In 1933, Franklin Roosevelt created America’s first and largest domestic national service program, the Civilian Conservation Corps. The CCC was popular but short-lived, while other, more controversial, national service programs, such as Volunteers in Service to America and AmeriCorps, survived. Why?

UM Professor Becomes Fellow of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists

Honor recognizes pioneering use of new technology in drug formulation design

OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi pharmacy professor has been elected a fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists for his pioneering work on hot-melt extrusion, a technology that is shaping advanced manufacturing in the pharmaceutical industry. Michael A. Repka, professor and chair of pharmaceutics, was nominated for fellowship status by a retiredRead the story …

Author to Discuss Her Investigation into the Nation’s Food Industry

Tracie McMillian slated for public lecture Monday at Ford Center

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s Center for Writing and Rhetoric and the Southern Foodways Alliance have teamed up to co-host a lecture next week by award-winning journalist Tracie McMillan on the realities of our country’s food industry. The lecture, at 7 p.m. Monday (Feb. 25) in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for theRead the story …