OXFORD, Miss. – In its ninth year, the Adopt-A-Basket program is collecting items and soliciting volunteers to help feed families during the Thanksgiving holiday. This year, the University of Mississippi Associated Student Body, the Big Event and the Office of Volunteer Services are joining forces to organize the program. “Since its inception, the program has helpedRead the story …
Annual Adopt-A-Basket Program Helps Feed Oxford, Lafayette Community
Donations of specific basket items to be collected Nov. 19-20 for delivery before the Thanksgiving
November 14, 2013 by
UM, USDA and DOD Join Forces to Protect Troops Deployed Abroad
Their mission: Neutralize threats posed by blood-feeding, disease-carrying insects
November 12, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Wherever U.S. troops are deployed, they must guard not only against their country’s human foes but also whatever Mother Nature throws at them from her well-stocked arsenal. Her weapons include a barrage of blood-feeding arthropods – mosquitoes, lice, sand flies, ticks, mites, stable flies and bed bugs – and the diseases theyRead the story …
UM Educational Research Center Named in Honor of Maxine Harper
Lori Wolff leads Dr. Maxine Harper Center for Educational Research and Evaluation
November 11, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s Center for Educational Research and Evaluation has been named in honor of its former director, the late Maxine Harper. The designation was announced Friday (Nov. 8) after a memorial service at Paris-Yates Chapel. Harper, a special education professor, was a quadriplegic whose cerebral palsy confined her to aRead the story …
Journalism Students Have Hand in New Season of ‘Oxford Sounds’
Series premieres Nov. 7 on Mississippi Public Broadcasting, some students credited as associate producers
November 7, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi and its Meek School of Journalism and New Media will play a key role in the production this season of “Oxford Sounds” on Mississippi Public Broadcasting, airing at 9 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 7). An hourlong series documenting and discovering the music and musicians that are a part ofRead the story …
UM Salutes Veterans with Week of Activities
Events include football and basketball games, Ford Center production and review ceremony
November 7, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi will salute veterans with a full week of activities beginning Friday (Nov. 8) and continuing through Nov. 16. More than 400 student veterans are enrolled at the university. The celebration begins with the Ole Miss-Troy University men’s basketball game, set for 7:30 p.m. Friday at Tad Smith Coliseum.Read the story …
Don’t Miss Pride and Joy, the Newest SFA Feature Documentary
November 6, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Pride & Joy, the SFA’s feature documentary by Joe York, is coming to a small screen near you. So near you, in fact, that it’s probably in your living room. (For those of you who haven’t finished your coffee yet, we’re talking about your television.) Here are your chances to catch PrideRead the story …
University Hosts Delta Leadership Institute
McLean Institute plays lead role in program designed to build leadership skills across eight-state region
November 6, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The first session of the 2013 Delta Leadership Institute will convene Nov. 4-7 at the University of Mississippi. The university’s McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement is playing a leading role in organizing and implementing the program, which is funded through a grant from the Delta Regional Authority. Approximately 52Read the story …
Former Secretary of Education Visits Honors College
Bill Bennett talks to students about raising teaching standards in nation's schools
October 30, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Former U. S. Secretary of Education William “Bill” Bennett, host of the nationally syndicated radio program “Morning in America,” talked with Honors College students during a round table forum earlier this week at the University of Mississippi. Bennett’s offering of seasoned insight about education in the United States was driven by aRead the story …
New UM Doctoral Program Aims to Help Recovery from Brain Injuries
Special education Ph.D. with neuroscience component among only three of its kind in country
October 30, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Concussions and other head injuries, including those suffered by football players and military personnel in combat, have attracted widespread attention in recent years. To help address these problems, the University of Mississippi’s School of Education has launched a new Ph.D. program with a neuroscience component. One of only three programs of itsRead the story …
Private Gifts Endow Foodways Professorship
UM now searches for top scholar to fill position for 2014-15
October 29, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Southern Foodways Alliance, an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, has long led the nation in documentary work about foodways, the cultural and culinary practices of a region or group. With a new endowed professorship, the SFA aims to drive foodways scholarship,Read the story …