OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Museum has unveiled its 2021 holiday keepsake ornament, a likeness of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, iconic home of the Ole Miss Rebels football team. The ornament celebrates Mississippi’s largest stadium, which holds the record for the state’s largest-ever football crowd, 66,176 fans. The ornament celebrates the stadium as the OleRead the story …
Museum’s 2021 Holiday Keepsake Honors ‘The Vaught’
Annual ornament sale supports the University Museum and Historic Houses
November 22, 2021 by
Going Green to Lessen Stormwater Flooding
UM researchers explore use of green infrastructure locally, in Southeast
November 17, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Cities and towns are crisscrossed and checkered by streaks and blotches of black and gray asphalt streets and concrete parking lots. When downpours – remnants of a hurricane lumbering up the East Coast, a bomb cyclone unloading on California, an afternoon thunderstorm over New Orleans – pass over, these streets and lotsRead the story …
Former Chancellor to Discuss New Memoir
'Thacker Mountain Radio Hour' to host Robert Khayat lecture event
November 15, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Robert Khayat, chancellor emeritus of the University of Mississippi, discusses his new memoir, “60: A Year of Sports, Race & Politics,” at 6 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 18) at The Lyric in Oxford. Khayat will be the featured author at the fall season finale of the “Thacker Mountain Radio Hour.” The former chancellor’sRead the story …
Ole Miss Launches $1.5 Billion Campaign
Historic initiative to strengthen university for generations
November 12, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi launches the largest comprehensive campaign in Mississippi history today (Nov. 12) to raise $1.5 billion in private support and increase the flagship university’s endowment to $1 billion to strengthen it for generations to come. University officials will introduce Now & Ever: The Campaign for Ole Miss to alumniRead the story …
Alumni Return Home to Perform in ‘The Light in the Piazza’
Cast members give students an up-close look at the lives of professional performers
November 11, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Several University of Mississippi alumni have returned to campus to lend their expertise, talent and guidance to students by working with the Department of Music on the upcoming UM Opera Theatre production of “The Light in the Piazza.” Mary Donnelly Haskell and Calvin Ellis, who both earned degrees in music education, willRead the story …
Rebel Run Rambunctiously Returns
Some 1,400 Ole Miss freshmen and sophomores run across Vaught-Hemingway Stadium turf
November 10, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi‘s classes of 2024 and 2025 resumed the tradition of Rebel Run on Saturday (Nov. 6) at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, as more than 1,400 students in red shirts had permission to frolic across the field before the Ole Miss-Liberty University football game. In most years, the entire freshman class isRead the story …
New Home for Greek, Roman Antiquities Dedicated
Event celebrates Galtneys' generosity, passion for UM, arts and culture
November 3, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Elizabeth and Will Galtney’s generous spirit and passion for the arts, culture and all aspects of the University of Mississippi were celebrated recently at the dedication of the Elizabeth and Will Galtney Greek and Roman Art Wing at the University Museum. The museum’s oldest artifacts have a new home, thanks to theRead the story …
Explosive Growth in Freshman Class Boosts UM Enrollment
University records historically high retention rate
November 2, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi enrolled 21,856 students across its seven campuses for fall 2021. This includes 3,584 students in the freshman class – an 18% increase over 2020, the largest increase in the number of incoming freshmen from one fall to the next in university history. The university’s retention rate, the percentageRead the story …
Health Center Pharmacists Keep UM Community Healthy
Pharmacy Health Services provides care and resources during pandemic
November 1, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When COVID-19 became a public health crisis, college campuses across the country shut down. At the University of Mississippi, students didn’t return after an extended spring break, while faculty and staff began working from home. During that time, as well as the return to campus this summer, Ole Miss was fortunate forRead the story …
UM Breaks Ground on Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation
New STEM facility to strengthen Mississippi's workforce, job market and economy
October 29, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A cold rain forced Friday’s Duff Center groundbreaking ceremony indoors, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of more than 200 University of Mississippi supporters and community members from showing up to celebrate the largest single construction project ever on the Oxford campus. Jim and Thomas Duff, the brothers and owners of DuffRead the story …