OXFORD, Miss. – The Freeman Foundation of Stowe, Vermont, has awarded a $100,000 grant to the University of Mississippi for an initiative to support student internships in East and Southeast Asia. The program, UM Experiential Learning in East Asia, will allow 18 undergraduates to complete a summer internship of at least eight weeks in summerRead the story …
Grant Supports Student Internships in East Asia
Freeman Foundation provides $100,000 for experiential learning initiative
October 10, 2017 by
UM Accountancy Programs Maintain Top 10 Standing
Undergraduate, master's and doctoral degree programs continue string of elite rankings
October 9, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – All three degree programs at the University of Mississippi’s Patterson School of Accountancy are among the top 10 in the 2017 annual national rankings of accounting programs published by the journal Public Accounting Report. The undergraduate, master’s and doctoral programs are No. 8. The master’s program leads the Southeastern Conference in theRead the story …
Davenport Gift to Support University’s ‘Seat of Knowledge’
UM alumnus designates J.D. Williams Library in estate plans
October 7, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi was once known as the campus where everybody speaks. Even today, despite smart phones and ear buds, Ole Miss retains its reputation as a place where professors know students by name and strangers are just friends who haven’t yet become acquainted. That personable atmosphere goes a long way.Read the story …
UMMC Earns National Telehealth Center of Excellence Designation
October 6, 2017 by
JACKSON, Miss. — For 14 years, the Center for Telehealth at the University of Mississippi Medical Center has been a national trailblazer in providing high-quality health care, especially for those with little access to both primary and specialty services. Its leadership, body of work and mastery of telecommunications technology is being recognized by the federalRead the story …
Science Day Returns to UM Field Station
Researchers to host LOU community on Saturday, Oct. 7
October 6, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Researchers from a variety of disciplines will share insights about their work and the environment of northeast Mississippi this weekend during Science Day at the University of Mississippi Field Station. The event, set for from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 7), is designed for visitors ages 5 and up. A $5Read the story …
CELI, Local Groups Help Little Free Library Program Grow
Partners add six new book exchanges in Lafayette County
October 5, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library has teamed up with the University of Mississippi Center for Excellence in Literacy Instruction and the LOU Reads Coalition to install six new Little Free Libraries in Lafayette County. The small book exchanges, which operate on a “take a book, return a book” basis, are at Lafayette County fire stationsRead the story …
UM Students Win Top Award from Southern Public Relations Federation
Lantern Award recognizes It Starts with (Me)ek campaign
October 4, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A campaign created by students in the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi has won a top award from the Southern Public Relations Federation. The winning campaign, It Starts with (Me)ek, was created and implemented by a team of 31 students led by senior lecturer RobinRead the story …
UM Students Help Special Olympics Athletes
Program offers service-learning opportunities in community
October 4, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Students from the University of Mississippi Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management helped 310 athletes from area schools, North Mississippi Regional Center and the Scott Child Development Center compete in Special Olympics bowling at Premier Lanes for the organization’s regional fall event. “If I didn’t have them, I couldn’t do the SpecialRead the story …
UM Physicists Celebrate Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery
Historic gravitational wave observation made in 2015 recognized as breakthrough in modern physics
October 3, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Physics researchers at the University of Mississippi are elated over news that colleagues involved in the groundbreaking discovery of gravitational waves in 2015 were awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday (Oct. 3). Rainer Weiss, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Kip Thorne and Barry Barish, both ofRead the story …
Gravitational Wave Detectors Could Shed Light on Dark Matter
UM physicists part of international team announcing findings in Physical Review Letters
October 2, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A global team of scientists, including two University of Mississippi physicists, has found that the same instruments used in the historic discovery of gravitational waves caused by colliding black holes could help unlock the secrets of dark matter, a mysterious and as-yet-unobserved component of the universe. The research findings by Emanuele Berti,Read the story …