OXFORD, Miss. – Luckily, that festive ugly Christmas sweater will look just as good over Zoom as it would in person. While the holidays typically present plenty of opportunities for people to reconnect with family, friends and coworkers, the COVID-19 pandemic is complicating things this year. But University of Mississippi experts are sharing tips forRead the story …
News You Can Use: Safely Celebrate with Your Teams During Holidays
UM experts share practical tips for participating in year-end events without spreading COVID-19
December 2, 2020 by
Center for Population Studies and Partners Host Hunger Summit
Summit helps nonprofits respond to COVID-19 and food insecurity in Mississippi
December 1, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi‘s Center for Population Studies has partnered with two regional community organizations to launch the 2020 Hunger Summit, which provides a venue for community organizations and their partners to share information and support during the pandemic. Partners in the effort are the Delta Directions Consortium and the Community Foundation of NorthwestRead the story …
Second Student Awarded Independent Pharmacies Grant
Hayden Wooldridge's career plans include owning her own pharmacy
December 1, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Hayden Wooldridge, a third-year student with the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, has been awarded a $1,000 grant from the 2020 EPIC Pharmacies student grant program. A network of 1,500 independently owned pharmacies, EPIC Pharmacies annually awards grants to 12 pharmacy students who plan to practice independent pharmacy after graduation. WoolridgeRead the story …
Free Symphony Performance Streams Online
LOU Symphony celebrates Chickasaw composer in concert available to all via YouTube
November 30, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The LOU Symphony Orchestra performed Oct. 26 in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts to a small audience of families and friends of the performers. The audience may have been limited, but the program offered beautiful, expansive music. The concert was recorded, and the University of Mississippi Department ofRead the story …
Graduate Students Helping Organize 2021 ComSciCon-Atlanta
Annual workshop helps participants hone their science communication skills
November 30, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi students are co-organizers of an upcoming workshop aimed at helping graduate students in the Southeast hone their skills in science communication. Sumeet Kulkarni, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Kritika Gupta, a doctoral student from the Department of Nutrition and Hospitality Management, areRead the story …
Gift Supports Third-Year Law Students
First recipient named for new scholarship that honors alumnus, telecommunications attorney
November 28, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A $100,000 gift created the James R. Billingsley Third-Year Law Scholarship Fund, which gives each recipient $10,000 toward tuition for their final year at the University of Mississippi School of Law. The first recipient, Jonathon Hoskins, of Banks, Arkansas, said the award comes at an opportune time. “I’ve exhausted my GI benefits,Read the story …
Chemistry Professors Innovate to Run Labs Safely Amid Pandemic
From individual Plexiglas cubicles to carefully coordinated schedules, faculty put forth 'herculean effort' to continue in-person instruction
November 27, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Chemistry professors could lecture about displacement reactions in their sleep, but one displacement problem had them stumped as they planned for fall semester. How could some 1,000 University of Mississippi students, many suddenly uprooted last spring, attend lab sessions during a global pandemic? When classes started in August, Mississippi’s Department of HealthRead the story …
Ole Miss Rugby Club Helps Develop Business Majors
UM players use classroom skills to help organization on and off the field
November 25, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Since 1974, the Ole Miss Rugby Club has provided University of Mississippi students with a competitive sport they can play with absolutely no experience. The majority of members do not know how to play initially, but through hard work and determination, they become assets to their team. Hudson Smith, a junior marketingRead the story …
Mississippi Magazine Honors Rowan Oak as ‘Best Historic Site 2020’
UM Museum property tops statewide ranking of notable sites
November 24, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss – Rowan Oak, the home of legendary author and Mississippi native William Faulkner, recently was named as the “Best Historic Site 2020” in Mississippi Magazine’s annual Best of Mississippi awards. The home and property, which are managed by the University of Mississippi as part of the University Museums and Historic Houses, offer aRead the story …
Ford Center Friendship Ornament Goes on Sale
New 2020 edition celebrates role arts play in bringing people together
November 24, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi is offering its 2020 Friendship Ball just in time for the holidays. “This is the Ford Center’s third limited-edition cloisonne ornament that we call our Friendship Ball,” said Julia Aubrey, Ford Center director. “I chose the theme ‘TheRead the story …