OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi is giving faculty, staff, students and the community an opportunity to select its 2021 Common Reading Experience. Nominations for the 2021 book to be the focus of communitywide reading will be collected through Dec. 4. The Common Reading Steering Committee, which will read all the finalists, will begin choosingRead the story …
University Seeks 2021 Common Reading Experience Nominations
Nominations sought for campuswide reading and discussion book throughout next academic year
October 12, 2020 by
Outdoor Performance Features ‘Music for Breathing’
Faculty Woodwind Quintet set for a live music experience in the UM Circle
October 12, 2020 by
OXFORD – With precautions and protocols in place to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, a live music experience may feel like a thing of the past. But five music professors at the University of Mississippi are going out of their way to present music in a safe, outdoor setting on Tuesday (Oct. 13). TheRead the story …
M Partner Celebrates Successful Pilot Phase
Community engagement initiative will continue to improve quality of life in partner communities
October 12, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As COVID-19 has dramatically altered the landscape of higher education, one aspect remains constant at the University of Mississippi: a commitment to community partnership. While the M Partner pilot phase concluded as the pandemic intensified in Mississippi, the relationships supporting the initiative ensured that university representatives could continue to make a contributionRead the story …
Valuing Higher Education
UM alumna continues legacy of giving to Grove Scholars program
October 10, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Renvy Pittman’s belief in the power of higher education is evident in her continued generosity to the Grove Scholars program at the University of Mississippi. The 1977 UM graduate’s recent $100,000 gift to the program is the latest in her legacy of support, which totals more than $900,000, including a 2019 giftRead the story …
Famed Mississippi Author to Deliver Talk on Black Wall Street
Clifton Taulbert shares perspectives with UM community via Zoom
October 9, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Mississippi author and business consultant Clifton Taulbert will discuss the history of Black Wall Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in a virtual lecture Wednesday (Oct. 14), hosted by the McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement at the University of Mississippi. Free and open to the public, the noon event is setRead the story …
Jelani Cobb to Give Virtual SouthTalks Lecture
Freedom, race and justice will be discussed in Oct 19 session
October 9, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Journalist and educator Jelani Cobb frequently writes about race, politics, history and culture, and will share his views on the enormous complexity of those topics in a virtual SouthTalks lecture “The Half-Life of Freedom, Race and Justice in America Today.” Set for 5 p.m. Oct. 19, the talk, which is part ofRead the story …
National Science Foundation Names Math Professor as Program Director
Sandra Spiroff will bring university's academic innovation to government agency
October 8, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The National Science Foundation, the nation’s premier federal agency for the promotion of the progress of science, has appointed Sandra Spiroff, a University of Mississippi professor of mathematics, as program director in the Division of Mathematical Sciences. This division is housed within the NSF Mathematics and Physical Sciences Directorate. In this role,Read the story …
Music Department Resumes Student Recitals
With mask requirements and no audience, this milestone still carries real weight
October 8, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Recitals are both the bane and the glory of every musician’s experience. And they’re especially important to the formation of a performing musician, said Jos Milton, an associate professor of music at the University of Mississippi. “A recital is a big milestone in a young performer’s development,” he observed, speaking from hisRead the story …
Common Reading Committee Schedules Virtual Panel Discussions
Zoom events focus on preservation of clean water supplies
October 7, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Maintaining state, national and global clean water supplies is the focus for three virtual panel discussions being hosted by University of Mississippi‘s Common Reading Experience team this month. The discussions are part of the 2020-21 Common Reading Experience. Since its launch in 2011, the CRE uses one book to unite discussions broadlyRead the story …
Gilder-Jordan Lecture to Focus on Voter Suppression
Historian and author Carol Anderson set to speak Oct. 13
October 7, 2020 by
OXFORD – With the presidential election only weeks away, voting and how to do so are on the minds of many Americans. A historian who studies public policy with regards to race, justice and equality will visit the University of Mississippi for a discussion of the history of voter suppression and how it relates toRead the story …