Editor’s note: In response to the rapidly evolving situation with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), all university-sponsored events have been canceled or postponed until further notice. Please visit communications.olemiss.edu/coronavirus for continued updates from the university. OXFORD, Miss. – Connections between the human brain and the immune system is the theme for upcoming Brain Awareness Month observances, set forRead the story …
Food for Thought Aplenty During UM Brain Awareness Month
Neuroscience research poster showcase, keynote address and Science Cafe among scheduled events
March 5, 2020 by
Sharing Art with Others
John and Melody Maxey's gift to museum featured through mid-March
March 4, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Art collectors Melody and John Maxey, of Oxford, have presented a prized watercolor by renowned artist Dean Mitchell to the University of Mississippi Museum. The piece, “Signs of the Times,” is the signature artwork featured this month in the museum’s pop-up space and will be on display through mid-March. Museum officials sayRead the story …
Explore the Final Frontier in New UM Archives Exhibition
Special Collections' space display features 16 cases of fascinating artifacts, memorabilia
March 4, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – From 18th century astronomy books and hand-drawn pamphlets depicting visions of interstellar travels to rare 78-rpm recordings of songs about actual astronomical phenomena, all this and more is on display at the University of Mississippi‘s Department of Archives and Special Collections. The exhibit “Space: Exploring the Final Frontier in the Archives,” inRead the story …
Authors, Book Lovers Converge at 27th Oxford Conference for the Book
Free public annual event set for April 1-3
March 3, 2020 by
Editor’s note: In response to the rapidly evolving situation with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), all university-sponsored events have been canceled or postponed until further notice. Please visit communications.olemiss.edu/coronavirus for continued updates from the university. OXFORD, Miss. – Ernest Hemingway said, “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” Along those lines, both book lovers and friendsRead the story …
Eminent Trombonist to Perform at UM
Abbie Conant stars March 5 in multimedia 'Aletheia'
March 3, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The LOU community will have an opportunity to see a musician at the top of her field Thursday evening (March 5), when trombonist Abbie Conant performs “Aletheia,” a musical theater piece that also includes vocal, piano and electronics, at the University of Mississippi. Presented by the UM Department of Music, the 7:30Read the story …
The Road from Self-Doubt to Truman Finalist
UM student leader finds clarity in application process for prestigious national scholarship
March 3, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When Joshua Mannery found out he was named a Truman Scholarship finalist, he was shocked and excited, but the possibility of winning $30,000 in scholarship funding wasn’t what excited him most. Rather, it was the affirmation of all of his community service that confirmed the University of Mississippi junior and member of the SallyRead the story …
News You Can Use: Planting for Perkier Places
UM landscape expert shares tips for beautifying outdoors for spring
March 2, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – An award-winning University of Mississippi landscaper is sharing his expertise with those who want to perk up their outdoor spaces by planting popular perennials. Jeff McManus, director of landscape services, airport and golf services, leads a team of professional groundskeepers whose efforts have resulted in the university repeatedly being recognized as oneRead the story …
Law School’s Innocence Project Receives Private Gifts
Donors support defense litigation in high-profile Mississippi murder case
March 2, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Recent gifts to the University of Mississippi School of Law could prove to be instrumental in sparing a man’s life. Vital Projects at Proteus, a donor-advised fund, has made a $50,000 gift to the law school’s George C. Cochran Innocence Project to be used in the ongoing defense of Curtis Flowers, aRead the story …
Passing Through a Porous Border
UM poet Derrick Harriell tries his hand at fiction
March 1, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Prose and poetry are forged from the same raw material: words. But crossing from one genre into another can be precarious. “The biggest obstacle for me in writing fiction was that I was used to being ambiguous and leaving things mysterious,” said Derrick Harriell, a poet and associate professor of English andRead the story …
Living Music Resource Launches Secret Salon Society
Annual giving program to benefit music, arts education
February 29, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Living Music Resource, an innovative music and arts education program housed at the University of Mississippi, has launched the Secret Salon Society as its official annual giving philanthropic initiative. “Those joining the Secret Salon Society will be our partners who will be instrumental in providing the crucial support needed to allow allRead the story …