OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Center for Excellence in Literacy Instruction is celebrating its 11th school year of successful partnership with Dundee Elementary School in Tunica. Each year, CELI literacy specialists work with Dundee faculty to ensure the more than 200 students at the P-5 school are proficient readers by the end of third grade.Read the story …
Literacy Center Celebrates 11-Year Partnership with Delta School
Dundee Elementary benefits from the support of UM School of Education
January 13, 2020 by
Young Engineers Support UM Engineering Students
Alyssa and Jesse Revis share their success with Ole Miss family
January 11, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Alyssa and Jesse Revis know how scholarships can transform lives. Financial awards gave each of them academic opportunities that led to their successful engineering careers. Alyssa Smith Revis graduated with a degree from the University of Mississippi School of Engineering in 2013. Just six years later, she and husband Jesse have establishedRead the story …
Bogens Provide Hope for Students
Women's Council scholarship honors UM alumna, benefits freshmen
January 10, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – “Hope lifts her maiden finger pointing to the eternal Home on whose portals they linger looking back for us to come.” Though that’s the epitaph on a headstone marking the grave of the late Patsy Moore Bogen’s great-great grandfather, friends and family say the sentiment could easily apply to her. “Patsy livedRead the story …
Alumnus, Public Relations Veteran Harold Burson Leaves Lasting Legacy
Burson, 98, described as 20th century's 'most influential PR figure'
January 10, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Harold Burson, a 1940 University of Mississippi graduate often heralded as the “Father of Public Relations,” has died at the age of 98. The Burson family made the announcement today (Jan. 10) in Memphis. A Memphis native, Burson was an exceptional student, so much so that he entered Ole Miss at ageRead the story …
Admissions Counselor Named Phi Theta Kappa Faculty Scholar
Anna Lauren Heavener recognized for excellent service to transfer students
January 9, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A transfer admissions counselor at the University of Mississippi has been selected by Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society to serve as a faculty scholar for the organization’s 2020 summer conference. Anna Lauren Heavener is among 30 PTK chapter advisers and alumni nationwide chosen for Honors Institute, PTK’s annual weeklong honors conference.Read the story …
Harvest Supper Enjoys Success at Rowan Oak
Annual event raises support for University Museum
January 8, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The 2019 Harvest Supper, on the grounds of Rowan Oak, raised more than $125,000 to support the University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses. The Friends of the Museum’s annual sold-out event connects Ole Miss alumni, local residents and out-of-town guests with artists, writers and musicians for dinner and entertainment at theRead the story …
Students, Staff Join Community for MLK Day Observances
LOU community gathering to honor slain civil rights icon's life and legacy
January 7, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi students, faculty, staff and community partners are spearheading efforts to promote community engagement and honor the legacy of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in Lafayette County and Oxford. “The Division of Diversity and Community Engagement has worked with local community leaders to coordinate existing and newRead the story …
Two Faculty Members Awarded National Science Foundation Fellowships
Duo will use funding to develop their pioneering research in geology and mathematics
January 6, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For the second time in three years, a pair of University of Mississippi professors have been awarded National Science Foundation fellowships to advance their innovative research. Samuel Lisi, assistant professor of mathematics, and Brian Platt, assistant professor of geology and geological engineering, were awarded funding through a foundation program that provides opportunities for youngRead the story …
UM Partners with Emerald Bioscience to License Cannabis-derived Drugs
Two drug candidates have potential to improve pain management and prevent ocular diseases
January 6, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The cannabis research program at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy has partnered with pharmaceutical company Emerald Bioscience Inc. to license two new drug technologies that may provide nonaddictive pain management, prevent blindness and alleviate the threat of irreversible vision loss from glaucoma and other eye diseases. The two drug candidateRead the story …
Paying Support Forward
Daughter establishes Pierce Memorial Scholarship for mom
January 5, 2020 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Bettie Pierce often told her daughter Susan that when you are given a gift, you should return the kindness, and the spirit of the gift. University of Mississippi alumna Susan Pierce, of Mandeville, Louisiana, is following that advice by creating the Bettie C. Pierce Memorial Scholarship Endowment at UM. The new scholarshipRead the story …