OXFORD, Miss. – Twenty-one University of Mississippi graduate students have been awarded Graduate Student Council Research Fund grants to support their research, study and creative scholarship. The $1,000 competitive research grants, funded by the UM Graduate School and Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, are for projects conducted through April 2020. The goals of the program are toRead the story …
Graduate Students Receive Grants for Research Efforts
Competitive awards help burgeoning researchers learn critical skills, develop projects
May 17, 2019 by
Talented Seniors Elevate Work of the McLean Institute
Three Hall of Fame students work to better communities across Mississippi
May 16, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As undergraduates at the University of Mississippi, Jarvis Benson, Levi Bevis and Blair Wortsmith have helped advance the work of the McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement through the M Partner initiative, North Mississippi VISTA Project and LOU Saves. Recently, each of these graduating seniors was inducted into the UMRead the story …
Flagship Status Pays Off for UM Arabic Program, Students
Five seniors accepted into prestigious capstone program, sophomore earns summer in Morocco
May 16, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – In its first year as an Arabic Language Flagship Program, the University of Mississippi has achieved a 100 percent acceptance rate for the program’s prestigious capstone year. “Capstone places the student in the ideal language learning environment: setting, culture and structure, coupled with tailored instruction and applied knowledge and interaction through internships,”Read the story …
The Defense Rests
UM law professor Phillip Broadhead retires after 35 years as teacher, public defender
May 15, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss – Phillip Broadhead, a clinical professor in the University of Mississippi School of Law, has influenced the lives of hundreds of students and residents throughout his lifelong legal career as a public defender in Mississippi. Broadhead retires this month after serving 17 years as director of the UM Criminal Appeals Clinic. Originally fromRead the story …
Andrew Mellon Foundation Recognizes Invisible Histories Project
IHP-Mississippi satellite project lauded for oral history research
May 15, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has recognized the work of several University of Mississippi partners through a $300,000 grant supporting the collection, preservation, future research and accessibility of LGBTQ history in Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia. The grant went to the Invisible Histories Project, founded in 2016 by Joshua Burford and Maigen SullivanRead the story …
Seven Babies for Seven Students
UM higher education cohort draws strength, support from one other as members welcome new children
May 14, 2019 by
When members of a University of Mississippi School of Education doctoral cohort kept getting pregnant, the running joke was there had to be something in the snacks they ate when they met each month. Someone also blamed voodoo, or other supernatural forces, being at work in Guyton Hall, home of the School of Education. SinceRead the story …
Counseling Professor Honored for Adolescent Mental Health Research
Rick Balkin wins prestigious award from American Counseling Association
May 14, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Rick Balkin, a University of Mississippi professor of counselor education, has been named the winner of the American Counseling Association’s 2019 Extended Research Award for his work in mental health care for adolescents in crisis. The ACA’s Extended Research Award honors counseling research that spans 10 years or more. Balkin was honored March 30Read the story …
Seven UM Arabic, Chinese and Swahili Students Named Boren Scholars
Record number of modern languages scholars selected for prestigious awards
May 14, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Seven accomplished students in the University of Mississippi‘s Arabic, Chinese and Swahili language programs are the university’s latest recipients of the prestigious David L. Boren Scholarship from the National Security Exchange Program. Tyler Caple, of Huntsville, Alabama; Jesse Paxton, of Springfield, Missouri; and Matthew Travers, of St. Louis, have been accepted intoRead the story …
Graduating Senior Lends Social Work Skills to Local Treatment Facility
Mikala Turner helps Mississippians battling drug, alcohol addiction
May 13, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – According to recent data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, almost 20 million American adults battle a substance use disorder each year. In the months leading up to graduation at the University of Mississippi, senior social work major Mikala Turner, of Bruce, has spent eight hours a day working to decreaseRead the story …
Tackling the Forensic Unknowns of 3D-printed Firearms
UM team explores physical, chemical trace evidence to offer new tools for law enforcement
May 13, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – In the summer of 2016, Transportation Security Administration screeners at Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Nevada confiscated an oddity: a 3D-printed handgun in a man’s carry-on baggage. The plastic gun was inoperable but accompanied by five .22-caliber bullets. The passenger said he had forgotten about the gun and willingly left it at the airport andRead the story …