OXFORD, Miss. – A lightweight, portable exercise device that targets the gluteal muscles took first place at the recent Gillespie Business Plan Competition at the University of Mississippi. Move Fitness LLC, co-founded by Tyler Moore and Jake Harrison, designed the GluteMove device for exercise, targeting primarily college-aged women. Both from Corinth, Moore is majoring inRead the story …
New Exercise Invention Seals the Deal for First Place
15th annual Gillespie Business Plan Competition awards Move Fitness top spot
May 2, 2019 by
A Quick Guide to UM’s 166th Commencement
Here's a look at parking, services and dining to make your graduation day more enjoyable
May 1, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s 166th Commencement exercises are set to begin at 9 a.m. May 11, as more than 5,500 prospective graduates and their loved ones will gather to hear an address by retired Maj. Gen. Augustus Leon Collins, who is also president of the university’s alumni association. Collins, a native of Booneville,Read the story …
Faculty, Students Contribute to Groundbreaking Physics Research
Eight university team members among 900 scientists in 23 countries involved in global project
May 1, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A team of University of Mississippi scientists are part of a global network of researchers making significant contributions to a groundbreaking particle physics project that promises to improve our understanding of the nature of all matter. After years of careful construction and preparation, the Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB accelerator researchRead the story …
Research Day Encourages Collaborative Endeavors
Fifth annual event brings UM, UMMC researchers face-to-face
April 30, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Encouraging communication among researchers no matter where they are – whether three doors down or two hours away – the fifth annual University of Mississippi Research Day was held Friday (April 26) in Oxford. Alternating each year between the Oxford campus and University of Mississippi Medical Center, Research Day provides an opportunity for researchers at UM andRead the story …
An Intriguing Opportunity for Future Intelligence Analysts
UM simulation prepares students for real world of national security
April 30, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Earlier this month, while most University of Mississippi students spent the beginning of their weekend going about their lives, 96 of their peers were huddled in Lamar Hall, focused on the ongoing crisis in Venezuela. Reports of unrest were cascading in following the failure of a hydroelectric power plant in the South American country andRead the story …
Ready for Takeoff
Journey to Commencement: Navy ROTC graduate Garrett Booth spends spring semester on staff
April 30, 2019 by
Garrett Booth wasn’t quite ready to leave the University of Mississippi. The Austin, Texas, native graduated from Ole Miss in December with a degree in biochemistry and was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy in January through the university’s Naval ROTC program. He was assigned to flight training and ordered to report toRead the story …
Alumni Couple Donates 1908 Mississippi Railway Map to Campus Depot
Batesville residents score unique find in Hawaii
April 30, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumnus Briggs Smith (BSPH 62, JD 66), of Batesville, learned about trains from a young age. His grandfather was an engineer for the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, commonly known as the GM&O, in Meridian in the 1940s and ’50s. “He would let my brother, sister and I rideRead the story …
Walton Family Foundation Fellow Visits UM, Oxford
Ross DeVol discusses impact of research universities to drive innovation, economic growth
April 29, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Ross DeVol, a Walton Fellow with the Walton Family Foundation of Bentonville, Arkansas, discussed new approaches to promoting economic development and business creation with university and regional leaders during a recent visit to Oxford and the University of Mississippi. DeVol, who will be transitioning to lead a new “think and do tank,”Read the story …
One Call Led to Fulfilling a College Dream
Journey to Commencement: Madison Varner lauds impact of Ole Miss First Scholarship
April 29, 2019 by
Growing up, Madison Varner knew the burden of paying for college would rest squarely on her shoulders. But it was not an obstacle the Brandon native has any bitterness about because her family’s spare resources had always been devoted to her physically and intellectually disabled older sister. It was truly a team effort to provideRead the story …
Two Professors Seek to Improve State STEM Success
Erik Hom, Jonah Jurss receive distinguished CAREER Award from National Science Foundation
April 29, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi professors plan to use portions of their recent National Science Foundation awards to further STEM education in the state. Erik Hom, assistant professor of biology, and Jonah Jurss, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, each garnered a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development, or CAREER, Program Award this semester from the NSF. The awardsRead the story …