SOUTHAVEN, Miss. – Sarah Riehl began her collegiate journey in 1997 after graduating from Northshore High School in Slidell, Louisiana. Two decades later, she is continuing that journey at the University of Mississippi at DeSoto Center-Southaven. Earning a degree has always been always a personal goal for Riehl, who attended Louisiana State University straight outRead the story …
Mother of Seven Pursues Degree After 20-year Break
UM-DeSoto student overcomes obstacles to chase graduation goals
June 5, 2018 by
Alumna Begins Endowment to Rename Magazine Innovation Center
Amy Lyles Wilson seeks to name the unit after journalism professor Samir Husni
June 4, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumna Amy Lyles Wilson is working to raise $100,000 to rename the Magazine Innovation Center at the Meek School of Journalism and New Media for the center’s longtime director and journalism professor Samir Husni. A former student of Husni’s, Wilson wants to rename the foundation of the university’s magazineRead the story …
Duffs Honor Late Father with Major Gift
Contribution supports Ole Miss' inaugural Flagship Constellations
June 2, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The youngest of five children and the first in his family to pursue higher education, Ernest Duff left his small home town of Columbia to attend the University of Mississippi, where “his eyes were opened and his mind enlarged.” Duff became a widely respected attorney, visionary, entrepreneur and community leader who alwaysRead the story …
UM Film Nominated for Regional Emmy
'Shake 'Em on Down' was produced by the Southern Documentary Project
June 1, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi filmmakers have been nominated for a 2018 Southeast Emmy Award for their documentary chronicling the life and music of a regional bluesman. “Shake ‘Em on Down: The Blues According to Fred McDowell,” a 55-minute film produced as part of the Southern Documentary Project, housed in the university’s CenterRead the story …
Liberal Arts Dean Named Fellow in Society of Behavioral Medicine
Psychology professor Lee Cohen joins prestigious group of scholars
May 31, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Lee M. Cohen, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and professor of psychology at the University of Mississippi, has been named a fellow in the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Fellow status is a distinction conferred by SBM on full members in recognition of outstanding contributions to the advancement of the scienceRead the story …
Pharmacy Graduate Student Earns Student Exchange Award
Ann Fairly Barnett will research pollution effects on oysters in Ocean Springs
May 30, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Ann Fairly Barnett, a University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy graduate student, has received the Student Training Exchange Opportunity award from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. The award will allow Barnett to conduct research in the Shoemaker Toxicology Laboratory at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory inRead the story …
UM-DeSoto Student Recognized for Volunteer Work
Ismail named child advocacy center's Volunteer of the Year, nominated for governor's award
May 29, 2018 by
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. – For Nazha Ismail, one class project led to fulfilling holiday wishes for 65 DeSoto County foster children. That effort has resulted in a Volunteer of the Year award and an acknowledgement from the Mississippi governor’s office. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Ismail is a senior general studies major at the University ofRead the story …
Three UM Students from Oxford to Intern in Asia this Summer
Meredith Brown, Emma Scott, Daria Herasymova are part of new program funded by Freeman Foundation
May 29, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Meredith Brown and Emma Scott, both of Oxford, and Daria Herasymova, an exchange student from Ukraine who attended Oxford High School, are three of 17 University of Mississippi students who will be interning in East and Southeast Asia this summer, thanks to a substantial grant from the Freeman Foundation of Stowe, Vermont. Brown isRead the story …
Former Drum Major Still Helping Lead the Band
Alumna's gift supports Ole Miss Pride of the South, seeks to help recruit top student musicians
May 27, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As former drum major for the University of Mississippi Band, Layne McGuire is used to having people follow her lead. In supporting the band with a recent gift, she hopes to inspire others to do the same. “I was approached about making a gift to the university beyond my usual giving,” McGuireRead the story …
UM Team to Scan Columbus Site for Unmarked Graves of Union Soldiers
Work to begin this fall using advanced remote sensing technologies
May 26, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s Center for Archaeological Research will use remote sensing technology to find unmarked graves of Union soldiers in a Columbus cemetery where some of the country’s first Memorial Day traditions began in the 1860s. UM researchers and students will be working with the U.S. Grant Association and Presidential LibraryRead the story …