OXFORD, Miss – The Brown Bag Lunch and Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture continues this spring at the University of Mississippi with topics including Mississippi history, New Orleans food movements and environmentalism. “All year, we’ve been taking note of the 40th birthday of the Center for the Study of Southern CultureRead the story …
Southern Studies Sets Spring Brown Bag Lectures
Discussions span range of topics from food and culture to sexuality and preserving slave buildings
January 26, 2018 by
Treat Your Valentine to Dance Lessons through UM Communiversity
Spring class lineup also includes personal safety, gardening, resume writing and Mother's Day treats
January 26, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The start of a new year is always a good prompt to reflect on how you can try something different, form new habits or make time for enriching experiences. The University of Mississippi Communiversity program has a spring schedule full of noncredit courses sure to inspire. “There is a little something forRead the story …
UM Students to Perform with Malpaso Dance Company
Ford Center performance by Cuba-based troupe will open with a student piece
January 25, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Cuba-based Malpaso Dance Company will perform this weekend at the University of Mississippi’s Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts, combining Cuban influence with contemporary dance styles for a unique display of talent at 7:30 p.m. Saturday (Jan. 27). Tickets, priced at $30 for orchestra/parterre and tier 1 box levels,Read the story …
Mississippi Governor Proclaims April 9 as ‘Bruce Levingston Day’
UM artist-in-residence to celebrate honor with concert at Carnegie Hall
January 25, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As a result of his celebrated performances in some of the world’s most renowned concert halls, his series of critically-acclaimed albums and a lifelong commitment as a supporter of the arts, Delta-born classical pianist Bruce Levingston has enhanced Mississippi’s international reputation as a cultural center. In recognition of Levingston’s artistic contributions toRead the story …
RebelWell’s 2018 Slate Offers Fitness Challenge, Other Opportunities
January 24, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – RebelWell hopes to inspire many University of Mississippi employees to take their health seriously in 2018 with a new fitness challenge called “New Year, Stronger You,” as well as having several regular fitness classes and other offerings to improve campus wellness. The challenge, which begins Jan. 22, builds on last year’s program, butRead the story …
University Police Chief Leaving UM to Return to Indiana
Tim Potts resigns after more than two years to be closer to family
January 24, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Tim Potts, chief of the University of Mississippi Police Department, is returning to his native state to lead the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne campus police department. Potts, a veteran with more than 25 years in law enforcement, was hired as UPD chief in June 2015. He said leaving Ole Miss was aRead the story …
Second Law of Thermodynamics Topic for January Science Cafe
UM researchers Randy Wadkins and Nathan Hammer to discuss mysteries of entropy
January 24, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The second law of thermodynamics is the topic for a monthly public science forum organized by the University of Mississippi Department of Physics and Astronomy. The spring semester’s first meeting of the Oxford Science Cafe is set for 6 p.m. Jan. 30 at Lusa Bakery Bistro and Bar, 1120 North Lamar Blvd.Read the story …
UM Alumna Returns to Ford Center with ‘The Sound of Music’
Christina Tompkins will perform role of Sister Sophia
January 23, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi is hosting the national tour of “The Sound of Music” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 24), and a familiar Ole Miss face will be among the cast for the sold-out show. Christina Tompkins earned her bachelor’s degree inRead the story …
Criminal Justice Students Provide Gifts to Children in Need
Department of Legal Studies partners with Oxford Police to provide for local families
January 23, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – While most Oxford residents were shopping for friends and family over the holiday season, students from the Alpha Phi Sigma criminal justice honor society at the University of Mississippi made sure local needy families had plenty of presents under their trees. Alpha Phi Sigma adopted two families from the Salvation Army’s AngelRead the story …
Alumnus Makes Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ List of Leaders
Sylvester Lee co-founder of revolutionary augmented reality technology
January 22, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As technological advances continue to rapidly turn yesterday’s fiction into today’s facts, a University of Mississippi alumnus finds himself at the forefront of the burgeoning virtual and augmented reality revolution. Sylvester “Sly” Lee, co-founder of Emerge Inc., an independent technology company in Los Angeles, recently made Forbes magazine’s annual “30 Under 30”Read the story …