OXFORD, Miss. – A new Master of Fine Arts in Documentary Expression begins this fall at the University of Mississippi, and prospective students are encouraged to apply before the April 13 deadline. The new degree, housed at the university’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture, will be a two-year, 30-hour graduate program that combinesRead the story …
Southern Studies Center Launches M.F.A. in Documentary Expression
New UM program teaches the intersection of documentary skills and scholarly approaches
February 23, 2017 by
UM Professor Receives Prestigious Whiting Fellowship
Jodi Skipper was among eight given the award for public engagement
February 23, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Fresh off winning this year’s Mississippi Humanities Council’s Scholar Award, University of Mississippi professor Jodi Skipper has received another accolade, this one a national honor. Skipper, assistant professor of anthropology and Southern studies, has been awarded a prestigious Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship from the Whiting Foundation, a Brooklyn, New York-based organization thatRead the story …
RebelTHON Fundraiser Shatters Goal
UM dance marathon raises more than $172,000 for Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital
February 22, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The annual RebelTHON charity fundraiser celebrated hope and generated more of the same for ailing children by exceeding the $150,000 goal set for the dance marathon. After last year’s event almost doubled its goal to raise $60,000, RebelTHON organizers set the bar high this year with a goal of $150,000. When theRead the story …
‘Just Mercy’ Selected for UM’s 2017 Common Reading Experience
Author Bryan Stevenson to speak at university's Fall Convocation in August
February 22, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Bryan Stevenson’s “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” will be the focus of campuswide discussion throughout 2017 after being selected for the University of Mississippi’s Common Reading Experience. Stevenson founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending the poor, the wrongly condemned and others. The book tells his storyRead the story …
Cooper Tire ‘Dream Team’ Visits UM
Manufacturer donated tire cutaway display to the Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence
February 21, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Expanding upon an already solid relationship with the University of Mississippi, the Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. “Dream Team” visited the university’s Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence on Wednesday (Feb. 15). Led by plant manager Robert Haggerty, six rising, early-career employees from the manufacturing firm’s Tupelo facility met with CME administratorsRead the story …
UM Professors Receive IHL Excellence in Diversity Awards
Sociologist Willa Johnson and health clinician Hamed Benghuzzi lauded at ceremonies in Jackson
February 21, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Faculty members at the University of Mississippi and the university’s Medical Center have been honored with diversity awards by the Mississippi Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning. Willa Johnson, associate professor of sociology, and Hamed Benghuzzi, professor and chair of clinical health sciences, were recognized at the IHL’sRead the story …
UM Moves Up in Measures of Academic and Research Performance
University included in several rankings of the nation's and world's best institutions
February 21, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Efforts by faculty, staff and students to excel in their pursuit of knowledge have given the University of Mississippi, the state’s flagship university, new momentum in its mission to lead the way in learning, discovery and engagement for the state and nation. UM has been ranked among the nation’s best public institutionsRead the story …
University’s Annual Pack-a-thon Surpasses Goal
More than 1 million meals have been packed over seven-year campaign
February 20, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Seven years of diligent work paid off big time Saturday (Feb. 18) when a University of Mississippi-led Feed the Hunger campaign topped its goal to provide 1 million meals for impoverished children. “We packed 180,000 meals,” said Emily Barnhnouse of Dallas, a sophomore business marketing major and chair for the event. RoughlyRead the story …
Endowment Honors Memories of Three Friends
Scholarship recipients carry on fraternity brothers' legacies
February 18, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A scholarship endowment paying tribute to the lives of three University of Mississippi students has grown to more than $335,000, and three new recipients of the scholarship say they feel honored to represent the men for whom the endowment is named. Continuing gifts from the Kappa Alpha fraternity have expanded the CharlesRead the story …
McLean to Host Hope Credit Union Founder Bill Bynum
Public invited to Tuesday's free event
February 17, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement will host Bill Bynum, CEO and founder of Hope Credit Union, Tuesday (Feb. 21) in the Robert C. Khayat Law Center auditorium as part of Black History Month observances. The 5 p.m. event is free and open to the public. A question-and-answer session willRead the story …