OXFORD, Miss. – Mississippi’s brightest and most creative junior high and high school students will compete for honors April 5 as the University of Mississippi hosts the annual Science and Engineering Fair. More than 600 hopefuls from across the state will converge on the floor of the C.M. “Tad” Smith Coliseum for the daylong event.Read the story …
UM Hosts State Science and Engineering Fair
April 5 competition draws grades 7-12 students from schools across 82 counties
March 30, 2016 by
Activist, Writer, Lawyer and Scholar Deepa Iyer to Visit UM
Lecture and book signing set for Thursday
March 29, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation is hosting a lunch event, keynote address and book-signing at the University of Mississippi by internationally known activist, writer, lawyer and scholar Deepa Iyer. Iyer plans to discuss the need for creating more welcoming and equitable communities in the United States during her keynote address,Read the story …
Rose Selected for Silver Em Honor
UM's highest award for journalism to be presented April 6
March 29, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Bill Rose, who for six years has led student reporting ventures for the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi, has been selected as the Samuel S. Talbert Silver Em award recipient for 2015. The award dates to 1958. Recipients must be Mississippians with notable journalism careersRead the story …
A Look Back on Ole Miss Football’s Spring Break Mission Work in Haiti
The Rebel family helped provide a sustainable water system to their friends in Camp Marie
March 29, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. — Select members of the Ole Miss football program and support staff recently gave up their spring break for the third year in a row to serve others by doing mission work in Camp Marie, Haiti. A 28-person group representing Ole Miss made the return trip to Camp Marie to help provide valuableRead the story …
Gov. Bryant, UMMC Mark Highpoint in School of Medicine Construction
Officials celebrate 'topping out' of new facility
March 28, 2016 by
JACKSON, Miss. – Gov. Phil Bryant today helped celebrate a milestone in the construction of an emerging School of Medicine building during a “topping-out” ceremony at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Touting the economic and health care implications of a more spacious, state-of-the-art medical school, Bryant was among some 100 dignitaries and other attendeesRead the story …
Color My College 5-K Returns to UM
Campus Recreation hosts April 16 event to benefit Special Olympics Mississippi
March 28, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Department of Campus Recreation has partnered with Color My College to host a 5-K run benefiting Special Olympics Mississippi. Participants will run through the Ole Miss campus on the morning of April 16 while being covered with red and blue powder. “Color My College asked our department toRead the story …
Endowment Honors Memories of Three Friends
Scholarship recipients carry on their fraternity brothers' legacies
March 26, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A scholarship endowment paying tribute to the lives of three University of Mississippi students has grown to $322,000 and three new recipients of the scholarship have been named. Continuing gifts from Kappa Alpha fraternity have expanded the Charles Walker Kelly, Samuel Clayton Kelly and Bryant Mason Wilbanks Memorial Scholarship Endowment that honorsRead the story …
Abramowitz to Deliver Charles W. Hartman Memorial Lecture
Speaker is an expert on the effects of quality pharmacy care on patient outcomes, health care costs
March 25, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Paul W. Abramowitz, chief executive officer of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, will give the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy’s 2016 Charles W. Hartman Memorial Lecture. The lecture, which is sponsored by the pharmacy school, is set for 11 a.m. Thursday (March 31) in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for theRead the story …
UM Museum Named Among Nation’s Best Collegiate Collections
Survey notes facility's diverse holdings and outreach programs
March 24, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Best College Reviews has named the University of Mississippi Museum and its large collection of folk art, Greek and Roman antiquities and other artifacts as one of the nation’s best collegiate art museums. UM’s museum ranked No. 12 on a list of the top 35 collegiate art museums. Harvard University’s museum topped the list,Read the story …
Environmental-themed Poster and Writing Contest Open for Submissions
Three $100 prizes to be awarded to undergraduate students with the best paper or poster
March 23, 2016 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Department of English is offering three $100 prizes to undergraduate students who submit the best environmentally themed papers or posters in its inaugural Earth Day paper and poster contest. All submissions must be submitted to Erin Drew in the English department, or emailed to her at eedrew@olemiss.edu, byRead the story …