OXFORD, Miss. – Natural disasters, industrial accidents and possible terrorist attacks pose threats to infrastructures everywhere, so University of Mississippi civil engineering professors are studying ways to detect hazardous conditions, protect transportation systems and save lives in the process. Professor Waheed Uddin and associate professor Elizabeth Ervin are among several UM faculty members awarded NationalRead the story …
Civil Engineering Professors’ Research Vital to Infrastructure
Researchers aim to answer critical questions about transportation, structural safety
November 19, 2013 by
Miss University Pageant Set for Wednesday
Contest to feature 11 UM students at the Ford Center
November 19, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Eleven University of Mississippi students are set to vie for the title of Miss University 2014 next week at the annual Miss University pageant. Set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 20) at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for Performing Arts, the pageant is hosted by the Student Activities Association and the OleRead the story …
University Museum Unveils 2013 Holiday Keepsake Ornament
Double-decker bus design captures iconic image from Oxford's popular town Square
November 18, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For the 13th year, the University of Mississippi Museum is offering a new keepsake ornament for the holiday season. This year’s design features Oxford’s beloved double decker bus. The double decker buses were imported from England to Oxford in 1994. They have become established icons in the city of Oxford for theirRead the story …
New Collaboration Expanding Research in World-Renowned Heart Studies
Project builds upon NIH-funded Framingham and Jackson heart studies, targets "personalized medicine’
November 18, 2013 by
JACKSON, Miss. – A new collaborative research relationship between the American Heart Association, the University of Mississippi and Boston University, representing a bold vision for cardiovascular population science, was announced yesterday at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in Dallas. The collaboration has a vision of greatly expanding important population studies by adding more researchRead the story …
November Science Cafe Highlights Gulf of Mexico Research
UM-USM institute uses state-of-the-art equipment in oil spill studies
November 15, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Autonomous underwater vehicles used for oil spill research in the Gulf of Mexico are the focus for this month’s public science forum organized by the University of Mississippi Department of Physics and Astronomy. The fall semester’s fourth meeting of the Oxford Science Cafe is set for 6 p.m. Nov. 19 at LusaRead the story …
Miss America to Visit Ole Miss
Nina Davuluri hopes to raise awareness of cultural diversity
November 14, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Miss America 2014 will visit the University of Mississippi next week to raise awareness concerning her national platform, “Celebrating Diversity through Cultural Competency.” Nina Davuluri, who was crowned Miss America in September, will participate in an “Evening with Miss America” Nov. 21 at Fulton Chapel. The 6:30 p.m. event is free, butRead the story …
Annual Adopt-A-Basket Program Helps Feed Oxford, Lafayette Community
Donations of specific basket items to be collected Nov. 19-20 for delivery before the Thanksgiving
November 14, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – In its ninth year, the Adopt-A-Basket program is collecting items and soliciting volunteers to help feed families during the Thanksgiving holiday. This year, the University of Mississippi Associated Student Body, the Big Event and the Office of Volunteer Services are joining forces to organize the program. “Since its inception, the program has helpedRead the story …
‘The Wellspring’ Opens at University Museum
Rome Prize fellow, former UM art teacher Hamlett Dobbins to lecture on works
November 12, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Painter Hamlett Dobbins’ exhibition, “The Wellspring,” a collection of works that draw from a diverse set of experiences with Dobbins’ two children, will be featured at the University of Mississippi Museum through Feb. 22, 2014. The exhibit opens Tuesday (Nov. 12), and the museum hosts an opening reception for the exhibit fromRead the story …
UM, USDA and DOD Join Forces to Protect Troops Deployed Abroad
Their mission: Neutralize threats posed by blood-feeding, disease-carrying insects
November 12, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Wherever U.S. troops are deployed, they must guard not only against their country’s human foes but also whatever Mother Nature throws at them from her well-stocked arsenal. Her weapons include a barrage of blood-feeding arthropods – mosquitoes, lice, sand flies, ticks, mites, stable flies and bed bugs – and the diseases theyRead the story …
Professor and Author to Give UM’s Baine Lecture
Kathryn Miles to discuss 'All Standing: Escape from Famine' in Nov. 20 presentation
November 12, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Kathryn Miles, author of an acclaimed book that about a ship that carried passengers escaping Ireland’s potato famine, will give the University of Mississippi’s Edith T. Baine Lecture at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 at the Oxford-University Depot. Miles, a creative nonfiction writer, was a professor of environmental writing at Unity College in MaineRead the story …