Dear Alumni and Friends of the university, To accommodate the extraordinary growth at Ole Miss, the university is implementing a new guest-parking policy that will take effect July 1. Parking changes are intended to be as convenient as possible, even as demand for parking increases. The ultimate goal of the parking plan is to improveRead the story …
Myrlie Evers-Williams to Deliver UM Commencement Address
Civil rights pioneer to address 2013 graduates and families May 11 in the Grove
April 25, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Renowned civil rights activist and author Myrlie Evers-Williams is set to return to the University of Mississippi May 11 to deliver the main address at the university’s 160th Commencement. Evers-Williams, who worked for more than 30 years to seek justice for the 1963 murder of her well-known civil rights activist husband, MedgarRead the story …
Ole Miss Moneythink Chapter Awarded Morgan Stanley Grant
Chapter hosts Moneythink competition April 25 for high school students
April 25, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Money has its privileges, at least for the University of Mississippi chapter of Moneythink. The 2-year-old program started in 2011 by Mary Margaret Johnson, a senior public policy major, and Jon Stephens, a senior economics major, when the group was awarded a $10,000 grant from Morgan Stanley, an investment and wealth managementRead the story …
Alumnus’ Idea Leads to Patent and Position with Technology Startup
… Luis Paris created computer algorithm in UM graduate school that leads to promising wireless applications
April 22, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The consumption of mobile data continues to surge. In 2012 alone, mobile data usage grew 70 percent over the previous year and is expected to grow 18-fold by 2016, according to Cisco. This growth puts operators in a challenging position of trying to figure out how to manage the strain on existingRead the story …
Social Service: UM Honors Student Tackles Mississippi Food Inequalities
Saulters earns national, regional recognition for volunteer excellence
April 22, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Growing up, Mary Margaret Saulters’ home in the rural Delta town of Tchula was 20 miles from the nearest grocery store. It was in this literal “food desert” – as defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture – that her interest in food security and social inequality first took root. “My familyRead the story …
UM Green Week Explores ‘Enough for All, Forever’ April 22-26
Annual event to focus on food supply, environmental social issues, awareness
April 19, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi kicks off its fifth annual Green Week on Monday (April 22). The weeklong event, which runs through April 26, aims to educate students, faculty, staff and community members on the benefits of sustainable living, as well as the large impact a small adjustment in daily life can make.Read the story …
Merry Wives of Windsor Features UM Students, Professor
April 19, 2013 by
‘The Merry Wives of Windsor,’ will be staged by the UM Opera Theatre Ensemble at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 21.
UMMC Dr. Hannah Gay Recognized in 2013 TIME 100 List
April 18, 2013 by
By giving an HIV-positive infant anti-HIV drugs within hours of birth, Gay, a pediatrician at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, was responsible for orchestrating an incredible breakthrough. Gay, a 1976 graduate of the University of Mississippi with a B.A. in biology and chemistry and a member of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, hasRead the story …
Pearson, Roberson Honored at Annual T.P. Vinson Banquet
Memorial banquet honors UM student and alumnus for service, leadership
April 18, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Oxford Middle School assistant principal Bradley Roberson and University of Mississippi senior Courtney Pearson were honored for their commitment to education and service Saturday (April 13) during the annual T.P. Vinson Memorial Scholarship Banquet. Roberson, who received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics education from UM in 2000, received the T.P. Vinson MemorialRead the story …
Diverse ‘Preserving Our Past’ Exhibition Opens April 25 at Library
… Display features assorted treasures from Department of Archives and Special Collections; public reception scheduled
April 17, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A unique and diverse exhibition of historic artifacts at the University of Mississippi will have its official opening April 25 in the J.D. Williams Library. “Preserving Our Past: Highlights from Archives & Special Collections” features treasures kept in the library’s Department of Archives & Special Collections. Charles Wilson, Cook Chair of HistoryRead the story …