OXFORD, Miss. – Fans of drama, musical, documentary and film noir are in for a treat. The University of Mississippi’s “An Evening for Cinema,” featuring the final projects of the 2012 UM Cinema Competition winners, debuts April 4-7 at Meek Hall Auditorium. The four-day cinematic affair, which also includes stand-out student films, is set forRead the story …
UM Cinema Program Hosts ‘An Evening of Cinema’
Four-day event April 4-7 features cinema competition winners and stand-out student films
April 2, 2013 by
Overby Center Event to Reflect on Medgar Evers’ Career
Myrlie Evers-Williams headlines panel to commemorate 50th anniversary of husband's death
April 2, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, will join two other prominent Mississippians to discuss her late husband’s life and career at 5 p.m. Friday (April 5) in the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi. Evers-Williams rose to fame herself as a civil rightsRead the story …
Students Spent Spring Break Digitally Mapping Vercelli Manuscript
Group visited Italy as part of the Ole Miss Lazarus Project
April 2, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Four University of Mississippi students recently traded sunshine and relaxation for ancient manuscripts and the chance of a lifetime. The three sophomores and one freshman, all students in the university’s Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, spent spring break in Vercelli, Italy, digitally mapping a 10th century text called the Vercelli manuscript asRead the story …
Students Spent Spring Break Digitally Mapping Vercelli Manuscript
Group visited Italy as part of the Ole Miss Lazarus Project
April 2, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Four University of Mississippi students recently traded sunshine and relaxation for ancient manuscripts and the chance of a lifetime. The three sophomores and one freshman, all students in the university’s Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, spent spring break in Vercelli, Italy, digitally mapping a 10th century text called the Vercelli manuscript asRead the story …
University Museum and Historic Houses Receives MAC Grant
Grant enables curator of education to attend NAEA Conference
April 2, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Museum and Historic Houses has been awarded an $845 grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission. The grant is a portion of the $1.5 million in grants the commission awarded in 2012-2013 and was used to send Emily Dean, the museum’s curator of education, to the 2013 National ArtRead the story …
UM Cinema Program Hosts ‘An Evening of Cinema’
Four-day event April 4-7 features cinema competition winners and stand-out student films
April 2, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Fans of drama, musical, documentary and film noir are in for a treat. The University of Mississippi’s “An Evening for Cinema,” featuring the final projects of the 2012 UM Cinema Competition winners, debuts April 4-7 at Meek Hall Auditorium. The four-day cinematic affair, which also includes stand-out student films, is set forRead the story …
Friends and Alumni Asked to Help Select Images for Ole Miss Photo Book
'Ole Miss: A Photographic Essay' to be released in fall 2013
April 2, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A new coffee table book, “Ole Miss: A Photographic Essay,” is being readied for publication this fall. The 120-page, oversize publication will feature the best photography captured by the award-winning team at University of Mississippi Communications, and UM alumni can help pick which images are featured. “Ole Miss was recently named ‘MostRead the story …
Accountancy Student Volunteers Provide Tax-filing Service Through AARP Program
April 2, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Low-to-middle income residents of the Lafayette-Oxford-University community can get their federal and state income tax returns prepared for free, thanks to some University of Mississippi accounting students. The tax assistance is available 1-5 p.m. Thursdays through April 11 at the Stone Recreation Center on Washington Avenue in Oxford.
George Rable Tapped as 2013 Burnham Lecturer at UM
Historian to address religious aspects of the American Civil War in April 25 presentation
April 2, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Well-known historian George Rable is set to discuss religion and the American Civil War April 25 at University of Mississippi. Rable’s presentation, at 6 p.m. in Farley Hall, Room 202, is free and open to the public. Named the 2013 Burnham Lecturer in Civil War History, Rable plans to discuss “God asRead the story …
Southern Studies Center Hosts Second Music of the South Symposium
April event includes brown bag luncheon, panel discussions, lectures and performances
March 30, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Continuing the exploration of Southern musicians and their craft, the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi is hosting its second annual music conference next month. “Innovation and Experimental Music and the South” is the theme of the 2013 Music of the South Symposium, set for AprilRead the story …