WASHINGTON, DC – Enhancing its leadership in communications and cybersecurity law, Venable LLP announced that James Arden Barnett, Jr., Rear Admiral, USN (Retired), has joined the firm as a partner in Washington, DC. Jamie Barnett is the former Chief of the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau for the Federal Communications Commission. He becomes co-chairRead the story …
Former ASB President, UM Hall of Fame Inductee Joins D.C. Firm as Partner
Barnett to lead Venable LLP Cybersecurity Initiatives
February 8, 2013 by
Alumni Profile: Deano Orr
February 7, 2013 by
Deano Orr (BBA 93) has enjoyed a successful career that has taken him all across the South, but what remained constant throughout his travels were his passion for community engagement and flair for building relationships. Growing up in the small town of Courtland, Ala., Orr knew from an early age that he wanted to doRead the story …
UM Community Pharmacy Residency Program Receives $50,000 Grant
Money funds new position at Funderburk's Pharmacy in DeSoto County
February 7, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy has received a $50,000 Community Pharmacy Residency Expansion Project, or Community PREP, grant from the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Foundation. “The number of students seeking residency opportunities in their first post-graduate year increased 13 percent last year, and this number is expected toRead the story …
Free Tax Service Again Available for Oxford-Area Residents
VITA program allows IRS-certified students and professors to help prepare basic tax returns, e-filing
February 7, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi School of Law is again offering a free tax assistance service for Oxford-area residents this tax season. Directed by UM law professor Deborah Bell, the service is available to taxpayers with household earnings of $51,000 or less for the 2012 tax year. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance ProgramRead the story …
Video: George Will Gives Honors Convocation Address
February 6, 2013 by
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will opened the Spring Honors Convocation with a reference to football, although the professor is better known for his commentary on politics and his love of baseball. He shared both subjects with those attending the convocation. Video by Mary Stanton.
Video: Reverend Rhodes Gives Black History Month Keynote
February 6, 2013 by
Reverend C. Edward “CJ” Rhodes II delivered the 2013 Black History Month keynote address at Ole Miss. Video by Mary Stanton.
Grayzel named director of UM Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies
Center to continue academic, service focus
February 5, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi history professor Susan Grayzel has been selected as the new director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies. Grayzel, who has served as interim director of the center since 2011, hopes to build on its successes by fostering across-campus collaboration, strengthening its academic presence and continuingRead the story …
Lecture to Focus on Obama Administration’s Impact on Relationship between Jews, African-Americans
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jonathan Kaufman to speak on campus Feb. 7
February 5, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and Bloomberg News managing editor Jonathan Kaufman will discuss “African-Americans and Jews in the Age of Obama” on the University of Mississippi campus Thursday (Feb. 7). The lecture, part of a yearlong series titled “Intertwining Legacies: Jews and African-Americans in the Deep South,” will take place in the OverbyRead the story …
Former UM Linebacker Jonathan Cornell Tackles Meridian Classroom
Through the Mississippi Teacher Corps, an athlete becomes a teacher
February 5, 2013 by
OXFORD—Former University of Mississippi middle linebacker Jonathan Cornell has gone from breaking through offensive linemen to teaching Meridian High School students about African American literature and public speaking during his first year in the Mississippi Teacher Corps. The February UM education student of the month, Cornell grew up as the youngest of six children inRead the story …
Ole Miss Produces Six 1A FAR Award Recipients
Softball, Soccer, Women's Golf, Women's Tennis Represented
February 4, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. — Six former Ole Miss student-athletes were among those honored with Academic Excellence Awards by 1A FAR. The 1A FAR is an organization of faculty athletics representatives from NCAA Division I FBS institutions that seeks to advocate for effective interaction and academic and fiscal balance between an institution’s academic mission and its intercollegiateRead the story …