Watch holiday greetings from Ole Miss staff and the 2012 Ole Miss Photos Year In Review
From the Lyceum to the White House: UM Choir Sings in D.C.
Selected ensemble presents Christmas music in the White House, meets President Obama
December 19, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Singing Christmas music is common during the holidays, but for the 25 University of Mississippi choir members invited to sing in the White House Wednesday (Dec. 12), the experience was anything but ordinary. Unexpectedly, the choir had the unique privilege of meeting President Barack Obama. “When we arrived, our guide from theRead the story …
Faculty and Staff Play Santa’s Helpers through Books & Bears Program
Annual charity event provides toys for physical plant employees and their families
December 18, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Christmas holiday season got a whole lot brighter for the children and families of University of Mississippi Physical Plant employees as they received gifts Friday (Dec. 14) at the Ole Miss Union Ballroom. Smiles abounded as members of the Black Faculty and Staff Organization distributed more than 300 gifts through theRead the story …
Recreation Management Majors Enjoy Thriving Job Market
Versatile UM major attracts variety of student, provides array of options for graduates
December 18, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For park and recreation management majors at the University of Mississippi, the post-graduation job market is thrilling, but not scary. Most of them, you see, already have solid job prospects. One of those students is Diandra DeVoe-Hazelett, a senior from Orlando, Fla., who began figure skating when she was 6. Figuring outRead the story …
Analysis of Water Seeping Under Levees Offers Clues to Flood Risk
UM geologist, analytical chemist lead study of levee seepage, results published in Applied Geochemistry
December 16, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Flood stage in a river can mean that water has spilled out of the river channel and has reached the levees designed to retain floodwaters. As the river rises up the levee, there is always concern that the levee could fail, resulting in a wall of water pouring through the gap. TwoRead the story …
Three UM Scientists Develop Innovative Method to Deliver THC
Transmucosal patch increases drug's absorption
December 15, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – An innovative delivery method for tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive constituent of Cannabis, is being developed at the University of Mississippi. School of Pharmacy faculty members Michael A. Repka, Soumyajit Majumdar and Mahmoud A. ElSohly have developed a transmucosal THC patch to overcome problems related to taking the drug in pill form. TheRead the story …
Longtime UM Engineering Educator, Administrator Damon Wall Dies at 80
Professor remembered as a mentor, colleague, encourager and loyal friend
December 14, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Damon Wall, 80, a longtime engineering educator, administrator and mentor to hundreds of students and faculty members at the University of Mississippi, died Friday (Dec. 14) at the Mississippi State Veterans Home in Oxford. Assistant dean emeritus of the School of Engineering and associate professor emeritus of electrical engineering, Wall wasRead the story …
Ole Miss Year in Photos 2012
December 14, 2012 by
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Inside The Diabetic Shoppe
UM alumnus turns his Charleston pharmacy into a multimillion-dollar business
December 14, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Robert Salmon opened a drugstore, Southern Discount Drugs, across the street from a clinic in Charleston in 1980. Fifteen years later, he and his pharmacy technician began packaging diabetic testing supplies in a back room of the drugstore and mailing them to patients. Since then, the University of Mississippi alumnus hasRead the story …
Analysis of Water Seeping Under Levees Offers Clues to Flood Risk
UM geologist, analytical chemist lead study of levee seepage, results published in Applied Geochemistry
December 14, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Flood stage in a river can mean that water has spilled out of the river channel and has reached the levees designed to retain floodwaters. As the river rises up the levee, there is always concern that the levee could fail, resulting in a wall of water pouring through the gap. TwoRead the story …