OXFORD, Miss. – “The entrepreneurial spirit is like the Ole Miss spirit; it demands a commitment to excellence and signifies a passion for one’s pursuit,” University of Mississippi Chancellor Glenn Boyce told a packed room of students at the annual REDe Entrepreneurship Summit. Boyce opened the fourth annual summit, which featured entrepreneur Marcus Bullock asRead the story …
App Founder Discusses Resiliency at REDe Entrepreneurship Summit
Former inmate tells students that business ideas can have profound impact
November 19, 2021 by
Athletic Training Program Implements Concussion Education Component
Heather Shirley works to introduce and evaluate a new standard operating process
November 19, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The director of a University of Mississippi program that aims to prepare future health care professionals to serve as athletic trainers is working to assess the knowledge and attitudes of college students on sports concussions in response to concussion education. Heather Shirley, assistant professor and director of the Master of Science inRead the story …
University’s First Bonner Program Cohort Gets to Work
Fourteen students to work as interns with community partners for the next four years
November 18, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has its first-ever cohort of Bonner Program students who have started their four-year campaigns to transform their campus and community through service projects. The university’s Bonner Program, housed at the new UM Center for Community Engagement, is part of a diverse, multistate network of colleges and universities withRead the story …
Alumnus Honored by American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Tommie Robinson Jr. recognized for contributions to communication sciences and disorders
November 18, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., is set to honor University of Mississippi alumnus Tommie L. Robinson Jr. on Friday (Nov. 19) with the Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association award. Honors of the Association is the highest award bestowed by the ASHA. Individuals receiving this honor demonstrate distinguished contributions toRead the story …
Regional Library Agreement Leverages Access
UM enters shared agreement with two Louisiana universities through Government Publishing Office
November 17, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has joined two Louisiana universities in a regional agreement to enhance access to federal government documents. The agreement, created through the U.S. Government Publishing Office‘s Federal Depository Library Program, allows the university to share collection responsibilities with Louisiana State University Libraries and Louisiana Tech University Libraries. “A centralRead the story …
Going Green to Lessen Stormwater Flooding
UM researchers explore use of green infrastructure locally, in Southeast
November 17, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Cities and towns are crisscrossed and checkered by streaks and blotches of black and gray asphalt streets and concrete parking lots. When downpours – remnants of a hurricane lumbering up the East Coast, a bomb cyclone unloading on California, an afternoon thunderstorm over New Orleans – pass over, these streets and lotsRead the story …
Twelve Named UM Stamps Scholars for 2021
New arrivals are among incoming freshmen; Ole Miss host the second-largest program in the nation
November 16, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – With the arrival of 12 incoming freshmen, the Stamps Scholars Program at the University of Mississippi is maintaining its growth. UM is the only Mississippi university and among only six Southeastern Conference schools that awards Stamps Scholarships to selected students. The Class of 2025 Ole Miss cohort is among 229 incoming freshmenRead the story …
Law Professor Elected to American Law Institute
Farish Percy is among 24 across the nation elected this year
November 16, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Farish Percy, a University of Mississippi professor of law, is one of 24 newly elected members across the nation to the American Law Institute. The American Law Institute, or ALI, is a national independent organization that works to produce scholarship to improve upon and clarify the law. According to ALI’s website, the workRead the story …
Engineering Dean Inducted into National Academy of Inventors
Organization recognizes academic innovation, technology
November 15, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – David A. Puleo, dean of the School of Engineering and professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Mississippi, has been inducted as a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Puleo is among 115 inventors elected as 2020 fellows by the NAI, which recognizes and encourages inventors with patents issued fromRead the story …
Former Chancellor to Discuss New Memoir
'Thacker Mountain Radio Hour' to host Robert Khayat lecture event
November 15, 2021 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Robert Khayat, chancellor emeritus of the University of Mississippi, discusses his new memoir, “60: A Year of Sports, Race & Politics,” at 6 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 18) at The Lyric in Oxford. Khayat will be the featured author at the fall season finale of the “Thacker Mountain Radio Hour.” The former chancellor’sRead the story …