OXFORD, Miss. – A $75,000 grant from the Mississippi Bar Foundation will expand programs for the Mississippi Innocence Project at the University of Mississippi School of Law. The grant is to be used to expand many already existing programs at the Mississippi Innocence Project’s offices, said Tucker Carrington, the project’s director. Primarily the funding willRead the story …

A participant at Ecology Day Camp checks her net for bug samples. UM photo by Michelle Edwards. OXFORD, Miss. – Things are really buzzing this summer at the University of Mississippi Field Station, and it’s not just the mosquitoes. During five weekly sessions this summer, the Field Station hosted Ecology Day Camp for kids inRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Making strong connections is crucial for business professionals. The University of Mississippi MBA program is making those connections early with a new mentorship program that brings MBA alumni and business graduate students together. The program developed from an alumni board meeting last year. Although the program is optional, 100 percent of thisRead the story …

{gallery}belize{/gallery} Click image for more photos OXFORD, Miss. – Ambergris Caye is a South American paradise for tourists, but for five University of Mississippi students and a professor, a Study Abroad trip to the small island off the coast of Belize proved to be a life-changing and eye-opening experience. And it wasn’t the clear, blueRead the story …

Deepak Mantena shows off his iPhone application “Wordy.” UM photo by Robert Jordan   OXFORD, Miss. – Since the new iPhone 3G launched last week, Deepak Mantena has been seeing dollar signs. That’s because many people have been buying both the phone and downloading four software applications designed by the University of Mississippi computer scienceRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – An exhibition by internationally renowned artist William Christenberry opens this weekend at the University of Mississippi Museum. The exhibit, “William Christenberry: Site/Possession,” which runs through Sept. 21, opens with a 1 p.m. reception Sunday (July 20) for the Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference. Both Christenberry and Andrea Douglas, curator at the University ofRead the story …

John Latartara OXFORD, Miss. – John Latartara has studied Thai music for several years, and thanks to the Fulbright Scholar Program, he is preparing to spend five months researching Thai melodies at their source. Latartara, assistant professor of music at the University of Mississippi, leaves July 22 for Bangkok, where he is to lecture atRead the story …

Opening reception set for July 20 Long Beach, Nov. 2005 OXFORD, Miss. – Faces of despair. Telephones wrapped around fences. A concrete bridge broken into pieces. These are some of the images portrayed by noted Vicksburg photographer Melody Golding in her national traveling exhibit “Katrina: Mississippi Women Remember.” The photos are on display through theRead the story …