Creighton Wilson Jr., from the 1951 Ole Miss yearbook OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi alumnus Creighton Wilson of Gainesville, Fla., has created the Dr. Creighton L. Wilson Scholarship Endowment at UM with a gift of $100,000. “I wanted to repay Ole Miss for all it has done for me,” Wilson said. “Although I don’tRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi freshman Brent Brislin of Apollo Beach, Fla., is convinced that the JumpStart program he’s enrolled in on the Oxford campus this summer lives up to its name. “It does exactly what it says,” Brislin said. “It gives you a head start on everybody else.” Brislin is among 107 incomingRead the story …

James Robert Woolsey OXFORD, Miss. – James Robert Woolsey, 72, director of the Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute at the University of Mississippi, died Wednesday (July 9) in an auto accident near Batesville. A renowned geologist and expert in undersea mineral resources, Woolsey led efforts to establish a gas hydrate monitoring station on the floor ofRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Eighteen students from Mississippi and four others from Alabama, Illinois, Tennessee and Texas enter the University of Mississippi this fall on prestigious scholarships to the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College. The McDonnell Barksdale Honors Scholarships, Donald S. Pichitino Scholarships and Harold Parker Memorial Scholarships, at $32,000 each, are attracting top-notch students toRead the story …

Tung-Hui Hu OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi Summer Poet in Residence Tung-Hui Hu is slated to read selections from his work Tuesday evening (July 8) at Off Square Books in Oxford. The reading starts at 5 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Refreshments are to be provided. Hu, 29, who plansRead the story …

… Groups from UM, Ireland, South Africa to join July 2 in Washington, D.C. OXFORD, Miss. — Rebecca Batey learned a lot about America’s racial struggle as a tour guide at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. There, she told stories of the civil rights movement, frequently drawing raised eyebrows from mostly black tourists,Read the story …

Joanne Gabrynowicz OXFORD, Miss. – In an age when cars give directions and Web surfing can be done in the palm of your hand, advancing satellite technology that makes all of this possible is continuously being incorporated into the legal system. As this legal framework of space law has been evolving for more than aRead the story …

Chancellor Robert Khayat (right) presents University of Mississippi professor Larry Cox and his mother, Ruth Cox Pogue, with a certificate for the 1848 Society, marking the creation of the Robert and Ruth A. Cox Endowment in Risk Management and Insurance. Photo by Bruce Newman. OXFORD, Miss. – The chair of the Risk Management and InsuranceRead the story …

Participants in the the ninth annual Filmmaking Workshop at the University of Mississippi learn all aspects of the filmmaking process as they produce their own short films. The workshop is set for July 7-10. Courtesy photo. Registration deadline is July 2 OXFORD, Miss. – College and high school students, teachers and other adults interested inRead the story …

Oxford, UM chapters join to raise fitness awareness OXFORD, Miss. – On Saturday (June 28), more than 50,000 members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. are slated to participate in a synchronized ESP 1908 Global Centennial Walk designed to raise awareness about the importance of fitness. Linking hands and stepping off at the same timeRead the story …