Janisse Ray OXFORD, Miss. – Passion for the environment and literature come together in a lecture Thursday (April 24) at the University of Mississippi.  

  Richard Stengel, managing editor of TIME, kicks off the week as speaker for the third annual Stuart J. Bullion Lecture. OXFORD, Miss. – Richard Stengel of TIME and William Morris IV of Morris Communications Company are among more than a dozen prominent journalists slated to participate in Journalism Week April 21-28 at the UniversityRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Theatre arts students at the University of Mississippi cap the semester with the 27th annual “Showstoppers” performances April 22-25 and 27 in Fulton Chapel.

Funded by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity/Bureau of Tourism, the June 2008 Living Blues highlights the contemporary blues scene in Chicago and the 25th anniversary of the Chicago Blues Festival. The festival is the area’s premier blues event and has presented such artists as Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley andRead the story …

  A pilgrim travels to Mount Kailash in this photograph from ‘Tibet: Magical Land of Spiritual Wonders’ exhibit at University Museum. UM photo by Robert Jordan. OXFORD, Miss. – Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery plan to construct a mandala sand painting April 28-May 2 at the University of Mississippi.  

OXFORD, Miss. – The annual Springfest concert Sunday (April 20) at the University of Mississippi is expected to rock the Grove Stage with music by Sister Hazel and Matt Wertz.

  Thomas Meredith, commissioner of higher education for the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, accepts the 2008 Alumnus of the Year. UM photo by Kevin Bain. OXFORD, Miss. The University of Mississippi School of Education has named Thomas C. Meredith, commissioner of higher education for the Board of Trustees of StateRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – The Mississippi Early Music Ensemble performs a concert Monday (April 21) at the University of Mississippi.

OXFORD, Miss. – For the fourth consecutive year, the Court of Appeals of Mississippi plans to move its proceedings to the University of Mississippi School of Law for a special session in which law students have the unique opportunity to deliver oral arguments in cases pending before the court.

OXFORD, Miss. – More than 250 scientists from around the world are gathering in Oxford this weekend to discuss medicinal plants and dietary supplements at the Seventh Annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals and the Fourth Interim Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy.