John and Margaret Keeton OXFORD, Miss. – John T. Keeton Jr. of Grenada remembers the day he went to the late Dean Robert Farley at the University of Mississippi School of Law and asked to be admitted.

OXFORD, Miss. — To kick off the holiday season for the University of Mississippi and Oxford community, the annual Christmas parade and tree lighting are set for Monday (Dec. 3), with the theme “Christmas Time in Oxford.”

OXFORD, Miss. — Get in the holiday spirit Sunday, Dec. 9, at the University of Mississippi when world-class singers and a top symphony orchestra take the stage at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts.

The 1982 Education Reform Act created a public kindergarten system. OXFORD, Miss. — Mississippi’s historic 1982 Education Reform Act was a significant civil rights and economic development initiative, but the Magnolia State needs to make continued advances in education.  

OXFORD, Miss. — When most University of Mississippi faculty and staff are heading home each workday to spend the evening with family, another group of employees arrives for a night shift of cleaning, straightening, repairing and preparing the campus for another day.

  Michael and Jane Strojny. UM photo by Robert Jordan. OXFORD, Miss. — Ever since his father took him to visit a branch of the New York Stock Exchange, Michael Strojny knew he would grow up to be a businessman.  

Eric Sampson, left, and Heather McMahon during dress rehearsals for Lysistrata. UM photo by Kevin Bain OXFORD, Miss. — An updated version of the Greek comedy “Lysistrata” featuring a modern political twist is scheduled for performances at the University of Mississippi Nov. 28-Dec. 2 . Produced by the Department of Theatre Arts, the play isRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss — An emergency assistance fund created four years ago to help with medical-related expenses for the children of University of Mississippi employees and students is itself in need of assistance.

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi introduces Houston Nutt as its new head football coach at noon Wednesday, Nov. 28, in the Ford Center for the Performing Arts.

OXFORD, Miss. — A University of Mississippi law professor is scheduled to join space law experts and educators from around the world Dec. 3-4 in Vienna to explore the possibility of a basic course on space law as requested by a subcommittee of the United Nations.