OXFORD, Miss. – A charismatic speaker, advocate of humanitarian needs and devoted spiritual leader, Theopolis P. Vinson worked to help everyone develop spiritually and intellectually.
ChromaDex Corp. Licenses Rights for Botanical Compound from University, ARS
March 31, 2010 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A natural products chemistry company has licensed the rights for a promising botanical compound from the University of Mississippi and the Agricultural Research Service, which is the principal intramural scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Popular ‘Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon’ Brings Magical Afternoon to Ford Center April 17
March 31, 2010 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A whimsical afternoon of musical fantasy for children of all ages is making its way to the University of Mississippi April 17. The Enchantment Theater Company’s production of “The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon” is set for 3 p.m. at the Gertrude Ford Center for the Performing Arts. “This showRead the story …
Hattiesburg Honors Student Named University’s 14th Truman Scholar
March 30, 2010 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Lauded as “change agents,” Truman Scholars are undergraduate students who have the passion, intellect and leadership potential to improve the ways that government and other entities serve the public good.
Annual Borne Lecture Addresses Smoking Cessation Research
March 30, 2010 by
OXFORD, Miss – Peter Crooks, the George A. Digenis Professor in Drug Design and Discovery at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, will deliver the sixth annual Ronald F. Borne Distinguished Lecture in Medicinal Chemistry at 11 a.m. March 30 in the Thad Cochran Research Center. His lecture on “Novel Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorRead the story …
NASA Night in Your Neighborhood Comes to Oxford Monday
March 26, 2010 by
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. – Representatives from NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center will visit Oxford Monday evening (March 29), with free activities and displays for a NASA Night in Your Neighborhood event.
Dexter McCluster to be Honored at 2010 Grove Bowl
March 26, 2010 by
OXFORD, Miss. – With four Olympic gold medals and eight world championships, Michael Johnson was just the man for Dexter McCluster to turn to after the University of Mississippi senior timed a disappointing 4.58 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the National Football League combines.
Symposium Examines Adapting to Global Warming
March 26, 2010 by
OXFORD, Miss. – “At every crisis in one’s life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.”
UM Scientist Honored with Herbal Insight Award
March 26, 2010 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The father of medicine, Hippocrates, was an ancient Greek healer who used many medicinal plants and healing herbs. Centuries later, a University of Mississippi scientist is on a mission to examine their effectiveness.