OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi celebrates the life and legacy of Roy Lee “Chucky” Mullins each year with the presentation of the Chucky Mullins Courage Award to a rising senior defensive player on the Ole Miss football team. For the 20th anniversary of the honor, members of the UM and Oxford communities areRead the story …
Pharmacy Researcher Honored with National Research Excellence Award
March 27, 2009 by
Ikhlas A. Khan OXFORD, Miss. – Ikhlas A. Khan, professor of pharmacognosy and assistant director of the National Center for Natural Products Research at the University of Mississippi, has been honored with the 2009 Norman Farnsworth Excellence in Botanical Research Award. Director of the natural products center’s FDA research program, Khan is the first UMRead the story …
Natural Products Center to Host Eighth International Conference on Botanicals
March 27, 2009 by
OXFORD, Miss. – More than 250 scientists from around the world plan to gather in Oxford April 6-9 to discuss medicinal plants and dietary supplements at the eighth annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals. The event at the Oxford Conference Center is hosted by the University of Mississippi’s National Center for NaturalRead the story …
Discoverer of New Class of Drugs To Deliver Annual Borne Lecture
March 26, 2009 by
Duane D. Miller OXFORD, Miss. – Duane D. Miller, Van Vleet Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and associate dean at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, is to deliver the fifth annual Ronald F. Borne Distinguished Lecture in Medicinal Chemistry Tuesday (March 31) at the University of Mississippi. He will lecture on “Discovery of TissueRead the story …
Jake McGraw Named UM’s 13th Truman Scholar
March 25, 2009 by
Jake McGraw OXFORD, Miss. – Despite the gloomy weather outside, Jake McGraw was all smiles Wednesday morning (March 25) when he walked into the Lyceum and was greeted by a roomful of people congratulating him on being named the University of Mississippi’s latest Truman Scholar. “Jake McGraw continues a strong tradition at Ole Miss byRead the story …
Two Free Art Exhibits Offered to Mark International Year of Astronomy
March 25, 2009 by
This photo of the aurora borealis is part of ‘The World at Night,’ on display at the University of Mississippi J.D. Williams Library March 31-April 30. LeRoy Zimmerman/TWAN. OXFORD, Miss. – Astronomy and art intersect in two stellar exhibits at the University of Mississippi to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy. The year commemorates theRead the story …
National Scholars List
March 25, 2009 by
Ole Miss produced its 25th Rhodes Scholar in 2008. Since 1998, it has produced two Rhodes Scholars, as well as six Truman Scholars, eight Goldwater Scholars, a Marshall Scholar, six Fulbright Scholars, one Udall Scholar and one Gates Cambridge Scholar.
2009 Senior Class Raising Funds to Commemorate Presidential Debate
March 24, 2009 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The Class of 2009 at the University of Mississippi has announced its senior project, a campus marker to commemorate the first 2008 presidential debate, between U.S. Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama. The class is raising money for the marker, which will be erected on the lawn of the Gertrude C. FordRead the story …
Theatre Students Present Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ March 25-29
March 23, 2009 by
Some 1,200 high school students expected to attend two special performances University of Mississippi senior theatre students Whitney Merritt as Scout Finch and Alex Mauney as Atticus Finch rehearse their lines for the upcoming production of “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Photo by Robert Jordan OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi theatre arts students are slatedRead the story …
Anti-Censorship Event April 1 Features Daylong Reading of Controversial Book
March 23, 2009 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Thirty-four years ago, a desperate shoot-out between FBI agents and American Indians near Wounded Knee, S.D., left an American Indian and two federal agents dead. Four members of the American Indian Movement were indicted on murder charges, and one, Leonard Peltier, was convicted and is serving consecutive life sentences in a federalRead the story …