The University of Mississippi has received a $20 million grant from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative to study the long-term environmental effects of the 2010 oil spill in the gulf. Read the story

The University of Mississippi will spend $3.2 million to renovate space in the old Walmart building in Oxford. Read the story

JACKSON – Back in the ’40s, Carl Herrin depended on two things to get him to class at the University of Mississippi: an Ole Miss sticker and his thumb. “When you don’t have a car, you just do the best you can,” said Herrin, who hitchhiked 115 miles from his home in Durant to Oxford,Read the story …

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – The University of Mississippi is expanding campus dining options to match its enrollment growth. Read the story

OXFORD — The University of Mississippi School of Business Administration, beginning this fall, is charging one rate of tuition for both resident and nonresident students in its online Professional Master of Business Administration degree program. Read the story

The University of Mississippi School of Law is a great value according to preLaw magazine. The publication recently announced its list of the  law schools that offer a great value to students. Read the story

It won’t be long until the rest of our college football teams start their season, either. Two days after that opening game at the Mid-South Fairgrounds, we’ll be setting up our tents in the Grove at Ole Miss. Or we’ll be heading east on Interstate 40, our twin orange Tennessee car window flags whipping inRead the story …

It’s the age-old problem for college freshmen with no wheels: how to run errands or grab a ride to a party across town. The University of Mississippi and Zipcar Inc. introduced a program Tuesday that lets students rent fuel-efficient cars for $8 an hour, giving those with no car an opportunity to zip around town.Read the story …