Feast days are peeking over the horizon and a spate of new cookbooks are itching to get onto home kitchen counters and into action. And some settle just as smoothly on the lap for a good read. A substantial entry on the scene is the Southern Foodways Alliance Community Cookbook (University of Georgia Press, $24.95)Read the story …
Sun Herald: Ole Miss Unveils 3-D Promo on Jumbotron
October 29, 2010 by
Ole Miss will unveil the premiere of a 3-D video on its Jumbotron at halftime of the Auburn-Ole Miss football game Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford. Read the story.
Commercial Appeal: SFA Cookbook Full of Southern Delights
October 27, 2010 by
It begins with Blue Ribbon Pimento Cheese and ends with Ambrosia Fruit Salad, and in between those classic bookends are a wealth of recipes that help define the South and its culinary culture. Read the story.
Daily Journal: UM Law Students to Argue Before Court of Appeals
October 26, 2010 by
JACKSON – The state Court of Appeals goes in the road in November with oral arguments scheduled on two cases at Mississippi State University. The court will convene Nov. 18 at the Hunter Henry Center on the MSU campus in Starkville. Read the story.
Commercial Appeal: Rebel Radio Joins Internet Age
October 26, 2010 by
The University of Mississippi in Oxford just launched its Twitter feed and website — MyRebelRadio.com — last month, including live streaming added this month. Read the entire story.
WTVA: UM Professor Quoted on Child Census Numbers
October 26, 2010 by
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Census figures show poverty has been rising among Mississippi children, with nearly one in every three living below the poverty line. The recent figures show that Mississippi’s child poverty rate of 31 percent is higher than any other state’s. That’s up from 30.4 percent in 2008. Read the story.
DM: Museum Keepsake Ornaments Available
October 26, 2010 by
Since 2001, the University of Mississippi Museum has annually released a collectible keepsake depicting various historical buildings in Oxford. Thus far, the nine keepsakes in the collection have included the Skipwith House, Rowan Oak and the Lyceum. Read the story.
Daily Journal: UM’s CME Training Future Leaders
October 26, 2010 by
OXFORD – Future innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders for the modern manufacturing industry have begun taking classes in the flagship Center for Manufacturing Excellence at the University of Mississippi. The center’s inaugural class, which recently met for the first of its weekly meetings, includes 27 freshmen from nine states. Read the story.
Clarion Ledger: UM Assists with Judicial Training
October 26, 2010 by
NATCHEZ — Justice Court judges in Mississippi elected next year will be required to spend more hours in a classroom to sit on the bench. The Mississippi Legislature put together a task force in 2007 to examine the Justice Court system, which made several suggestions for changes. Many items included in the task force’s reportRead the story …
Commercial Appeal: Ole Miss Student Art Included in Festival
October 22, 2010 by
Although narrative features, documentaries and shorts from Memphis, Nashville, Kentucky, Florida and Texas are on the schedule, the Indie Memphis Film Festival no longer promotes itself as representing “The Soul of Southern Film.” Read the story.