OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi senior Miller Richmond, Oxford resident Jo Ann O’Quin and UM alumnus Donald Cole were honored Wednesday (April 5) with 2017 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards in celebration of their volunteer work and service within the LOU community. The awards are presented annually by the university’s McLean Institute for Public ServiceRead the story …
Sullivan Award Recipients Honored with Celebration of Service
Honorees have joined efforts to help people across the community
April 6, 2017 by
Neuroscientist Slated for Science Cafe, Brain Awareness Week Lectures
Susana Martinez-Conde to discuss visual perception, magic of brain April 11-13
April 5, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A renowned neuroscientist is scheduled to give three separate lectures on brain function and visual perception April 11-13 in Oxford and at the University of Mississippi. Susana Martinez-Conde of State University of New York will open the week with “Vision is All About Change,” a presentation of the Oxford Science Cafe, atRead the story …
UM Lecture Series to Examine ‘The Radical South’
Presenters to challenge conventional notions of the region throughout April
April 3, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies and Center for the Study of Southern Culture are co-sponsoring a series of lectures, discussions and presentations in April examining “The Radical South – Expanding Southern History and Identity.” The series challenges the conventional stories of the South with topicsRead the story …
UM Honors College Dedicates Expanded Facility
Campus, community celebrate program's 20th anniversary with new building
March 31, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A line of blustery, threatening weather moving through the area didn’t stop more than 100 University of Mississippi students, faculty, staff, administrators and alumni from celebrating the successes of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College on Thursday (March 30) afternoon. The crowd squeezed into the Honors College’s great room to dedicate theRead the story …
PLATO Offers Students Personalized Learning
Program tailors lessons based on individual student needs
March 30, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s College of Liberal Arts is implementing a method of personalized learning for students in large courses. The Personalized Learning and Adaptive Teaching Opportunities Program, or PLATO, uses adaptive and interactive lessons to personally engage students in classes such as biology, chemistry, writing and rhetoric, and mathematics, all ofRead the story …
UM Student Wins Phi Beta Kappa Writing Internship
Kathryn James will submit articles for academic honor society's online newsletter
March 29, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Kathryn James may not make a penny on any of the articles she writes for The Key Reporter, Phi Beta Kappa’s online newsletter, but the University of Mississippi student is grateful to have been awarded a writing internship from the prestigious academic honor society. “I was surprised, as I didn’t know theRead the story …
Two Honors College Students Receive Barksdale Awards
John Chappell and Elizabeth Taylor each given $5,000 to fulfill dream projects
March 27, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – With $5,000 awards to support separate creative projects, two students in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi students have been named 2017 Barksdale Award winners. John Chappell, a sophomore Arabic and international studies major from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Elizabeth Taylor, a junior sociology major from Sherman,Read the story …
UM English Major Wins Prize at Southern Literary Festival
Junior Page Lagarde took top honor in nonfiction category
March 23, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Page Lagarde has always aspired to write professionally. Still, the University of Mississippi junior wasn’t expecting her first entry in a prestigious regional competition to win first place. An English and French major from Winchester, Virginia, Lagarde won in the nonfiction category at the Southern Literary Festival. Besides receiving a cash prize,Read the story …
UM Museum Readies Major Exhibition Honoring Kate Freeman Clark
Curators hope to broaden awareness of painter's works and raise support for conservation
March 21, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The largest exhibit in more than two decades featuring works by acclaimed Mississippi painter Kate Freeman Clark is set to debut March 28 at the University of Mississippi Museum. “Lasting Impressions: Restoring Kate Freeman Clark” includes more than 70 paintings from the Kate Freeman Clark Art Gallery and several artifacts from theRead the story …
UM Liberal Arts Graduate Programs Jump in Rankings
English, history and political science doctoral programs named among nation's best
March 21, 2017 by
OXFORD, Miss. – On the heels of achieving the university’s highest-ever standing in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of Best (Undergraduate) Colleges and Universities, the publication’s most recent graduate academic program rankings confirm the university’s commitment to academic excellence. Doctoral programs in English, history and political science all made significant stridesRead the story …