The Mississippi Council of the Navy League Friday announced the establishment of a scholarship endowment at the University of Mississippi. Read the story
Grant Enables Completion of Professor’s Book on Holocaust Art
Willa Johnson awarded $32,000 fellowship from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial and Museum for 2013
January 17, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Willa Johnson, a biblical scholar and professor of sociology who teaches Jewish studies at the University of Mississippi, is blazing a trail when it comes to receiving outside grants for her research projects and public programming on issues related to Judaism. The associate professor of sociology has been awarded the $32,000 CummingsRead the story …
Students Harness Power of Verbal Communication
Speaker's Edge winners earn awards, scholarship money
January 16, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Nervousness, sweaty palms and butterflies in the stomach were common at the Speaker’s Edge competition at the University of Mississippi, but at the end of the two days, students were more confident in their public speaking abilities. The competition recognizes that communication is a vital part of the business world and featuresRead the story …
Feders’ $100,000 Gift to Support Oxford Conference for the Book
Couple developed appreciation for university's Southern culture efforts while stationed in the Philippines
January 16, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – As native Mississippians, Ron and Becky Feder grew up steeped in the folkways of the American South. But it took an extended stay in the faraway Philippines to help them truly appreciate the extraordinary – and decidedly unique – culture of their homeland. The Feders have been giving their money and timeRead the story …
NY Times: Thomas K. McCraw, Historian Who Enlivened Economics, Dies at 72
January 11, 2013 by
Thomas K. McCraw, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who used biography to explore thorny issues in economics, died on Saturday in Cambridge, Mass. He was 72. Mr. McCraw earned a master’s degree and doctorate in history from the University of Wisconsin and taught at the University of Texas before moving to Harvard. He had been treatedRead the story …
Crime Fiction Author Selected as Grisham Writer-in-Residence
Megan Abbott to teach graduate, undergraduate courses
January 3, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A highly acclaimed mystery-crime fiction author has been selected as the 2013 John and Renée Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi Megan Abbott is the Edgar-winning author of the novels “Queenpin” (Simon & Schuster, 2007), “The Song Is You” (Simon & Schuster, 2007), “Die a Little” (Simon & Schuster, 2005) andRead the story …
Clarion Ledger: Some teachers exemplify qualities that make them great
January 2, 2013 by
University of Mississippi graduate and first-year teacher Phelton Cortez Moss built a rapport with his students after only a few months of teaching at Greenwood High School. Read the story
From the Lyceum to the White House: UM Choir Sings in D.C.
Selected ensemble presents Christmas music in the White House, meets President Obama
December 19, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Singing Christmas music is common during the holidays, but for the 25 University of Mississippi choir members invited to sing in the White House Wednesday (Dec. 12), the experience was anything but ordinary. Unexpectedly, the choir had the unique privilege of meeting President Barack Obama. “When we arrived, our guide from theRead the story …
Analysis of Water Seeping Under Levees Offers Clues to Flood Risk
UM geologist, analytical chemist lead study of levee seepage, results published in Applied Geochemistry
December 16, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Flood stage in a river can mean that water has spilled out of the river channel and has reached the levees designed to retain floodwaters. As the river rises up the levee, there is always concern that the levee could fail, resulting in a wall of water pouring through the gap. TwoRead the story …
UM Graduate Dissertation Receives Top Award
St. George Tucker Society Honors Jay Langdale for 'Superfluous Southerners'
December 7, 2012 by
CUTHBERT, Ga. – Assistant Professor of History and Coordinator of the Social Science Division, Jay Langdale Ph.D., recently had the revised manuscript of his doctoral dissertation titled Superfluous Southerners: Cultural Conservatism and the South published by the University of Missouri Press. The St. George Tucker Society awarded it the 2006 M.E. Bradford Dissertation Prize, anRead the story …