OXFORD, Miss.- Sander L. Gilman, a distinguished professor of the liberal arts and sciences and professor of psychiatry at Emory University, will discuss “How Did Anti-Semitism and Racism Become Mental Illness? From Anti-Semitic Vienna to Segregated Topeka, Kansas” on Thursday (Oct. 25) at 5:30 p.m. in Bryant Hall, Room 209, with a reception to follow. On theRead the story …
Cultural Historian from Emory University To Discuss Legacies of Racism in Deep South
Lecture will examine the links between mental illness, racism and anti-Semitism.
October 18, 2012 by
Environmental Professor Speaks Oct. 16
October 13, 2012 by
Author Katharine Wilkerson will speak Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 5 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom at the University of Mississippi as part of the National Science Foundation funded Climate Literacy Partnership in the Southeast (CLiPSE) project. Wilkerson will discuss and sign her book entitled “Between God and Green,” a study of evangelical Christian viewpointsRead the story …
Love of Snakes Sends UM Student to Ethiopia
Tim Colston named Fulbright Scholar
October 10, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Animals have always fascinated Tim Colston, a doctoral student in biology at the University of Mississippi. As a child, he set up a large screened tent and filled it with butterflies and potted flowers to see which plants they would visit most often. Later, while watching and waiting for toad eggs toRead the story …
Southern Scholar to Discuss Civil Rights-Era Photography
Grace Hale gives Gilder-Jordan lecture Oct. 10
October 9, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Virginia professor and Southern scholar will give the annual Gilder-Jordan Lecture in Southern History next week at the University of Mississippi. Grace Elizabeth Hale will present “‘So the Whole World Can See’: Documentary Photography and Film in the Civil Rights Era” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 10) in NuttRead the story …
Music of the South Concert Series Kicks Off in October
September 28, 2012 by
Caroline Herring performs Oct. 3; Randall Bramblett set for Nov. 13 OXFORD, Miss. – A new concert series highlighting intimate evenings with Southern performers begins Wednesday (Oct. 3) with singer-songwriter Caroline Herring, a native Mississippian and 1998 University of Mississippi alumna. In a partnership between the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and theRead the story …
Student Leaders Sought to Continue Ole Miss’ Legacy of Service
September 26, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Dynamic individuals interested in fighting poverty through education are encouraged to apply for a number of full-time, yearlong positions with the North Mississippi Volunteers in Service to America, or VISTA, project at the University of Mississippi. The positions, which begin in November, will be based in Crenshaw, Clarksdale, Oxford, Corinth and Columbus.Read the story …
Community Invited to “Sounds of Ancient Greece”
September 25, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss – The Archaeological Institute of America and the Department of Classics invite you to a lecture by Dr. Nikos Xanthoulides, an Associate Researcher with the Academy of Athens, Greece. The lecture, “Sounds of Ancient Greece,” takes place at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 25 in the Turner Center Auditorium. Check out the abstractRead the story …
Physicists’ Use of Black Hole Studies to Measure Photon Mass Published in Physical Review Letters
September 25, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A global team of scientists, including a University of Mississippi physicist, has determined the best constraint on the mass of photons so far, using observations of super-massive black holes. The research findings appear in the September issue of Physical Review Letters, one of the most prestigious, peer-reviewed academic journals in the field.Read the story …