OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi’s permanent endowment grew in its latest fiscal year to an all-time high of $715 million, thanks in part to the seventh consecutive year of new gifts of $100 million or more. Private support totaled more than $115.8 million from 30,332 donors, giving the university essential resources to continueRead the story …
University to Host Third Technology Summit
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, industry leaders to discuss need for STEM education in state
August 22, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Business and industry leaders will gather in Oxford next week to discuss technology, education and workforce development at the third annual University of Mississippi Technology Summit. Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter will host U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and technology leaders Wednesday (Aug. 29) for the event. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. in the GertrudeRead the story …
UM Project Featured on National Coalition Website
August 22, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi project is in the national spotlight after receiving an extended profile on a new website for the National Humanities Alliance. Behind the Big House was among 51 projects, chosen from 1,402 featured programs, to receive an extended profile on the website for the national coalition, which seeks toRead the story …
Professor Working to Make Solar Cells More Efficient
Jared Delcamp awarded $750,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue work
August 21, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A highly selective $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science will continue funding a University of Mississippi professor’s research into improving solar energy technologies. Jared Delcamp, an assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has been awarded the grant funding through the department’s prestigious Early Career Research Program. The award will supportRead the story …
UM Granted Prestigious Arabic Flagship Program
University is home to two Language Flagship programs
August 16, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi is one of two new recipients of an Arabic Flagship Program, an esteemed language program for undergraduate students available only at select higher education institutions. Launched in 2002, The Language Flagship programs are sponsored by the National Security Education Program, a federal initiative with the purpose of creating a wider and better-qualifiedRead the story …
Professor Uses NSF Grant to Study Interpersonal Communications
Graham Bodie and colleagues study conversations about everyday stressors, levels of support
August 9, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Graham Bodie believes that if people can feel that they’re being heard during times of stress, their lives will improve. With that in mind, he is working to find the best way to teach critical listening skills that could enhance lives. A visiting professor of integrated marketing communications at the University ofRead the story …
Archives and Special Collections Displays Jack Reed Sr. Gift
Aug. 23 event spotlights artifacts of the late Tupelo business leader, civil rights movement icon
August 6, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Selected memorabilia and artifacts belonging to the late Mississippi business leader and civil rights movement icon Jack Reed Sr. will be displayed this fall at the University of Mississippi. A display prepared from a larger collection of Reed’s papers opens Aug. 23 on the third floor of the J.D. Williams Library. ScheduledRead the story …
UM Graduate Earns Top Recognition for Editorial Cartoons
Jake Thrasher won first place in SPJ's Mark of Excellence Competition
August 3, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Many people have diverse interests, but to be highly skilled in several areas is a rarer quality. Jake Thrasher, of Birmingham, Alabama, graduated from the University of Mississippi in May with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, but he recently earned national honors in an entirely different field: editorial cartooning. He won firstRead the story …
Coker Accepted into Rural Dental Scholarship Program
UM student selected for prestigious academic opportunity
August 2, 2018 by
JACKSON, Miss – Kaitlin Coker, a recent graduate of Northwest Mississippi Community College and a junior at the University of Mississippi, has been selected to participate in the undergraduate portion of the Mississippi Rural Dentists Scholarship Program. She is the daughter of Tray and Stephanie Coker, of Charleston. Created in 2013 by the Mississippi Legislature,Read the story …
UM Student Broadens Horizon with Year in Japan
Gwenafaye McCormick wraps up studying abroad as Bridging Scholar
August 1, 2018 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For the past year, University of Mississippi student Gwenafaye McCormick started her school day about 6,600 miles and 14 time zones from Oxford – in Japan. McCormick, a rising senior international studies major from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, spent the 2017-18 school year studying at Waseda University, a private, independent research university in central Tokyo. The distance andRead the story …