OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Department of Music is expanding its graduate program offerings beginning this fall, adding a Master of Music with emphases in musicology, ethnomusicology and music theory. “The department is adding these new programs because we want to better serve the students of Mississippi and the region,” said Alan Spurgeon,Read the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi and the city of Oxford will host the 44th annual World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest and Festival this weekend. The comprehensive competitions, which run through Sunday (May 27), feature pianists ages 11 to 81 from the United States, Great Britain and France performing styles including ragtime, traditionalRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi student has been accepted into the prestigious Congressional Black Caucus Foundation summer internship program in Washington, D.C. Jarrius Adams, a senior public policy and political science major from Hattiesburg, will be in the CBCF Congressional Internship Program from May 29 to Aug. 15. The rigorous program includes aRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – A recent $300,000 gift from the estate of Hazel Brister O’Flaherty will establish a scholarship to provide financial assistance to nursing students at the University of Mississippi. “Aunt Hazel knew the value of a good education,” said Susan Brister Morrison, of Fairview, Tennessee. “When she was a nursing instructor at Contra CostaRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Jaime Harker, an English professor and director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi, will participate in a monthlong fellowship this summer at The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in California. Harker was among four individuals appointed as a Christopher Isherwood FoundationRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi graduates of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program have been selected to participate in prestigious fellowship programs in poetry. Both Samyak Shertok, of  Kathmandu, Nepal, and Jan Verberkmoes, from Roseburg, Oregon, graduated May 12, earning high praise from faculty members and administrators in the UMRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Department of Philosophy and Religion has created new classes, and conducts an annual Ethics Bowl and a Great Debate with the goal of equipping students to respectfully grapple with some of life’s most pressing questions. Specialized ethics classes have become more common at universities around the country overRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Graduate School has honored Derrick Harriell, assistant professor of English and African American studies, for his contributions to inclusivity in education. Harriell, who also directs the university’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, is the recipient of the Excellence in Promoting Inclusiveness in Graduate Education Award. ThroughRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – During its 165th Commencement on Saturday, the University of Mississippi honored former U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran with its Mississippi Humanitarian Award, which is presented only rarely to exceptional figures who have played a major role in shaping the state.  Cochran, a UM alumnus, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1972, andRead the story …