OXFORD, Miss. – Rebecca Henry, a student in the University of Mississippi‘s Coordinated Program in Dietetics, recently came in second in the master’s category during the Three-Minute Thesis competition hosted by the UM Graduate School. Her research examined a food education and food security intervention with the Calhoun City High School football team to determineRead the story …
Graduate Student Highlights Nutrition Education for Athletes at 3MT
Rebecca Henry takes second place in master's category at annual competition
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Ole Miss Pharmacy Holds Inaugural African American Visit Day
School highlights pharmacy profession with 'Melanin and Medications'
December 22, 2019 by
JACKSON, Miss. – When the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy held its inaugural African American Visit Day at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, fourth-year student pharmacist Alisha Nicks saw her vision become reality. Nicks developed “Melanin and Medications,” the theme of the visit day, after seeing the UMMC schools of Medicine and DentistryRead the story …
Teaching with Cutting-edge Technology
UM real estate students gain experience using Argus software
December 21, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A technology gift from the ARGUS/Altus Group of Houston, Texas, to the University of Mississippi School of Business Administration is providing opportunities for students to experience software they may ultimately use in their careers. The recent gift, valued at more than $330,000, is intended to train Ole Miss real estate students toRead the story …
Seed Grants Fund UM Research into Disaster Resilience
Researchers studying air pollution, university responses to natural disasters
December 19, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Exploring thunderstorm asthma and examining how Gulf Coast universities can respond to natural disasters are the focus of two new University of Mississippi seed grants funded through the Flagship Constellations initiative. Thunderstorm asthma is the phenomenon where pollen can break into smaller pieces during severe thunderstorms and cause asthma events. Researchers are collecting and characterizing airRead the story …
Business Law Fellowship Offers Unique Opportunities for Students
Major businesses team with school to train future leaders
December 19, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Several of the state’s largest corporations have partnered with the University of Mississippi School of Law in supporting the Business Law Institute’s new Business Law Fellowship, which is taking the top-ranked program to a whole new level. Launched this summer, the Business Law Fellowship Program gave 10 first-year UM law students aRead the story …
From Desert to Ocean, Toxicology Student Absorbs Marine Sponge Info
UM doctoral student Amelia Clayshulte spent summer at Smithsonian Institute in Panama
December 18, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – It wouldn’t seem Amelia Clayshulte was destined to study marine sponges, being a native of Las Cruces, New Mexico. However, the doctoral student in the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy grew up going with her mom’s family to the coast of North Carolina, where she would spend a week each summerRead the story …
Hospitality Doctoral Students Shine at National Competition
Students earn finalist spotlight with hotel industry analytics
December 18, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Consumer trends in the hospitality industry are constantly shifting. Markets are changing, technology is exploding and the workforce is always fluctuating. Investors rely on industry professionals in hotel industry analytics to make recommendations that account for all these moving targets to maximize their return on investment in this roughly $550 billion industry.Read the story …
‘Tough as They Come’
Bestselling author and wounded soldier Travis Mills, UM students honored at Veterans Alumni Gala
December 18, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Travis Mills, a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army’s fabled 82nd Airborne, was on patrol in Afghanistan one day in 2012 when he sat his backpack down for a second. The bag landed on a homemade explosive, and it went off. The next thing Mills knew, he could feel the bare boneRead the story …
Veteran Religion Journalist Named Senior Fellow at Overby Center
Terry Mattingly has earned national reputation for observing how religion affects daily life
December 17, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Veteran journalist Terry Mattingly, known for his 31 years of work as a national religion columnist, has been named a senior fellow at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi. His appointment, effective Jan. 1, 2020, was announced by Charles Overby, chairman of the center. “IRead the story …
Researchers Raising Awareness, Understanding of Concussions in Youth
Flagship Constellations-funded grant focuses on sports-related head trauma
December 16, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi researchers are examining the knowledge and attitudes of Mississippians on sports-related concussions, thanks to a recent Flagship Constellations grant. Funded through the Community Wellbeing Flagship Constellation, the grant will help design a sports-related concussions lesson to influence the health behaviors of high school student-athletes regarding concussion prevention, identification and management. The research alsoRead the story …