OXFORD, Miss. – As part of the Buckwheat Racing Team, University of Mississippi mechanical engineering alumnus Jeffrey Ferguson helped set a land speed record of 300 mph at the 62nd Bonneville Salt Flats Speed Week in 2010. He and partner George “Bucky” Gallimore immediately set a goal to one day return and break another record. Ferguson andRead the story …
Mechanical Engineering Alumnus Races Hot Rods, Sets Records
Jeffrey Ferguson uses skills to chase lifelong passion for speed
December 5, 2019 by
Tunneling Through: Engineering Professor Assists in Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Project
Lance Yarbrough spent a lot of his summer deep underground
December 4, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For five weeks straight, Lance Yarbrough spent most of his days at the end of a tunnel 600 feet below the Hudson River. The assistant professor of geology and geological engineering at the University of Mississippi was watching “Nora” – a 470-foot-long, 2.7-million-pound tunnel boring machine – mine through rock 900 feet beneath theRead the story …
Junior Using Experiences with Migraine to Help Others
Denney working to inform and assist others suffering from chronic disease
December 4, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – When Delora Denney, of Picayune, was 8 years old, a neurologist diagnosed her with chronic migraine disease. She has since been hospitalized six different times due to the debilitating symptoms triggered by the disease. “I can still recall sitting in the doctor’s office and being told that I have migraines,” Denney said.Read the story …
Graduate Student a Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ Scholar
IMC master's student Ro Rhodes shares lessons on working in athletics and pursuing one's chosen path
December 2, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Ro Rhodes talks about her future with an inspiring brand of confidence that makes you believe she will succeed no matter what life throws at her. The University of Mississippi master’s student in integrated marketing communications recently was named a Forbes 30 Under 30 scholar and invited to the Forbes Under 30Read the story …
UM Holiday Concert Slated for Dec. 5
Crowd favorite returns to the Ford Center
November 29, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – For anyone with a busy schedule wondering how to get in the holiday spirit, the University of Mississippi Department of Music offers its 2019 Holiday Concert. This popular Oxford holiday event is set for 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. This year’s Holiday ConcertRead the story …
Mythbusting Master’s Student
Social work graduate student wants to improve perceptions of life with a disability
November 27, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Andrea Hannaford, a second-year Master of Social Work student at the University of Mississippi, is on a mission to dispel myths about people living with disabilities. Through her undergraduate internship in the Department of Social Work, Hannaford worked in the case management department at Baddour Center, a residential community in her hometownRead the story …
Next ‘First Tuesdays’ Performance Features Flutist on Dec. 3
Lunchtime music series in Bryant Hall continues with Nave Graham
November 26, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The next performance in the First Tuesdays in Bryant Hall Noontime Music Series features flutist and new University of Mississippi instructor of music Nave Graham on Dec. 3. Graham will play three pieces for flute and electronics. One of the pieces is Eve Beglarian’s “I Will Not Be Sad in This World”Read the story …
Student Co-Directors Work Against Student Food Insecurity
With community support, Kate Reinhardt and Holten Moreno lead the UM food bank
November 26, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi‘s food bank, known as the Grove Grocery, provides a discreet and much-needed source for food, hygiene products and more for Ole Miss students and employees each week. Supported primarily through donations, the Grove Grocery provides hundreds of meals each semester. Since the fall semester began in August, the FoodRead the story …
Rebirth of Renaissance Music
Anonymous donor funds UM symposium to revive music of earlier era
November 25, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A Renaissance music renaissance is coming to the University of Mississippi. Thanks to a gift provided by an anonymous donor, a symposium in summer 2020 will bring the enchanting, but seldom-performed music of the Renaissance back to life with a four-day series of lectures and free concerts focusing on historical performances ofRead the story …
Preserving Precious Artifacts
Two UM professors unite to save university's archaeological collection
November 24, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Two University of Mississippi anthropology professors have received a $500,000 grant from the National Park Service to maintain and preserve the university’s archaeological collection, a noted assemblage of as many as 500,000 Native American artifacts stored on the Oxford campus. The grants program, Save America’s Treasures, helps preserve nationally significant historic properties andRead the story …