OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi has joined the Graphene Academic Council with seven other higher learning institutions around the country to help further graphene research and development. The formation of the council was announced Wednesday (May 22) in Washington, D.C., at the American Graphene Summit, which was hosted by the National Graphene Association. Joining UM, which isRead the story …
UM Joins Academic Council Furthering Graphene Development
Group to explore research and commercialization of game-changing material
May 29, 2019 by
History Professor Awarded Fellowship to Institute for Advanced Studies
Joshua Howard to spend 2019-20 academic year interacting with scholars in Princeton
May 28, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi professor acclaimed for his research on modern China has been selected to receive a prestigious yearlong residential fellowship. Joshua H. Howard, Croft associate professor of history and international studies, will conduct research at the Institute for Advanced Studies, housed at the School of Historical Studies in Princeton, NewRead the story …
Scholarship Honors UM Alumna Elsie Williston
Education endowment supports students with financial need
May 25, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Many college students struggle to make ends meet from one semester to the next. A new gift to the University of Mississippi School of Education will help remove some of that stress while honoring the life and memory of longtime Oxford resident Elsie Wells Williston. A beloved spouse, mother, grandmother and friend,Read the story …
School of Applied Sciences Honors Students of the Month
Kymberle Gordon and Shanda Martin recognized for academic excellence
May 24, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The School of Applied Sciences at the University of Mississippi has named Shanda Martin, of Tupelo, as its Undergraduate Student of the Month and Kymberle Gordon, of Canandaigua, New York, as Graduate Student of the Month for May. Martin is an Itawamba Community College transfer who graduated May 11 with a bachelor’sRead the story …
Hearing Loss Common in School-Age Children
Parents encouraged to seek help for kids during Better Hearing and Speech Month
May 24, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – With close to 15 percent of American children ages 6-19 experiencing hearing loss, parents are urged to learn more about the sometimes-subtle signs of hearing loss, ways it can affect school-age children and where to find help during Better Hearing and Speech Month. “Some children are born with hearing loss, but itRead the story …
English Doctoral Student Wins Dissertation Completion Fellowship
Allison M. Serraes is among 67 selected from more than 1,000 applicants nationally
May 23, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A doctoral student in the University of Mississippi Department of English has been chosen for a prestigious national award to assist in completing her dissertation. Allison M. Serraes, of West Palm Beach, Florida, is among 67 students named 2019 Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Completion Fellows. The fellows, who hail fromRead the story …
UM Graduate Earns Gates Scholarship to Cambridge
Josh Law heads to the United Kingdom to pursue a master's degree
May 23, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A recent University of Mississippi graduate has received a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation scholarship to the University of Cambridge, where he will pursue a master’s degree in health, medicine and society. Josh Law, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy and religion from UM in 2017, andRead the story …
First 3+3 Accelerated Law Student Begins UM School of Law
Jessica Simon begins her journey to a Juris Doctor this summer
May 22, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Jessica Simon always wanted to be an advocate for people in need. To fulfill that lifelong mission, Simon will begin her studies at the University of Mississippi School of Law this summer while finishing her last year of the undergraduate 3+3 Accelerated Law program in the Department of Legal Studies. The native of Nashville,Read the story …
Biology Graduate Lands Internship Studying Western Plant Populations
Casey Gill will work with the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Arizona
May 22, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A recent University of Mississippi alumna who assisted with biological research at the local level has been awarded a prestigious summer internship with the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Casey Gill, who received her bachelor’s degree in biological sciences May 11, has been accepted into the 2019Read the story …
Old-Time Piano Playing Contest and Festival Returns this Weekend
Event's 45th season set for May 23-26 at UM, Oxford venues
May 21, 2019 by
OXFORD, Miss. – The 45th annual World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest and Festival opens Thursday (May 23) and runs through Sunday in Nutt Auditorium at the University of Mississippi. This is the festival’s fourth season in Oxford, following a 41-year run in Illinois. “It’s a four-day celebration of ragtime, jazz, blues, honky-tonk, boogie andRead the story …